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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).