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Table of contents :
Frontmatter
FOREWORD (page xi)
INTRODUCTION (page 3)
THE DIDASCALION
PREFACE (page 43)
BOOK ONE (page 46)
BOPOK TWO (page 61)
BOOK THREE (page 83)
BOOK FOUR (page 102)
BOOK FIVE (page 120)
BOOK SIX (page 135)
APPENDICES (page 152)
ABBREVIATIONS (page 157)
INTRODUCTION (page 158)
BIBLIOGRAPHY (page 229)
INDEX (page 237)

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