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- ↑ Gavrilovic, Zaga; Gavrilović, Zaga (2001). Studies in Byzantine and Serbian medieval art. ISBN 9781899828340.
- ↑ Gavrilovic, Zaga; Gavrilović, Zaga (2001). Studies in Byzantine and Serbian medieval art. Pindar. ISBN 9781899828340.
- ↑ Cormack, Robin; Jeffreys, Elizabeth (2016-12-05). Through the Looking Glass: Byzantium through British Eyes: Papers from the Twenty-Ninth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, King's College, London, March 1995. ISBN 9781351878920.
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