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- ↑ The Origins of the Teaching of Astronomy, Museo della Specola. Accessed 6 August 2010.
- ↑ E. Narducci, I Primi due Libri del „Tractatus Sphaerae“ di Bartolomeo da Parma, astronomo del secolo XIII, Rome, 1985, 38 and 40.
- ↑ Baiada Enrica: (1988) "Il Museo della Specola e l'astronomia a Bologna", in Storia Illustrata di Bologna, vol VII, AIEP, pp. 161-180.
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