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- ↑ Clark, Peter (16 September 2009). "Philip Barnes obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
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- ↑ The Alabaster Images of Medieval England, Francis Cheetham, The Association for Cultural Exchange & Boydell Press, 2003, ISBN 1-84383-028-0 (978-1843830283)
- ↑ English Medieval Alabasters: With a Catalogue of the Collection in the Victoria and Albert Museum, Second Edition, Francis Cheetham, The Association for Cultural Exchange & Boydell Press 2005, ISBN 1-84383-009-4 (978-1843830092)
