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- ↑ Jean-Paul Labourdette, Dominique Auzias, Best of France, Le Petit Futé, 2008, p. 838
- ↑ J. Charles-Roux, Aix-en-Provence, 1907, Raphèle-lès-Arles: Marcel Petit (1984 reedition), 1984, p. 97
- ↑ Alauzen,La Peinture en Provence, Marseille: Jeanne-Laffitte, 1984, p. 385
- ↑ Bibliothèque de l'Ecole des chartes, vol. I-X, January–June 2003, Geneva and Paris: Librairie Droz, p. 307
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