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| Title | Essays on Archaeological Subjects, and on Various Questions Connected with the History of Art, Science and Literature in the Middle Ages, Volume 2 Essays on Archaeological Subjects, and on Various Questions Connected with the History of Art, Science and Literature in the Middle Ages, Thomas Wright |
| Author | Thomas Wright |
| Publisher | J.R. Smith, 1861 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 2 Aug 2006 |
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