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mei/02009252 MdS 57 Aa 13 (2)
[02009252]
Locarno, Biblioteca Madonna del Sasso (CH)
: MdS 57 Aa 13 (2)
ISTC No.ip00464000
AuthorPetrus Comestor
TitleHistoria scholastica
Imprint[Chambéry : Printer of the Breviarium Sedunense, GW 5459 (Henricus Wirtzburg?), not after 1486]