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mei/00209649 Inc. d. G3.1.
[00209649]
Oxford, Bodleian Library (GB)
: Inc. d. G3.1.
ISTC No.ij00434000
AuthorJohannes de Segovia
TitleSuper materia contractuum de censibus annuis et perpetuis. Add: Articuli pro observatione dominicae et ordinarium festorum
Imprint[Cologne : Johann Koelhoff, the Elder, about 1472]