[Abstract:] 'St Matthew the Apostle in Iconography relating to Aethiopia: an historical exploration of the scenes, personalities and original sources', ASAUK, Biennial Conference 2012, 'Art in Eritrea and Ethiopia' (Leeds University Center for African Studies/LUCAS) Leeds, England (original) (raw)

One will be pleasantly surprised to find that Æthiopia or Æthiopian figures appear oftener than one would expect in western art, especially kingly Æthiopian personalities. The present paper deals with several of these depictions and with Æthiopia in Early Western Ecclesial Art, as oppose to indigenous Æthiopian iconography, although this will be explored (especially within our present context, St. Matthew the Apostle & First Evangelist). One will explore firstly the scenes or images that give a basic overview of the study and its elements. Thereafter the origins of the artistic depictions will be briefly investigated and so on....... [This is the Abstract of a paper that was presented at the named conference in 2012, in the panel entitled, Art in Eretria and Ethiopia. The paper has also been lectured in part in Æthiopia at ‘Mahbara Qdusân Research Centre’, Addis Ababa, June 2015 under the title 'The Hagiography of St. Matthew the Apostle of Æthiopia in Iconography...:an historical exploration of 9th - 18th century Icons']