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Miracle data
Source name: Cornell Mariale
Short title: Monachus nomen B.V. tribus coloribus pingit
Poncelet Key: 326 - De monacho qui nomen B. Virginis consueverat scribere
Reference numbers: no.17
Rubric/Title in source: De monacho qui nomen Beate Virginis diversis scribebat coloribus
Incipit: Extitit quidam monachus in quodam monasterio qui intimo cordis affectu gloriose Marie Virginis serviebat
Summary: A devout scriptor who honored the virgin by writing her name in various colours is in extremis. A brother monk beholds a vision of the Virgin standing at the scriptor’s bed and telling him that his name was written in the Book of Life. (258)