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1389HARPOCRATION Gramm.

1595PHILODEMUS Phil.

2042ORIGENES Theol.

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2642<ASTRAMPSYCHUS Magus> Onir.

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2933GERMANUS I Scr. Eccl.

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3024Constantinus STILBES Poeta et Rhet.

3036EUTHYMIUS Scr. Eccl.

3053JOANNES II Scr. Eccl.

3054JOANNES IV (vel V) Oxeïtes Scr. Eccl.

3059JOANNES X CAMATERUS Scr. Eccl.

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3077MICHAEL I CERULARIUS Theol. et Scr. Eccl.

3078MICHAEL III Epist., Theol. et Rhet.

3085NEOPHYTUS INCLUSUS Scr. Eccl.

3092Nicephorus BLEMMYDES Phil. et Theol.3093NICETAS Phil., Theol. et Scr. Eccl.

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Dumbarton Oaks has made available I .Shahid's  book on Rome and the Arabs. Click here to download
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