Biete Qeddus Mercoreus, Lalibela

Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia

Beta Merkurios, the interior from the southwest, looking between rows of square pillars to the southernmost of three arches leading to the later sanctuary, 2006.David W. Phillipson, Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (Yale University Press, 2009), p. 136, fig. 208.

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Place: Lalibela, Amhara, Ethiopia
Source: Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries (2009)
Book: Ancient Churches of Ethiopia: Fourth–Fourteenth Centuries
Source reference: p. 136, fig. 208.
Subject date: 12th–13th century (traditional attribution to the reign of King Lalibela)
Type: architectural plate

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