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@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ conclude this modest contribution on warfare in Christian Nubia.
 
 One of the most impressive documents of legal practice from Christian
 Nubia is a Royal Proclamation found at Qasr Ibrim (P.QI 3 30) and dated
-to the 23^rd^ of August 1155.[^15] Through this legal act, king Moses
+to the 23rd of August 1155.[^15] Through this legal act, king Moses
 George proclaims the rights and privileges of the church of Saint
 Epimachos at Ibrim West.[^16] The king threatens anyone who "speaks
 against and denies my statement" (P.QI 3 30, l. 30) that Epimachos will
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ pagans and the threat of the old religion.
 This identification is relevant for the purpose of this paper, when one
 considers that Mercurios was the name of a very important royal figure
 in the history of medieval Nubia: King Mercurios ruled during the turn
-from the 7^th^ to the 8^th^ century and the *History of the Patriarchs
+from the 7th to the 8th century and the *History of the Patriarchs
 of Alexandria* calls him the New Constantine, who "became by his
 beautiful conduct like one of the Disciples".[^32] Although this
 characterization has been linked with the annexation of Nobadia by
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ duces in Egypt,[^46] often composed of mercenaries, also including
 "Ethiopians", a term used for the peoples leaving south of Egypt, but
 which remains vague whether it denoted in the medieval era the Nubians
 or the inhabitants of modern-day Ethiopia or both.[^47] The meaning
-"guard" for hypaspistēs appears also in Byzantine sources of the 11^th^
+"guard" for hypaspistēs appears also in Byzantine sources of the 11th
 century,[^48] while in later times the hypaspistēs were important
 individuals close to the ruler, sort of retainers of the king.
 Interestingly, the most renowned chronicle of the Fall of Constantinople
@@ -338,10 +338,10 @@ referring to Christian Nubia, where the king always appears as the
 leader of the Nubian armies. We could look for example at this same king
 Moses George who stamped with hot iron a cross on the hand of the
 emissary of none less than Saladin, when he was asked to subdue and
-convert to Islam[^50]; or much earlier in the 8^th^ century, when king
+convert to Islam[^50]; or much earlier in the 8th century, when king
 Kyriakos invaded Egypt and caused chaos there attempting to liberate the
 imprisoned patriarch Michael[^51]; or even in the heroic defense of
-Dongola in the 7^th^ century by king Qalidurut who signed the
+Dongola in the 7th century by king Qalidurut who signed the
 much-discussed *baqt* with Abdalla ibn Sa'd.[^52] During the siege, the
 world came to know the might of the Nubian archers who were praised by
 the Arabic chroniclers and poets for centuries to come. The Old Nubian
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ One more detail from the field of Nubian iconography: a mural from Faras
 housed at the National Museum of Warsaw represents an unnamed Eparch who
 holds a bow,[^63] perhaps the weapon par excellence of Nubians, as we
 mentioned in the reference to the successful defense of Dongola against
-the invading Islamic army in the 7^th^ century. Admittedly, this is not
+the invading Islamic army in the 7th century. Admittedly, this is not
 the only representation of an Eparch from Christian Nubia, but the sole
 iconographic witness of the links between the Eparch and warfare.
 
@@ -573,7 +573,6 @@ Kingdoms of the Middle Nile." *Proceedings of the British Academy* 168
 Esbroeck, Michel van. "Epimachus of Pelusium, Saint." In
 *The Coptic Encyclopedia*, vol. 3, edited by Aziz S.
 Atiya, pp. 965b-967a. New York: MacMillan, 1991.
-
 \[https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/cce/id/792\] last
 accessed in February 2021.
 
@@ -930,8 +929,8 @@ Vogel, pp. 113-43. Cologne: Heinrich Barth Institut 2013.
     329; Seignobos, *L'Égypte et la Nubie à l'époque
     médiévale*, p. 93-112.
 
-[^52]: [Vantini, *Oriental Sources Concerning Nubia*, p.
-    639; [Seignobos, *L'Égypte et la Nubie à l'époque
+[^52]: Vantini, *Oriental Sources Concerning Nubia*, p.
+    639; Seignobos, *L'Égypte et la Nubie à l'époque
     médiévale*, p. 53-91.
 
 [^53]: Łajtar, "On the Name of the Capital of the Nubian
@@ -948,7 +947,7 @@ Vogel, pp. 113-43. Cologne: Heinrich Barth Institut 2013.
     archangel Michael in Nubia".
 
 [^57]: For the use of the title archistratēgos for the archangel
-    Raphael, see [Łajtar, *A Late Christian Pilgrimage
+    Raphael, see Łajtar, *A Late Christian Pilgrimage
     Centre in Nubia. The Evidence of Wall Inscriptions in the Upper
     Church at Banganarti*, p. 46.