Vercelli Book
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The Vercelli Book is a late 10th-century Old English manuscript containing a major collection of religious prose and poetry, including several of the four signed poems by the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Vercelli Book canonical | 7 |
| The Vercelli Book homilies | 1 |
| Vercelli Book, a major Old English manuscript | 1 |
| the Vercelli Book (as part of the poem’s transmission) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T996508 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vercelli Book Context triple: [Cynewulf, workPreservedIn, Vercelli Book]
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A.
Codex Boturini
Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.
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B.
Lindisfarne Gospels
The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated manuscript of the four Christian Gospels, renowned as a masterpiece of early medieval Insular art produced in Northumbria around the early 8th century.
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C.
Bay Psalm Book
The Bay Psalm Book is the first book printed in British North America, a 1640 metrical English translation of the biblical Psalms used by early New England Puritans for congregational singing.
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D.
Codex Vaticanus
Codex Vaticanus is a 4th-century Greek biblical manuscript held in the Vatican Library and regarded as one of the oldest and most important witnesses to the text of the Bible.
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E.
Nowell Codex
The Nowell Codex is the late 10th–early 11th century Old English manuscript best known for preserving the only surviving copy of the epic poem Beowulf, along with several other important prose and poetic texts.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Vercelli Book Target entity description: The Vercelli Book is a late 10th-century Old English manuscript containing a major collection of religious prose and poetry, including several of the four signed poems by the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf.
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A.
Codex Boturini
Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.
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B.
Lindisfarne Gospels
The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated manuscript of the four Christian Gospels, renowned as a masterpiece of early medieval Insular art produced in Northumbria around the early 8th century.
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C.
Bay Psalm Book
The Bay Psalm Book is the first book printed in British North America, a 1640 metrical English translation of the biblical Psalms used by early New England Puritans for congregational singing.
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D.
Codex Vaticanus
Codex Vaticanus is a 4th-century Greek biblical manuscript held in the Vatican Library and regarded as one of the oldest and most important witnesses to the text of the Bible.
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E.
Nowell Codex
The Nowell Codex is the late 10th–early 11th century Old English manuscript best known for preserving the only surviving copy of the epic poem Beowulf, along with several other important prose and poetic texts.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old English manuscript
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medieval manuscript ⓘ poetry manuscript ⓘ prose manuscript ⓘ religious manuscript ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Codex Vercellensis ⓘ |
| approximateLength | about 135 leaves ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Anglo-Saxon monastic communities
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surface form:
Anglo-Saxon Christianity
Anglo-Saxon monastic culture ⓘ |
| catalogCode | Codex CXVII ⓘ |
| century | 10th century ⓘ |
| contains |
Andreas
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Elene ⓘ Homiletic Fragment I ⓘ Homiletic Fragment I ⓘ
surface form:
Homiletic Fragment II
Homily on the Ascension ⓘ Homily on the Day of Judgment ⓘ Homily on the Nativity ⓘ Soul and Body I ⓘ The Dream of the Rood ⓘ The Fates of the Apostles ⓘ four signed poems by Cynewulf ⓘ homilies ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ religious prose ⓘ saints' lives ⓘ visions ⓘ |
| containsWorkBy | Cynewulf ⓘ |
| countryOfCurrentLocation | Italy ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
Vercelli
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surface form:
Vercelli, Italy
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| date | late 10th century ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Friedrich Blume ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1822 ⓘ |
| folioCount | 135 folios ⓘ |
| genre |
hagiography
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homiletic literature ⓘ religious poetry ⓘ |
| housedAt |
Cathedral Library, Vercelli
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surface form:
Biblioteca Capitolare of Vercelli
|
| language | Old English ⓘ |
| material | parchment ⓘ |
| origin | Anglo-Saxon England ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Beowulf Manuscript (Nowell Codex)
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surface form:
Beowulf Manuscript
Exeter Book ⓘ Junius Manuscript ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| script | Insular minuscule ⓘ |
| significance |
major source for Old English religious literature
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one of the four major Old English poetic codices ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Vercelli Book Description of subject: The Vercelli Book is a late 10th-century Old English manuscript containing a major collection of religious prose and poetry, including several of the four signed poems by the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf.
Referenced by (10)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
The Rood
this entity surface form:
the Vercelli Book (as part of the poem’s transmission)
this entity surface form:
The Vercelli Book homilies
this entity surface form:
Vercelli Book, a major Old English manuscript