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- ↑ Formerly in the monastery of Steinfeld and then in the possession of Chevalier de Bearzi in Paris
- 1 2 3 One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain : Holland, Arthur William (1911). "Widukind". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclopædia Britannica . Vol. 28 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 620–621.
