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Source name: Cornell Mariale
Short title: Chartres Saved by the Virgin's Shift
Poncelet Key: 76 - Anno Dñi 911 Rollo, dux exercitus Normannorum, multas
Reference numbers: no.5
Rubric/Title in source: De miraculo facto ad ostensionem tunice Beate Virginis Marie
Incipit: Anno ab incarnatione dominica octingentesimo xc. Ix. Rollo primus dux Normandorum
Summary: The city of Chartres is saved during the siege by Rollo by showing the Virgin’s mantle. (245)