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Ghost Stories of a Antiquarian by M.R. James

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Let's take a glance a the curriculum vitae of Montague Rhodes James (1862-1936), gentleman and scholar.

A noted medievalist, James was an expert in illuminated manuscripts, with a special focus on those dealing with the Apocalypse. He translated the New Testament Apocrypha and was a key contributor to the Encyclopaedia Biblica (1899), a massive reference…

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