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Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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Les théories de la vision by Colette Dufossé

Colette Dufossé just published Les théories de la vision dans les mondes grec et latin du IVe au XIIe siècle. Entre permanence et renouveau, Paris: Champion, 2021, 606 pp.

https://www.honorechampion.com/fr/12413-book-08535615-9782745356154.html