Paris Codex

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Detail from the Paris Codex; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

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Detail from the Paris Codex; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

Detail from the Paris Codex; in the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris.

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