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References
- Heinz Erich Stiene (translator) (1992), Vita Wolfhelmi: Leben des Abtes Wolfhelm von Brauweiler
- Robert Ziomkowski (translator) (2002), Liber contra Wolfelmum, Manegold of Lautenbach
