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- ↑ Brown 1887, pp. 204–205.
- ↑ Lane 1973, pp. 180, 201, 266.
- ↑ cf. Chambers, Fletcher & Pullan 2001 , pp. 274–276.
- ↑ Da Mosto 1937, pp. 1, 219.
- 1 2 Iordanou 2019, p. 110.
- ↑ Lane 1973, p. 266.
- ↑ Chambers, Fletcher & Pullan 2001, p. 60.
- 1 2 Brown 1887, p. 205.
- ↑ Lane 1973, pp. 180, 201.
- 1 2 Iordanou 2019, p. 111.
- ↑ Brown 1887, pp. 205–206.
