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References
- Jeanroy, A. (1931). "Études sur l'ancienne poésie provençale. Cinquième article". Neuphilologische Mitteilungen. 32 (1/3): 8–24.
- A. Sakari, 'Azalais de Porcairagues, le "Joglar" de Raimbaut d'Orange' in Neuphilologische Mitteilungen vol. 50 (1949) pp. 23–43, 56–87, 174–198.
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