Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of Italians of Albanian descent" in English language version.
illyricum sacrum albanian.
Veneziano di probabile origine albanese
L'opinione di F. Babinger (*) secondo cui il pittore veneziano Marco Basaiti, il quale operò intorno agli anni 1500–1530, fosse di origine albanese, a mio avviso trova conferma nel fatto che Bazaiti appare ancor oggi come nome di famiglia nella città di Delvina
[The Albanian exiled community] set up there their own school, which they called "Scuola degli Albanesi" (School of the Albanians). Their textbooks were the works of the Albanian Humanists: Marin Beçikemi (1468-1528) and Marin Barleti (1460–1512). The most renowned painters were Marco Basaiti (1496–1530) and Viktor Karpaçi (1465–1525). Some international academics have referred to them and their Albanian descent.
My paternal grandparents were Italian immigrants from a village near Avellino. I grew up hearing them and my dad talk Italian. My mother's relatives were Albanians, but they, too, lived in Italy before emigrating to the States.
