Description |
xxxiv, 500 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 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 -- The Ethiopian script and its transcription / Michael Kleiner -- The translation of the Life-struggles of Walatta Petros (Gädlä Wälättä ̣Peṭros) -- The translation of the Miracles of Walatta Petros (Tä'amerä Wälättä ̣Peṭros) -- Summaries of additional Miracles of Walatta Petros (Tä'amerä Wälättä ̣Peṭros) -- Summary of the Short history of Walatta Petros's community (in MSS I and J only) -- The translation of the poem Portrait of Walatta Petros (Mälke'a Wälättä ̣Peṭros) -- The translation of the poem Hail to Walatta Petros (Sälamta Wälättä ̣Peṭros). |
Language |
English, translated from Ethiopic (Geez). |
Subject |
Walata ̣Péṭros, Saint, 1592-1642.
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Walata ̣Péṭros, Saint, 1592-1642 -- Miracles.
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YaʼItyọpyā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān -- Biography.
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Women saints -- Biography.
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Nuns -- Ethiopia -- Biography.
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Monasticism and religious orders for women -- Ethiopia -- History -- 17th century.
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Walata ̣Péṭros, Saint, 1592-1642. (OCoLC)fst01856645
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YaʼItyọpyā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān. (OCoLC)fst00520329
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Miracles. (OCoLC)fst01023535
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Monasticism and religious orders for women. (OCoLC)fst01025166
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Nuns. (OCoLC)fst01041386
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Women saints. (OCoLC)fst01178484
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Ethiopia. (OCoLC)fst01205830
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Chronological Term |
1600 - 1699
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Genre/Form |
Biography. (OCoLC)fst01423686
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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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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Standard No. |
40025365245 |
ISBN |
9780691164212 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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0691164215 (hardcover) (alkaline paper) |
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