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- ↑ W.M.H. Hummelman (1958). "De sinnekens in het rederijkersdrama." Groningen.
- ↑ Middelnederlandsch Handwordenboek, vII, 1158.
- ↑ On the function and role of the sinneken, see the summary in J. J. Mak, De rederijkers (Patria vaderlandsche cultuurgeschiedenis in monografieen, xxxiv), Amsterdam, 1944, 58-78; and esp. W. M. H. Hummelen, De sinnekens in het rederijkersdrama, Groningen, 1958.