Exeter Book
E118223
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.
All labels observed (6)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Exeter Book canonical | 10 |
| Cynewulfian corpus | 1 |
| Exeter Book elegies | 1 |
| Exeter Book poems | 1 |
| Pearl manuscript (British Library Cotton Nero A.x) | 1 |
| Riddles of the Exeter Book | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T996507 — 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: Exeter Book Context triple: [Cynewulf, workPreservedIn, Exeter Book]
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A.
Ælfric’s Colloquy
Ælfric’s Colloquy is an Old English Latin-learning dialogue that offers insight into everyday life and social roles in late Anglo-Saxon England.
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B.
Lindisfarne Gospels
The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated manuscript of the four Christian Gospels, renowned as a masterpiece of early medieval Insular art produced in Northumbria around the early 8th century.
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C.
Ælfric’s Grammar
Ælfric’s Grammar is an early medieval Latin grammar written in Old English, designed to teach Latin to Anglo-Saxon students and notable as one of the first vernacular grammatical works in Europe.
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D.
The Dream of the Rood
The Dream of the Rood is an Old English Christian poem that presents a visionary, first-person account of Christ’s crucifixion narrated by the Cross itself.
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E.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English that records the early history of the Anglo-Saxons and the formation of England from the 9th century onward.
- 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: Exeter Book Target entity description: 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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A.
Ælfric’s Colloquy
Ælfric’s Colloquy is an Old English Latin-learning dialogue that offers insight into everyday life and social roles in late Anglo-Saxon England.
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B.
Lindisfarne Gospels
The Lindisfarne Gospels is an illuminated manuscript of the four Christian Gospels, renowned as a masterpiece of early medieval Insular art produced in Northumbria around the early 8th century.
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C.
Ælfric’s Grammar
Ælfric’s Grammar is an early medieval Latin grammar written in Old English, designed to teach Latin to Anglo-Saxon students and notable as one of the first vernacular grammatical works in Europe.
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D.
The Dream of the Rood
The Dream of the Rood is an Old English Christian poem that presents a visionary, first-person account of Christ’s crucifixion narrated by the Cross itself.
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E.
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle
The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English that records the early history of the Anglo-Saxons and the formation of England from the 9th century onward.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Anglo-Saxon literary collection
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Old English poetry manuscript ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Codex Exoniensis
ⓘ
Exeter Cathedral Library ⓘ
surface form:
Exeter Cathedral Library MS 3501
|
| associatedWith |
Beowulf Manuscript (Nowell Codex)
ⓘ
Junius Manuscript ⓘ Vercelli Book ⓘ |
| catalogNumber | MS 3501 ⓘ |
| city | Exeter ⓘ |
| condition | damaged by wear, stains, and cuts ⓘ |
| content |
Christ I
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Christ II ⓘ Christ III ⓘ Deor ⓘ Guthlac poems ⓘ Juliana (poem) ⓘ Riddles (over 90) ⓘ The Fortunes of Men ⓘ The Gifts of Men ⓘ The Husband's Message ⓘ
surface form:
The Husband’s Message
The Order of the World ⓘ The Phoenix ⓘ The Rhyming Poem ⓘ The Ruin ⓘ The Seafarer ⓘ The Wanderer ⓘ The Wife’s Lament ⓘ Widsith ⓘ
surface form:
Widsith (fragmentary material)
|
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| culturalContext | early medieval England ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Exeter Cathedral Library ⓘ |
| date | 10th century ⓘ |
| donatedTo | Exeter Cathedral ⓘ |
| donationDate | 11th century (before 1072) ⓘ |
| donor | Leofric, first Bishop of Exeter ⓘ |
| folioCount | 130 folios (approximately) ⓘ |
| genre |
elegiac poetry
ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ riddle poetry ⓘ secular poetry ⓘ wisdom poetry ⓘ |
| importance | primary source for Old English lyric and elegiac verse ⓘ |
| language | Old English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Anglo-Saxon England
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surface form:
Anglo-Saxon period
|
| material | parchment ⓘ |
| religiousContent | Christian devotional poetry ⓘ |
| script |
Irish minuscule
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surface form:
Insular minuscule
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| secularContent | heroic and elegiac verse ⓘ |
| significance | one of the four major surviving manuscripts of Old English poetry ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Exeter Book Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (15)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Exeter Book poems
this entity surface form:
Pearl manuscript (British Library Cotton Nero A.x)
this entity surface form:
Riddles of the Exeter Book
this entity surface form:
Cynewulfian corpus
this entity surface form:
Exeter Book elegies