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References

* , ''Le breton d'Arnold von Harff'', H. Champion, 1911 * Malcolm Henry Ikin Letts, Eberhard von Groote, ''The Pilgrimage of Arnold von Harff, knight: from Cologne through Italy, Syria, Egypt, Arabia, Ethiopia, Nubia, Palestine, Turkey, France, and Spain, which he accomplished in the years 1496 to 1499'', Hakluyt Society, 1946 * "Le breton d'Arnold Von Harff", ''Celticum'', Nnn 22, 1975 * "Aux origines du breton: Le glossaire vannetais du Chevalier Arnold von Harff, voyageur allemand du XVème siècle", ''Ogam-Celticum'', 1984, 26, Christian-J. Guyonvarc'h *
La ville chez Arnold Von Harff
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