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Tekstene er samlet i et kopendium som selges hos Akademika.
Tidsskriftsartikler som lastes ned fra BIBSYS:
-Mary Quinlan-McGrath: The Astrological Vault of the Villa Farnesina. Agostino Chigi’s Rising Sign, Journal of Warburg and Courtauld, 47 (1984), 91-105.
-John Shearman: The Florentine Entrata of Leo X, 1515, Journal of Warburg and Courtauld Institutes, 38 (1975), 136-154.
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