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- 1 2 Nani Mocenigo 1935, pp. 5, 23.
- 1 2 Nani Mocenigo 1935, p. 42.
- ↑ Nani Mocenigo 1935, pp. 41–42.
- ↑ Nani Mocenigo 1935, pp. 23, 28, 29.
- ↑ Nani Mocenigo 1935, pp. 30–31.
- ↑ Nani Mocenigo 1935, p. 28.
- 1 2 Nani Mocenigo 1935, p. 29.
