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Article: The Parchment Makers: an Ancient Art in Present-Day Ethiopia.(Video Recording Review)
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- African Arts
- Article date:
- September 22, 2002
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Directed by Neal W. Sobania and Raymond A. Silverman
1/2" VHS videocassette, color, 19 min. Hope College (Holland, Michigan) and Sola Scriptura (Orlando, Florida), 2000. Available from International Education Office, Hope College. $20 NTSC format, $25 PAL format.
Ethiopian Orthodox Christianity (EOC) has given rise to rich artistic traditions, including a vernacular architecture exemplified by the world-renowned rock-hewn churches at Lalibela; icons and paintings; indigenous liturgical music such as the traditional chant, kidase; and vernacular literature, specifically Ethiopic manuscripts, also known as parchments, after the material on which they are ...