Kringla manuscript
E381537
The Kringla manuscript is a medieval Icelandic vellum codex that preserves one of the principal early texts of Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, a key source for Norse royal history and saga literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Kringla manuscript canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3723882 — 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: Kringla manuscript Context triple: [Heimskringla, notableManuscript, Kringla manuscript]
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A.
Codex Regius
Codex Regius is a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript that is the most important surviving source for the Old Norse mythological and heroic poems collectively known as the Poetic Edda.
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B.
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.
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C.
Codex Egberti
Codex Egberti is a richly illuminated late 10th-century Gospel book, renowned as a masterpiece of Ottonian book art and an important monument of medieval Christian manuscript illumination.
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D.
Exeter Book
The Exeter Book is a 10th-century Old English manuscript and one of the most important surviving collections of Anglo-Saxon poetry, including religious and secular works.
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E.
Vienna manuscript
The Vienna manuscript is a significant medieval handwritten copy of the Tosefta, valued by scholars as one of the primary textual witnesses to this early rabbinic work.
- 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: Kringla manuscript Target entity description: The Kringla manuscript is a medieval Icelandic vellum codex that preserves one of the principal early texts of Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, a key source for Norse royal history and saga literature.
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A.
Codex Regius
Codex Regius is a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript that is the most important surviving source for the Old Norse mythological and heroic poems collectively known as the Poetic Edda.
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B.
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.
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C.
Codex Egberti
Codex Egberti is a richly illuminated late 10th-century Gospel book, renowned as a masterpiece of Ottonian book art and an important monument of medieval Christian manuscript illumination.
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D.
Exeter Book
The Exeter Book is a 10th-century Old English manuscript and one of the most important surviving collections of Anglo-Saxon poetry, including religious and secular works.
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E.
Vienna manuscript
The Vienna manuscript is a significant medieval handwritten copy of the Tosefta, valued by scholars as one of the primary textual witnesses to this early rabbinic work.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (30)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Heimskringla manuscript
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Icelandic manuscript ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ vellum codex ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Icelandic literary tradition
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Norwegian royal history ⓘ Old Norse literature ⓘ |
| authorOfTextContained | Snorri Sturluson ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iceland ⓘ |
| describedAs | one of the principal early texts of Heimskringla ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Old Norse philology
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codicology ⓘ medieval Scandinavian history ⓘ palaeography ⓘ |
| genre |
Norse sagas
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surface form:
kings' sagas
royal historiography ⓘ saga literature ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| language | Old Norse ⓘ |
| material | vellum ⓘ |
| script | medieval Icelandic script ⓘ |
| significance |
important source for reconstruction of Snorri Sturluson's original text
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key witness for the text of Heimskringla ⓘ |
| subject |
Norse royal genealogy
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Norwegian kings ⓘ political history of medieval Norway ⓘ |
| typeOfContent | prose narrative ⓘ |
| use |
source for Norse royal history
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source for saga studies ⓘ |
| workContained | Heimskringla ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Kringla manuscript Description of subject: The Kringla manuscript is a medieval Icelandic vellum codex that preserves one of the principal early texts of Snorri Sturluson's Heimskringla, a key source for Norse royal history and saga literature.
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