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_fw-it sancto_fw-it basilio_n in_o libro_fw-la de_fw-fr paradiso_n à _fw-fr joan._n damasceno_fw-la libro_fw-la secundo_fw-la de_fw-la fide_fw-la capite_fw-la undecimo_fw-la à _fw-la sancto_fw-la augustino_n libro_fw-la decimo_fw-la quarto_fw-la de_fw-la civitate_fw-la dei_fw-la capit_fw-la 10._o ab_fw-la alchimo_n avito_fw-la &_o claud._n mario_n victore_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la suprà _fw-la citatis_fw-la isidoro_n libro_fw-la decimo_fw-la quarto_fw-la etymolog_fw-la capite_fw-la tertio_fw-la &_o aliis_fw-la communiter_fw-la ut_fw-la fuerit_fw-la in_o eo_fw-la ver_fw-la perpetuum_fw-la nulla_fw-la figora_n nulli_fw-la aestus_fw-la nullae_fw-la pluviae_fw-la nives_fw-la grandine_n nullae_fw-la etiam_fw-la nubes_fw-la quod_fw-la ipsum_fw-la significat_fw-la scriptura_fw-la cum_fw-la dicit_fw-la primos_fw-la homines_fw-la in_o paradiso_n fuisse_fw-la nudos_fw-la see_v eng._n theor._n p._n 253._o p._n 185._o p._n 180._o p._n 187._o p._n 188._o p._n 189._o p._n 190._o p._n 186._o p._n 195._o 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