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  • Saint Luke, writing his gospel. Engraving after C. Visscher.
  • The old writing master sharpens his pen at the window with his students in the background. Lithograph by F. Hanfstaengl, 1836, after G. Dou.
  • The risen Christ shows his lance wound to Saint Thomas. Engraving by J. Sturt.
  • Saint Gregory, wearing papal costume, is seated at his desk writing his homilies. Engraving by Houatt and N. Bazin after A. Dieu, 17--.
  • Zacharias (father of John the Baptist), struck dumb, writes that his son should be known as John. Etching by C. Tinti, 1771, after A. del Sarto.
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Catalogue

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    The world's writing systems / edited by Peter T. Daniels and William Bright.

    | Date: 1996
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    Fictions of well-being : sickly readers and vernacular medical writing in late medieval and early modern Spain / Michael Solomon.

    Solomon, Michael (Michael Ray) | Date: [2010], ©2010
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    Winning the publications game : how to write a scientific paper without neglecting your patients / Tim Albert.

    Albert, Tim. | Date: 2000
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    Literacy and social development in the West : a reader / edited by Harvey J. Graff.

    | Date: 1981
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    Miscellaneous works of the late Thomas Young, M.D., F.R.S., &c., and one of the eight foreign Associates of the National Institute of France.

    Young, Thomas, 1773-1829. | Date: 1855
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