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Ivories Ancient and Mediæval ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

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⠞⠓⠑⠀⠀⠙⠊⠏⠞⠽⠉⠓⠀⠶⠁⠇⠗⠑⠁⠙⠽⠀⠍⠑⠝⠞⠊⠕⠝⠑⠙⠶⠀⠕⠋⠀
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⠁⠎⠀⠦⠊⠝⠀⠍⠥⠉⠓⠀⠙⠑⠑⠏⠑⠗⠀⠀⠗⠑⠇⠊⠑⠋⠀⠞⠓⠁⠝⠀⠞⠓⠑⠀
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⠞⠓⠑⠀⠙⠑⠎⠊⠛⠝⠲⠀⠀⠠⠓⠑⠗⠑⠀⠎⠉⠥⠇⠁⠏⠊⠥⠎⠀⠓⠕⠇⠙⠎⠀⠁⠀
⠏⠁⠇⠍⠤⠃⠗⠁⠝⠉⠓⠀⠊⠝⠀⠓⠊⠎⠀⠗⠊⠛⠓⠞⠀⠓⠁⠝⠙⠂⠀⠁⠝⠙⠀
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