Ethiopian CivilizationB. Giday, 1991 - 188 pages |
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Page 72
... written in bold letters . Holy names such as that of Jesus Christ . St. Mary , Angels and Saints were written in red ink so that they would catch the eye . This same method was also used in the middle of sentences and the manuscripts ...
... written in bold letters . Holy names such as that of Jesus Christ . St. Mary , Angels and Saints were written in red ink so that they would catch the eye . This same method was also used in the middle of sentences and the manuscripts ...
Page 122
... written in the Duguaa . Of those musical instruments tradi- tionally used in the performance of religious songs , following the composition set by St. Yared , the Masinquo , Kebero and Inbilta are played accompanyign secular songs ...
... written in the Duguaa . Of those musical instruments tradi- tionally used in the performance of religious songs , following the composition set by St. Yared , the Masinquo , Kebero and Inbilta are played accompanyign secular songs ...
Page 167
... written script which made Ethiopia one of the very few countries in the world with a peculiar alphabet of its own . This written language developed indigenously among the people of Aksum slowly spreading to Lasta , Gondar , Gojjam and ...
... written script which made Ethiopia one of the very few countries in the world with a peculiar alphabet of its own . This written language developed indigenously among the people of Aksum slowly spreading to Lasta , Gondar , Gojjam and ...
Contents
CONTENTS | 4 |
The Empire of Aksum | 17 |
Aksum a Mysterious City | 34 |
Copyright | |
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Abba Abreha and Atsbeha Abune Aregawi Addis Ababa Adua Adulis Ahmed Gragn Aksum Aksumite coins Aksumite Emperors Aksumite Empire ancient army Ato Habtu Biete bishop built carved century A.D. Christianity city of Aksum Debre Damo Dejazmatch dynasty Emperor Ezana Emperor Fasil Emperor Kaleb Emperor Yohannes Empire of Aksum Endybis Enfraz Eritrea Ethiopian Church Ethiopian Orthodox Church excavated Ezana Felasha Gebre Meskel Geez Gelawdewos gold Gonder Hauzien hewn churches Holy hymns inscription Italian Jerusalem Kaleb Kibre Negest King Solomon Lalibela land Lasta manuscripts Mariam Menelik Metera metres monastery Moslems obelisks palace port of Adulis Queen of Saba Ras Sihul Mikael Red Sea reign religious rock churches rock-hewn churches ruins rulers Sabean Saint Yared Saizana Shewa Sion Southern Arabia stelae stele stone Tekle Haimanot temples Tewodros thousand throne Tigrai tomb town trade Yeha Yemen Yodit Yohannes IV Zagwe Zagwe Dynasty Zara Yacob