Glosas Silenses
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Glosas Silenses are a set of early medieval glosses considered among the earliest written examples of the Spanish language, providing key evidence for the transition from Latin to Old Spanish.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glosas Silenses canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3719451 — 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: Glosas Silenses Context triple: [Old Spanish, notableWorkInLanguage, Glosas Silenses]
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A.
Breviary of Alaric
The Breviary of Alaric is a 6th-century compilation of Roman law for the Visigothic kingdom, serving as a key source for the transmission of late Roman legal tradition in Western Europe.
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B.
Moriae Encomium
Moriae Encomium is a satirical essay by Renaissance humanist Desiderius Erasmus that humorously critiques the follies and abuses of society, the Church, and scholarly life through the personified voice of Folly.
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C.
Le Laudi
Le Laudi is a major poetic cycle by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio, celebrating nature, the senses, and human vitality in an ornate, symbolist style.
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D.
Acta Non Verba
Acta Non Verba is the Latin motto of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, emphasizing the primacy of actions over words.
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E.
Pange lingua gloriosi
Pange lingua gloriosi is a renowned Latin Eucharistic hymn traditionally attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas and closely associated with Catholic devotion to the Blessed Sacrament.
- 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: Glosas Silenses Target entity description: Glosas Silenses are a set of early medieval glosses considered among the earliest written examples of the Spanish language, providing key evidence for the transition from Latin to Old Spanish.
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A.
Breviary of Alaric
The Breviary of Alaric is a 6th-century compilation of Roman law for the Visigothic kingdom, serving as a key source for the transmission of late Roman legal tradition in Western Europe.
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B.
Moriae Encomium
Moriae Encomium is a satirical essay by Renaissance humanist Desiderius Erasmus that humorously critiques the follies and abuses of society, the Church, and scholarly life through the personified voice of Folly.
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C.
Le Laudi
Le Laudi is a major poetic cycle by Italian writer Gabriele D’Annunzio, celebrating nature, the senses, and human vitality in an ornate, symbolist style.
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D.
Acta Non Verba
Acta Non Verba is the Latin motto of the United States Merchant Marine Academy, emphasizing the primacy of actions over words.
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E.
Pange lingua gloriosi
Pange lingua gloriosi is a renowned Latin Eucharistic hymn traditionally attributed to St. Thomas Aquinas and closely associated with Catholic devotion to the Blessed Sacrament.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Spanish text
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historical linguistic document ⓘ medieval glosses ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Burgos region
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monastic scriptoria ⓘ |
| chronology | early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| content |
lexical explanations of Latin words
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morphological and syntactic clues to early Spanish ⓘ vernacular glosses added to a Latin text ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Christian monastic culture ⓘ |
| date |
10th century
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11th century ⓘ |
| describedAs | among the earliest written examples of the Spanish language ⓘ |
| field |
Romance philology
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historical linguistics ⓘ medieval studies ⓘ |
| genre |
interlinear glosses
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marginal glosses ⓘ |
| hasForm | short glosses rather than continuous prose ⓘ |
| language |
Latin
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Romance ⓘ early Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Kingdom of León ⓘ |
| material | parchment manuscript ⓘ |
| medium | ink ⓘ |
| purpose |
to aid monastic reading and comprehension
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to explain Latin texts ⓘ |
| region | northern Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Glosas Emilianenses
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early Ibero-Romance texts ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence of early Romance vernacular in the Iberian Peninsula
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important source for the history of the Spanish language ⓘ key evidence for the transition from Latin to Old Spanish ⓘ |
| status | preserved in a medieval codex ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
historians of the Spanish language
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paleographers ⓘ philologists ⓘ |
| usedFor |
analyzing early Spanish vocabulary
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reconstructing early Old Spanish phonology ⓘ studying the evolution from Vulgar Latin to Romance ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Carolingian minuscule
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surface form:
Caroline minuscule
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Instruction
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Subject: Glosas Silenses Description of subject: Glosas Silenses are a set of early medieval glosses considered among the earliest written examples of the Spanish language, providing key evidence for the transition from Latin to Old Spanish.
Referenced by (2)
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