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English: Skyllitzes Matritensis, fol. 31va, detail Miniature: The fleet of Thomas the Slav sails towards Abydos. Labels: στόλος τοῦ Θωμᾶ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ Θωμᾶς περῶν πρὸς τὴν Ἄβυδον σὺν τῷ στρατῷ (
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