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Miracle data |
Source name: |
BL Mariale 1 |
Short title: |
Saturday |
Poncelet Number: |
1666 - Sollemnem memoriam S. Mariae virginis matris Dei decet |
Reference numbers: |
book3 no.14 |
Foliation in source: |
f. 139v |
Incipit: |
Solennem memoriam sancte Mariae virginis matris domini decet |
Summary: |
Rhapsody on the dedication of Saturday to the Virgin, containing allusions to some of her legends; followed by the tale how an image of the Virgin, in a church at Constantinople caller ‘Lucerna,’ unveils itself miraculously every Friday at sunset, and veils itself again at vespers on Saturday (II, 616). |