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First published 2025
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ISBN 978 1 83765 155 9 (hardback)
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Jacob Arthur Dyble’s work is funded by the European Union – NextGenerationEU and by the University of Padua under the 2023 STARS Grants@Unipd programme AvCOL - Avania: Commerce, Orientalism, and Law in Early Modern Europe
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Cover image: Extract from Pinturicchio, Allegoria del Colle della Sapienza (Allegory of the Hill of Wisdom) (1505), Siena Cathedral, Tuscany. Reproduction authorized by the Opera della Metropolitana Aut. N. 293/2024.
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