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- ↑ Nani Mocenigo 1935, p. 45.
- ↑ Lane 1973, p. 158.
- ↑ Nani Mocenigo 1935, p. 11.
- ↑ Nani Mocenigo 1935, pp. 45–46.
- ↑ Kahane, Kahane & Tietze 1958, pp. 341–342.
- 1 2 Nani Mocenigo 1935, p. 46.
