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- 1 2 Spinei 1986, p. 187.
- 1 2 Knoll 1972, p. 246.
- ↑ Księga ku czci Oskara Haleckiego, wydana w XXV-lecie jego pracy naukowej, 1935, p. 125.
- 1 2 Spinei 1986, p. 188.
- ↑ Rădvan 2010, p. 478.
- 1 2 Ciocîltan 2012, p. 279.
- ↑ Rădvan 2010, p. 325.