Libellus de Nativitate Sanctae Mariae

Libellus de Nativitate Sanctae Mariae (literally book of the birth of Saint Mary), known in English as the Gospel of the Nativity of Mary, is a text concerning the events surrounding the birth of Mary, mother of Jesus. It essentially originates as part of the Gospel of Pseudo-Matthew,^[1] and was treated as an independent work around the ninth century.^{[citation needed]}