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001    ocn317925790 
003    OCoLC 
005    20101208183209.0 
008    100510t20102010nyuaf    b    001 0 eng   
010      2010019795 
020    9781586488000|qalkaline paper 
020    1586488007|qalkaline paper 
035    (OCoLC)317925790 
040    DLC|beng|cDLC|dBTCTA|dYDXCP|dIEB|dC#P|dBWX|dJQF|dT7B|dWHP 
043    e-be--- 
049    WHPP 
050 00 ND673.E87|bA63 2010 
082 00 759.9493|222 
100 1  Charney, Noah. 
245 10 Stealing the Mystic Lamb :|bthe true story of the world's 
       most coveted masterpiece /|cNoah Charney. 
246 30 True story of the world's most coveted masterpiece 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bPublicAffairs,|c[2010] 
264  4 |c©2010 
300    xiv, 318 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :
       |billustrations (some color) ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-300) and 
       index. 
505 0  Prologue. The wolves and the Lamb -- The mysteries of the 
       masterpiece -- The magician in the red turban -- The 
       burning of the Lamb -- Thieves of revolution and empire --
       Illicit collectors' paradise -- The canon hides the Lamb -
       - Thieves in the cathedral -- The world's greatest 
       treasure hunt -- Raising the buried treasure -- Epilogue. 
       Hidden in plain sight? 
520    Presents a history of the world's most pilfered 
       masterpiece--Jan van Eyck's "Ghent Alterpiece," treasured 
       for its central panel, "The Adoration of the Mystic Lamb"-
       -which has been looted in three wars, burned, forged, 
       smuggled, hunted by the Nazis, and stolen thirteen times. 
600 10 Eyck, Jan van,|d1390-1440.|tGhent altarpiece. 
650  0 Art thefts|zBelgium|zGhent. 
994    02|bWHP 
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