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Miracle data
Source name: Gautier de Coinci
Short title: De incredibili vindicta Dei ibidem facta (Laon)
Reference numbers: book2 no8
Rubric/Title in source: Comment li moustiers et toute la vile fu ars par un dragon
Incipit: Or entendez qu’a en cest fuel: / D’or en avant venir vos veil
Notes: Key number: Koenig: II Miracle 17 Ducrot-Granderye: 65 268 lines A dragon emerges from the sea and sets on fire the town of Christchurch.