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Source name: BL Mariale 1
Short title: The Charitable Almsman
Poncelet Number: 1761 - Vir quidam pauper degebat in quadam villa; qui cum egeret
Reference numbers: book2 no.5
Foliation in source: f. 118v
Incipit: Vir quidam pauper degebat in quadam villa
Summary: How a poor man for love of the Virgin gave away part of the alms bestowed on him; and how she appeared to him on his deathbed and called him to Paradise (II, 605).