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Nürnberg (Verlag des Germanischen Nationalmuseums) 2997, vol. 1/I, p. 256-7, mark no. 527/14; vol. 1/II, p. 747, ill. 125 with comparable pieces; vol. 2, pp. 151-2."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Oman, Charles. <u>Medieval Silver Nefs</u>. Victoria and Albert Museum monographs, no. 15. London: HMSO, 1963"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Koeppe, Wolfram. <u>Die Lemmers-Danforth-Sammlung Wetzlar: europäische Wohnkultur aus Renaissance und Barock</u>. Heidelberg: Braus, 1992. ISBN 389466004X."},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"Boysson, Bernadette de, Ekkehard Schmidberger and Hans Ottomeyer. <u>Orfèvrerie d'apparat Allemagne XV<sup>e</sup> - XVII<sup>e</sup> siècle. Collections du Hessisches Landesmuseum, Kassel</u>. Transl. Philippe-Henri Ledru and Marguerite Stahl. Bordeaux: Le Festin, 2001. 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