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- ↑ Jonathan Walker, (1999), "Gambling and Venetian Noblemen, c. 1500–1700", Past & Present, 162(1): 28–69, at 57 n129. doi : 10.1093/past/162.1.28
- ↑ Juergen Schulz, The New Palaces of Medieval Venice (The Pennsylvania State University, 2004), p. 224.