Glosas Silenses
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Glosas Silenses are a set of early medieval glosses considered among the earliest written examples of the Spanish language, providing key evidence for the transition from Latin to Old Spanish.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Glosas Silenses canonical | 2 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old Spanish text
ⓘ
historical linguistic document ⓘ medieval glosses ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Burgos region
ⓘ
monastic scriptoria ⓘ |
| chronology | early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| content |
lexical explanations of Latin words
ⓘ
morphological and syntactic clues to early Spanish ⓘ vernacular glosses added to a Latin text ⓘ |
| country | Spain ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Christian monastic culture ⓘ |
| date |
10th century
ⓘ
11th century ⓘ |
| describedAs | among the earliest written examples of the Spanish language ⓘ |
| field |
Romance philology
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ medieval studies ⓘ |
| genre |
interlinear glosses
ⓘ
marginal glosses ⓘ |
| hasForm | short glosses rather than continuous prose ⓘ |
| language |
Latin
ⓘ
Romance ⓘ early Spanish ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Kingdom of León ⓘ |
| material | parchment manuscript ⓘ |
| medium | ink ⓘ |
| purpose |
to aid monastic reading and comprehension
ⓘ
to explain Latin texts ⓘ |
| region | northern Iberian Peninsula ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Glosas Emilianenses
ⓘ
early Ibero-Romance texts ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence of early Romance vernacular in the Iberian Peninsula
ⓘ
important source for the history of the Spanish language ⓘ key evidence for the transition from Latin to Old Spanish ⓘ |
| status | preserved in a medieval codex ⓘ |
| studiedBy |
historians of the Spanish language
ⓘ
paleographers ⓘ philologists ⓘ |
| usedFor |
analyzing early Spanish vocabulary
ⓘ
reconstructing early Old Spanish phonology ⓘ studying the evolution from Vulgar Latin to Romance ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Carolingian minuscule
ⓘ
surface form:
Caroline minuscule
|
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.