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"citation": "Kemper, Dorothee. Die Goldschmiedearbeiten am Dreiko\u0308nigenschrein: Bestand und Geschichte seiner Restaurierungen im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert : mit Beitra\u0308gen zu Materialanalysen und Herstellungstechniken. Ko\u0308ln : Verlag Ko\u0308lner Dom, 2014.",
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