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{Edinburgh, National Library of Scotland Adv. MS 34.4.3, f. 56v - f. 57r, item 205}
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{Arbroath Abbey, "Registrum Nigrum'} {f56v} {hand F} {item 205}
{(*CONCORDIA InTer EPiscopuM BRECHEnensEM & ABBaTEm PENES SuBSIDIUm)}
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