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Loci: Convergence

'He Advanced Him 200 Lambs of Gold': The Pamiers Manuscript

by Randy K. Schwartz (Schoolcraft College)

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Schwartz, Randy K., "'He Advanced Him 200 Lambs of Gold': The Pamiers Manuscript," Loci (July 2012), DOI: 10.4169/loci003888


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