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- ↑ Monuments of Culture in Serbia: OSTACI SREDNJOVEKOVNOG GRADA SVRČINA ( SANU ) (in Serbian and English)(in English and Serbian)
- ↑ Rešenje Pokrajinskog zavoda za zaštitu spomenika kulture u Prištini, br. 960 od 31.12.1967.g. Zakon o zaštiti spomenika kulture (Sl. glasnik SRS br. 3/66).
- ↑ Bozanic, p. 1
- ↑ Prilozi za književnost, jezik, istoriju i folklor 1977, p. 68: "Шестог септембра 1327. године долазио је хиландарски игуман Гервасије код краља Стефана Дечанског због спора око међа са синовима тепчије Хардомила. Тада је одређен пристав Градислав Војшић и дванаест староседелаца жупљана, достојних да им се верује кад се закуну и покажу где је међа Косорића, а где хилан- дарског метоха (Законски споменици, стр. 397)" (in Serbian)
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- Božanić, Snežana, СПОР ИЗМЕЂУ МАНАСТИРА ХИЛАНДАРА И БРАЋЕ ХАРДОМИЛИЋА OКО КОСОРИЋА [THE ARGUMENT BETWEEN THE MONASTERY OF HILANDAR AND BROTHERS HARDOMILIĆ ABOUT KOSORIĆ](PDF) (in Serbian)[ permanent dead link ]