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Book Title: Psellos And The Patriarchs: Letters And Funeral Orations For...
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.6in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Michael Psellos
Publication Name: Psellos and the Patriarchs : Letters and Funeral Orations for Keroullarios, Leichoudes, and Xiphilinos
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
Publication Year: 2015
Series: Michael Psellos in Translation Ser.
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 13.4 Oz
Number of Pages: 252 Pages
