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    "id": "119649",
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    "title": "Fragment of a Band (1 of 2)",
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    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Martin Nagy, Rebecca. Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art in cooperation with Indiana University Press, 1985.",
            "page_number": "pp. 52-54, 59"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Spies, Nancy. Ecclesiastical Pomp & Aristocratic Circumstance: A Thousand Years of Brocaded Tabletwoven Bands. Jarrettsville, Md: Arelate Studio, 2000.",
            "page_number": "pp. 277-78"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Pritchard, Frances. <em>Crafting Textiles: Tablet Weaving, Sprang, Lace and Other Techniques from the Bronze Age to the Early 17th Century</em>. 2021.",
            "page_number": "p. 1-69"
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