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16th c. alphabet for fingerspelling & fingercounting
from a copy of a text attributed to bede the venerable (7-8th c.), included in a miscellany manuscript written and illustrated by wilhelm werner von zimmern, speyer (?), c. 1539-62
source: Stuttgart, Landesbibl., Cod. Donaueschingen 704, fol. 163r-164r
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