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The end of the world : Apocalypse and its aftermath in Western culture / Maria Manuel Lisboa.

76 pages ; 25 cm + 3 microfiches in pocket.

Apokalypse, ars moriendi, medizinische Traktate, Tugend- und Lasterlehren : die erbaulich-didaktische Sammelhandschrift London, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, Ms. 49 Farbmikrofiche-Edition / introduction to the manuscript, descriptive catalogue of the Latin and German texts and illustrations, index of incipits by Almuth Seebohm.

352 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles ; 28 cm

The Apocalypse and the shape of things to come / edited by Frances Carey.

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The end of the world : Apocalypse and its aftermath in Western culture / Maria Manuel Lisboa.

The Apocalypse and the shape of things to come / edited by Frances Carey.