Judith and the Dragon: A Jesuit architectural relief from Gorgora Iyäsus church, 1626–1632
In the 2014 excavations at the Jesuit church of Gorgora Iyäsus on the northern shore of Lake Ṭana a remarkable relief in stone was unearthed. The relief was originally part of the church’s façade. It represents the biblical heroine Judith over a dragon and it contains two inscriptions in Gǝʿǝz from...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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Universität Hamburg Hiob Ludolf Centre for Ethiopian and Eritrean Studies Asien-Afrika-Institut
2016-07-01
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| Series: | Aethiopica |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.sub.uni-hamburg.de/aethiopica/article/view/769 |