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Miracle data
Source name:	Paris Mariale 1
Short title:	Hairs of the Virgin in the Abbey of Capelle
Poncelet Number:	715 - Ida Boloniae comitissa, mulier sapeins et gloriosa ultra reliquas
Reference numbers:	no71
Incipit:	Ida Boloniae comitissima (sic) mulier sapiens.
Notes:	N.B. Miracles 71-77 are the same as 1, 3-8 of London, BL, Royal 6 B X, and ff. 35v. - 41v. where they occur in the same order, and, as noted by Ward, “form…a separate collection of themselves.” Ward, Ro., II, 642.
Summary:	"How Ida, Countess of Boulogne, and mother of Godfrey of Bouillon, received eleven hairs of the Virgin from King Alfonso... how they remained unharmed in the midst of a fire; and how they were placed in the Abbey which Ida founded at Capelle.” Ward, Cat. of Ro., II, 643, #1.