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| Title | SCIENCE AND LITERATURE JIN THE MIDDLE AGES AND AT THE PERIOD OF THE RENAISSANCE |
| Author | PAUL LACROIX |
| Published | 1878 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2005 |
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