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        <note>Biblical verses in enlarged characters; vocalization and cantillation in later hand; Fol. 1 contains the commentary on Song of Solomon VII 4 to the end of 7; fol. 2 is from the introduction to Ruth, presented, as is customary in Gersonides, in numbered To'alot (purposes); The folio contains To'elet 9-16, which is the end of the essay (in the published edition, Koenigsburg, p. 24). The author signs at the end that he completed the essay on Rosh Ḥodesh of Nissan 89 (=1329) as in ms. Rome, Biblioteca Casanatense 3094.</note>
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