LibGuides: ARTH 302: Medieval Art: Medieval Ethiopian Christian History & Art

Medieval African Christianity & Art

The Indigenous and the Foreign in Christian Ethiopian art: On Portuguese-Ethiopian Contacts in the 16th-17th Centuries by Manuel João Ramos , editor
Call Number: 709.6309031 I61i 1999
Publication Date: 2004
Papers from the fifth International Conference on the History of Ethiopian Art (Arrábida, 26-30 November 1999)

Walters Art Museum Collection
The Walters' collection of Ethiopian icons, manuscripts, and processional crosses is one of the largest collections outside of Ethiopia. Historically, Ethiopia was a Christian kingdom with strong ties in both trade and religion to the cultures located around the Mediterranean. Ethiopia's Christian tradition dates back to the 4th century, when the ruler of the Aksumite kingdom converted to Christianity; by the 15th century, this African nation had developed a tradition of icon painting that rivaled that of the Orthodox empires.