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 |
|---|---|
| De Institutione Novitiorum | medieval treatise |
| Historia Anglorum | medieval chronicle |
| Codex Exoniensis | medieval manuscript |
| MS 3501 | medieval manuscript |
|
Beowulf Manuscript (Nowell Codex)
surface form:
Beowulf Manuscript
|
medieval manuscript |
| Islamic chronicles of Anatolia | medieval chronicle |
| The Book of Roger | medieval manuscript |
| Book of Deer | medieval manuscript |
| Codex CXVII | medieval manuscript |
| De Administratione | medieval text |
| Brut y Brenhinedd | medieval chronicle |
| Micrologus de disciplina artis musicae | medieval treatise |
|
De Ceremoniis by Constantine VII
surface form:
De Ceremoniis
|
medieval treatise |
| Anglo-Norman Brut | medieval chronicle |
|
Roman de Rou (Anglo-Norman transmission)
surface form:
Roman de Rou
|
Anglo-Norman literary work |
| Gospels of St Augustine | medieval manuscript |
| Byzantine chronicles | medieval historical narrative |
| autobiographical writings (Vita Caroli) | Latin prose text |
| Rule for Anchoresses | medieval religious text |
| Book of Columba | medieval manuscript |
| Chagatai literature | medieval literature |
| Opus Majus | medieval treatise |
|
Corpus Toletanum (Latin translations of Islamic texts)
surface form:
Corpus Toletanum
|
medieval translation corpus |
| Summa totius haeresis Saracenorum | medieval Latin treatise |
| Cotton Nero A.x | medieval manuscript |
| Cotton Nero A.x manuscript collection | medieval manuscript |
| Wachtendonck Psalms | medieval manuscript |
| Leiden Willeram | medieval manuscript |
| Pictish Chronicle | medieval manuscript |
| Chronicles of Jean Froissart | medieval literature |
| Periochae | Latin prose text |
| Gutasaga | medieval text |
| Funeral Sermon and Prayer | medieval manuscript |
| Expugnatio Hibernica | medieval chronicle |
| Frankish annals | medieval Latin chronicles |
| Prose Edda | Old Norse prose work |
| Queste del Saint Graal | Old French prose romance |
| Estoire del Saint Graal | Old French prose romance |
| Book of Durrow | medieval manuscript |
| Chronicon terrae Prussiae | medieval chronicle |
| Lorsch Codex | medieval manuscript |
| Hersfeld Tithe Register | medieval manuscript |
| Widukind of Corvey’s Res gestae Saxonicae | medieval chronicle |
| Book of Leinster | medieval manuscript |
|
Passio Albani (Passion of Saint Alban)
surface form:
Passio Albani
|
Latin prose text |
| The Travels of Marco Polo | medieval text |
| Mirour de l’Omme | Middle French literature |
| Wace's Roman de Brut | medieval chronicle |
| Chronicle of Melrose | medieval chronicle |
| Chronicle of Holyrood | medieval chronicle |