Lollard Bible
E321184
The Lollard Bible is an early Middle English translation of the Scriptures linked to the Lollard reform movement, notable for promoting vernacular access to the Bible in late medieval England.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Lollard Bible canonical | 1 |
| Whitchurch Bible | 1 |
| Wycliffite Bible | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3024142 — 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.
Target entity: Lollard Bible Context triple: [Lollardy, associatedWith, Lollard Bible]
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Bay Psalm Book
The Bay Psalm Book is the first book printed in British North America, a 1640 metrical English translation of the biblical Psalms used by early New England Puritans for congregational singing.
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Bishops’ Book
The Bishops’ Book, formally titled "The Institution of a Christian Man" (1537), was an English Reformation doctrinal manual produced by Henry VIII’s bishops to define official teaching on faith, sacraments, and church authority.
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Gutenberg Bible copies
Gutenberg Bible copies are surviving exemplars of the first major book printed in Europe using movable metal type by Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th century, prized for their historical and bibliographic significance.
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Vercelli Book
The Vercelli Book is a late 10th-century Old English manuscript containing a major collection of religious prose and poetry, including several of the four signed poems by the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf.
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E.
Codex Leicester
The Codex Leicester is a famous scientific notebook by Leonardo da Vinci, containing his observations and theories on topics such as astronomy, geology, hydrodynamics, and the properties of water.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Lollard Bible Target entity description: The Lollard Bible is an early Middle English translation of the Scriptures linked to the Lollard reform movement, notable for promoting vernacular access to the Bible in late medieval England.
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A.
Bay Psalm Book
The Bay Psalm Book is the first book printed in British North America, a 1640 metrical English translation of the biblical Psalms used by early New England Puritans for congregational singing.
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B.
Bishops’ Book
The Bishops’ Book, formally titled "The Institution of a Christian Man" (1537), was an English Reformation doctrinal manual produced by Henry VIII’s bishops to define official teaching on faith, sacraments, and church authority.
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C.
Gutenberg Bible copies
Gutenberg Bible copies are surviving exemplars of the first major book printed in Europe using movable metal type by Johannes Gutenberg in the mid-15th century, prized for their historical and bibliographic significance.
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D.
Vercelli Book
The Vercelli Book is a late 10th-century Old English manuscript containing a major collection of religious prose and poetry, including several of the four signed poems by the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf.
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E.
Codex Leicester
The Codex Leicester is a famous scientific notebook by Leonardo da Vinci, containing his observations and theories on topics such as astronomy, geology, hydrodynamics, and the properties of water.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bible translation
ⓘ
Middle English Bible ⓘ medieval religious text ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lollard Bible
ⓘ
surface form:
Wycliffite Bible
|
| associatedWith |
John Wycliffe
ⓘ
Lollardy ⓘ
surface form:
Lollard movement
Lollardy ⓘ |
| audience |
Lollardy
ⓘ
surface form:
Lollard preachers
literate laity ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Vulgate
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Vulgate
|
| circulation | manuscript copies ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important source for Middle English religious prose
ⓘ
milestone in English biblical vernacularization ⓘ |
| denomination |
Latin Church worldwide
ⓘ
surface form:
Latin Church
Western Christianity ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical translation
ⓘ
religious text ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book of Revelation
ⓘ
surface form:
Apocalypse (Book of Revelation)
Gospels ⓘ Pauline Epistles ⓘ
surface form:
Pauline epistles
Psalms ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
English vernacular Bible controversy
ⓘ
pre-Reformation English dissent ⓘ |
| influenced | later English Bible translations ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| movement |
Lollard reform movement
ⓘ
pre-Reformation reform movement ⓘ |
| notableFor |
being an early complete Middle English translation of the Bible
ⓘ
challenging clerical monopoly on Scripture ⓘ use in Lollard preaching and teaching ⓘ |
| opposedBy | ecclesiastical authorities in England ⓘ |
| purpose |
lay religious education
ⓘ
promotion of Bible reading by laity ⓘ vernacular access to the Bible ⓘ |
| region | late medieval England ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| script | Gothic script ⓘ |
| scriptureOf | Christianity ⓘ |
| scriptureType |
New Testament
ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| subject |
Bible
ⓘ
surface form:
Christian Bible
|
| timePeriod |
14th century
ⓘ
15th century ⓘ late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| tradition |
Lollardy
ⓘ
surface form:
Wycliffite Bible tradition
|
| translationMethod | relatively literal translation from the Vulgate ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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Subject: Lollard Bible Description of subject: The Lollard Bible is an early Middle English translation of the Scriptures linked to the Lollard reform movement, notable for promoting vernacular access to the Bible in late medieval England.
Referenced by (3)
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