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- 1 2 3 One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Cappel". Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 5 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 288.
- ↑ Acta Eruditorum: Jacques Cappel also known as Jacobus Tillaeus
- Eugene and Emile Haag, La France protestante, vol. iii. (new edition, 1881).