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Like the colophon actually means like these are the people who made it. Lale Arikoglu, Condé Nast Traveler, "We’ve Got Even More Book Suggestions: Women Who Travel Podcast," 5 Aug. 2020

The differences between the editions, which begin with the colophon, include extended or altered scenes and three distinct endings. James Yeh, New York Times, "Percival Everett Has a Book or Three Coming Out," 3 May 2020

This is one reason, Melanie Holcomb, a curator in the Met’s department of medieval art explained, it is thought that the Bible dates from the early part of the 14th century, despite bearing a colophon dated A.D. 1366. Peter Libbey, New York Times, "An Illuminated Hebrew Bible Has a New Home," 22 Dec. 2017

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