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Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
Princeton Ethiopian, Eritrean, and Egyptian Miracles of Mary (PEMM) project
William F. Macomber

William F. Macomber

HMML Cataloger of Ethiopic Manuscripts (1974-1995)

https://hmmlorientalia.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/the-nachlass-of-william-macomber-1921-2008/

William Macomber (1921-2008) was the author of an unpublished catalog that was the source of the early stage of PEMM. To learn more about his contribution, see the PEMM Macomber page. He identified 643 miracles of Mary and gave each a title. He also noted published texts and translations of each (if they existed, non-EMML manuscripts, EMML manuscripts (up through about no. 3000), and the incipit (in transliteration, not Ethiopic script). 

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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