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- ↑ Nicol 1968, pp. 121ff., 156–164.
- ↑ Donald M. Nicol, The Byzantine Family of Kantakouzenos: Some Addenda and Corrigenda, Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Vol. 27 (1973), p. 312-3