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Miracle data
Source name: Mariale Magnum
Short title: Theophilus
Reference numbers: book1 no1
Foliation in source: f. 2-9
Notes: The first part of the text, including the rubric and incipit, is lost due to a lacuna in the MS. Henri Barré (1966) reconstructs them as follows: Rubric: De penitentia publica Theophili Incipit: Factum est in tempore illo priusquam incursio fieret Poncelet—unnumbered entry BHL 8121 Key Number: 74 The miracle of Theophilus was almost certainly preceded by a Table of Contents of Book I, but this has been lost.