Gothic Bible of Ulfilas
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The Gothic Bible of Ulfilas is a 4th-century translation of the Bible into the Gothic language, created by the bishop Ulfilas and serving as the principal source for our knowledge of East Germanic.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Gothic Bible of Ulfilas canonical | 2 |
| Gothic Bible tradition | 1 |
| Wulfila Bible | 1 |
| Wulfila Bible tradition | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9951303 — 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: Gothic Bible of Ulfilas Context triple: [East Germanic languages, primaryAttestation, Gothic Bible of Ulfilas]
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A.
Codex Forster
Codex Forster is a collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks containing his sketches, scientific studies, and writings on a wide range of subjects.
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B.
Lorsch Codex
The Lorsch Codex is a medieval manuscript cartulary that records the extensive landholdings, rights, and legal transactions of the Abbey of Lorsch in the early Middle Ages.
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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.
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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E.
Codex Marianus
Codex Marianus is an early Old Church Slavonic Gospel manuscript, written in the Glagolitic script and considered one of the most important monuments of Slavic medieval literature.
- 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: Gothic Bible of Ulfilas Target entity description: The Gothic Bible of Ulfilas is a 4th-century translation of the Bible into the Gothic language, created by the bishop Ulfilas and serving as the principal source for our knowledge of East Germanic.
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A.
Codex Forster
Codex Forster is a collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks containing his sketches, scientific studies, and writings on a wide range of subjects.
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B.
Lorsch Codex
The Lorsch Codex is a medieval manuscript cartulary that records the extensive landholdings, rights, and legal transactions of the Abbey of Lorsch in the early Middle Ages.
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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.
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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E.
Codex Marianus
Codex Marianus is an early Old Church Slavonic Gospel manuscript, written in the Glagolitic script and considered one of the most important monuments of Slavic medieval literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
4th-century work
ⓘ
Bible translation ⓘ Gothic-language text ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Gothic Bible
ⓘ
Wulfila Bible ⓘ
linked to:
Gothic Bible of Ulfilas
|
| associatedPeople | Goths ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Gothic Christian communities ⓘ |
| author | Ulfilas ⓘ |
| basedOn | Bible ⓘ |
| century | 4th century ⓘ |
| contains |
Gospels
ⓘ
New Testament portions ⓘ
linked to:
Gospels and Acts
Old Testament portions ⓘ Pauline epistles ⓘ
linked to:
Pauline Epistles
|
| creatorRoleOfUlfilas | bishop and missionary to the Goths ⓘ |
| currentLocationOfKeyManuscript | Uppsala University Library (Codex Argenteus) ⓘ |
| date | 4th century ⓘ |
| denominationalContext | Arian Christianity ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Germanic linguistics
ⓘ
biblical studies ⓘ paleography ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical literature
ⓘ
religious text ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| influenced |
reconstruction of Proto-Germanic
ⓘ
study of historical Germanic linguistics ⓘ |
| language | Gothic language ⓘ |
| linguisticFamilyOfLanguage | East Germanic languages ⓘ |
| mainSubject | Bible ⓘ |
| manuscriptWitness |
Codex Ambrosianus
ⓘ
Codex Argenteus ⓘ |
| originalRegion | Gothic communities in the Roman Empire ⓘ |
| preservationMedium | parchment manuscripts ⓘ |
| purpose | to translate the Bible for the Gothic-speaking Goths ⓘ |
| religiousFunction | missionary tool among the Goths ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| script | Gothic alphabet ⓘ |
| significance |
principal source for knowledge of East Germanic
ⓘ
principal source for knowledge of the Gothic language ⓘ |
| survivalStatus | partially preserved ⓘ |
| translator | Ulfilas ⓘ |
| usedFor |
comparative Indo-European linguistics
ⓘ
study of early Germanic Christianity ⓘ |
| writingSystemCreator | Ulfilas ⓘ |
| writingSystemNote | helped standardize the Gothic alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Gothic Bible of Ulfilas Description of subject: The Gothic Bible of Ulfilas is a 4th-century translation of the Bible into the Gothic language, created by the bishop Ulfilas and serving as the principal source for our knowledge of East Germanic.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Gothic Bible of Ulfilas