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- 1 2 Koumanoudi 2005, p. 262.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Borsari 1964.
- ↑ Borsari 1966, pp. 35–37, 79.
- ↑ Robbert 1985, p. 432.
- ↑ Vianoli 1680, p. 347.
- ↑ Loenertz 1975, pp. 57–58, 111.
- ↑ Anonymous 1876, p. 90.