Heldmann Marilyn, Munro-Hay Stuart C., Grierson Roderick. African Zion: The Sacred Art of Ethiopia

Yale University Press, 1993. — 281 p.The art of highland Christian Ethiopia - with its icon paintings on wood, metal processional crosses, gold coins, and manuscripts - is largely unknown in the West. This book presents a survey of this art from the 4th to the 18th centuries, and addresses the function of art within Ethiopian society.