Description |
xxxiv, 500 pages : color illustrations ; 27 cm |
Note |
A "gädl" or hagiography, originally written by Gälawdewos thirty years after the subject's death, in 1672-1673. Translated from multiple manuscripts and versions. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 471-485) and index. |
Contents |
Introduction to the text / Wendy Laura Belcher -- Manuscripts of the text and earlier translations / Wendy Laura Belcher -- Introduction to the translation of the text / Michael Kleiner -- Ethiopian script and its translation / Michael Kleiner -- Translation of the Gädlä Wälättä P̣eṭros -- Translation of the Tä'amerä Wälättä P̣eṭros -- Summaries of additional Tä'amerä Wälättä P̣eṭros -- Summary of the history of Walatta Petros's community (in MSS J and I only) -- Translation of the Mälke'a Wälättä P̣eṭros -- Translation of the Sälamta Wälättä P̣eṭros. |
Language |
English, translated from Ethiopic (Geez). |
Subject |
Walata P̣éṭros, Saint, 1592-1642.
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Walata P̣éṭros, Saint, 1592-1642. |
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Walata P̣éṭros, Saint, 1592-1642 -- Miracles.
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Miracles. |
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Women saints -- Biography.
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Women saints. |
Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Subject |
Nuns -- Ethiopia -- Biography.
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Nuns. |
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Ethiopia. |
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YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān -- Biography.
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YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān. |
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Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Ethiopia -- History -- 17th century.
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Monasticism and religious orders for women. |
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History. |
Chronological Term |
17th century |
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1600-1699 |
Genre/Form |
History.
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Biographies.
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Added Author |
Belcher, Wendy Laura, translator, editor.
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Kleiner, Michael, 1962- translator, editor.
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Gälawdewos, author.
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Added Title |
Gadla ʼEmna Walata Péṭros. English. https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2014127762
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ISBN |
9780691164212 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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0691164215 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
Standard No. |
40025365245 |
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