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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Matis, Hannah W., author.
Title: The Song of Songs in the early Middle Ages / by Hannah W. Matis.
Description: Boston : Brill, 2019. | Series: Studies in the history of Christian traditions, ISSN 1573-5664 ; VOLUME 191 | Includes bibliographical references.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018051685 | ISBN 9789004361508
Subjects: LCSH: Bible. Song of Solomon–Criticism, interpretation, etc.–History–To 1500.
Classification: LCC BS1485.52 .M38 2019 | DDC 223/.9060902–dc23
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