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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Gottheil, Richard; Broydé, Isaac (1901–1906). "Ashkenazi, Eliezer b. Solomon". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia . New York: Funk & Wagnalls. Its bibliography:
- Joseph Zedner, Cat. Hebr. Books Brit. Mus. pp. 56, 57;
- William Zeitlin, Bibliotheca Hebraica, p. 7.
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