medieval prose text
C1507
concept
A medieval prose text is a written work from the Middle Ages composed in continuous, non-verse form, often preserving narratives, religious teachings, legal codes, or historical accounts in the vernacular or Latin.
All labels observed (29)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| medieval manuscript | 65 |
| medieval chronicle | 44 |
| medieval literature | 16 |
| Latin prose text | 9 |
| medieval text | 9 |
| medieval treatise | 9 |
| medieval historical chronicle | 6 |
| medieval Latin prose work | 4 |
| medieval historical narrative | 4 |
| Castilian prose work | 3 |
| medieval Latin treatise | 3 |
| Anglo-Norman literary work | 2 |
| Middle English prose work | 2 |
| Old French prose romance | 2 |
| Old Norse prose work | 2 |
| medieval Arabic prose work | 2 |
| medieval historical text | 2 |
| medieval religious text | 2 |
| Middle English chronicle | 1 |
| Middle English text | 1 |
| Middle French literature | 1 |
| medieval Latin chronicles | 1 |
| medieval Latin prose narrative | 1 |
| medieval Spanish chronicle | 1 |
| medieval memoir | 1 |
| medieval prose text canonical | 1 |
| medieval text tradition | 1 |
| medieval translation corpus | 1 |
| source text for the Shahnameh | 1 |
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Input
Class: medieval prose text
Generated description
A medieval prose text is a written work from the Middle Ages composed in continuous, non-verse form, often preserving narratives, religious teachings, legal codes, or historical accounts in the vernacular or Latin.
Instances (190)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Roman de Rou | medieval chronicle |
| Kitab al-Mu‘alajat al-Buqratiyya | medieval text |
| Itinerarium Peregrinorum et Gesta Regis Ricardi | medieval chronicle |
| Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis | medieval Latin prose narrative |
| Il Milione | medieval literature |
| Lollard Bible | medieval religious text |
| Icelandic annals | medieval chronicle |
| Historia Brittonum | medieval historical text |
| Annales Cambriae | medieval chronicle |
| Leidener Willeram | medieval manuscript |
| ballads of Robin Hood | medieval literature |
| Pray Codex | medieval manuscript |
| Tale of Bygone Years | medieval chronicle |
| Hypatian Chronicle | medieval chronicle |
| Trinity Chronicle | medieval chronicle |
| Vita Willibrordi | medieval text |
| Register of Pope Gregory VII | medieval manuscript |
| Codex Regius | medieval manuscript |
| AM 748 I 4to | medieval manuscript |
| Polish chronicles | medieval literature |
| Vita Karoli Magni | medieval text |
| Commentary on the Rule of Saint Benedict | Latin prose text |
|
manuscript Wormianus
surface form:
Manuscript Wormianus
|
medieval manuscript |
|
manuscript Trektarbók
surface form:
Trektarbók
|
medieval manuscript |
| Gylfaginning | Old Norse prose work |
| Chronicle of Morea | medieval chronicle |
| Kringla manuscript | medieval manuscript |
| Möðruvallabók | medieval manuscript |
| Chronicon | medieval historical chronicle |
|
Vita Columbae by Adomnán of Iona
surface form:
Vita Columbae
|
Latin prose text |
| Chronicle of the Kings of Alba | medieval historical text |
| Caligula A.ix | medieval manuscript |
| The Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices | medieval manuscript |
| A Gift to Those Who Contemplate the Wonders of Cities and the Marvels of Traveling | medieval Arabic prose work |
| De topicis differentiis | Latin prose text |
| Liber Continens | medieval manuscript |
| Codex 150 | medieval manuscript |
| Divine Comedy | medieval literature |
| Annals of Fulda | medieval chronicle |
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chronicle of Albert of Aachen
surface form:
Chronicle of Albert of Aachen
|
medieval chronicle |
| Codex Leningradensis | medieval manuscript |
| British Library MS Royal 1 D V–VIII | medieval manuscript |
| Beinecke MS 408 | medieval manuscript |
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"Al-Fasl fi al-Milal wa al-Ahwaʾ wa al-Nihal"
surface form:
Al-Fasl fi al-Milal wa al-Ahwaʾ wa al-Nihal
|
medieval Arabic prose work |
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chronicles of Ibn al-Athir
surface form:
Chronicles of Ibn al-Athir
|
medieval text |
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Georgian chronicles
surface form:
Georgian Chronicles
|
medieval historical chronicle |
| Cotton MS Vitellius A XV | medieval manuscript |
| Old English Hexateuch | medieval manuscript |
| Revelations of Divine Love | Middle English prose work |
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Saxo Grammaticus’s Gesta Danorum
surface form:
Gesta Danorum
|
medieval literature |