In:
Annales d'Ethiopie, PERSEE Program, Vol. 22, No. 1 ( 2006), p. 45-71
Abstract:
This article examines the history of a "strip cartoon" of the Eife of King Lalibela, conceived and painted by a now aged traditional Ethiopian church artist, Qes Marigeta Afawarq of Lalibela. This work, several copies of which are discussed, is in the tradition of the better-known "strip cartoons" depicting the Queen of Sheba's visit to King Solomon. Both paintings feature an important era in Ethiopian history. Both owe much to popular legend to a greater or lesser extent embodied in a classical Ge'ez text (the Kebra Nagast in the one case, and the Gadla Lalibela in the other). Both serve to legitimise a major Ethiopian ruling dynasty: the Solomonic on the one hand and the Zagwe on the other. Both involve statecraft and poison, as well as visits to Jerusalem.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0066-2127
DOI:
10.3406/ethio.2006.1481
Language:
French
Publisher:
PERSEE Program
Publication Date:
2006
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2506178-1
SSG:
6,21
SSG:
6,23
