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- ↑ Muslims in Medieval Italy: The Colony at Lucera Archived 2010-08-19 at Archive-It . Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books. 2003.
- ↑ The Metropolitan Museum of Art's page about Duccio's "Madonna and Child"
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