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Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Getatchew Haile

Getatchew Haile

HMML Cataloger of Ethiopic Manuscripts (1976-2016)

The Late Prof. Getatchew Haile, Emeritus Professor at Saint John’s College, foremost scholar of Gəˁəz literature.

This is a page from his handwritten notes documenting a Miracles of Mary manuscript, for volume 11 for the A Catalogue of Ethiopian Manuscripts Microfilmed for the Ethiopian Manuscript Microfilm Library,  for the Hill Monastic Manuscript Microfilm Library, Collegeville, Project Numbers 5001-6000, currently being edited by PEMM team member and HMML Cataloguer of Ethiopian Manuscripts Dr. Jeremy R. Brown.

Getatchew Haile's handwritten notes for volume 11, documenting a Miracles of Mary manuscript

pricenton ethiopian eritrean & egyptian miracles of marry project

The Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project is a comprehensive resource for the 1,000+ miracle stories written about and the 2,500+ images painted of the Virgin Mary in these African countries, and preserved in Geʿez between 1300 and the present.

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