Homiletic Fragment I
E520357
Homiletic Fragment I is a brief Old English religious text preserved in the Vercelli Book, likely representing part of a lost sermon or homily.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Homiletic Fragment I canonical | 1 |
| Homiletic Fragment II | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5444998 — 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: Homiletic Fragment I Context triple: [Vercelli Book, contains, Homiletic Fragment I]
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A.
Sermon I
Sermon I is the opening discourse in the collection "Six Sermons on Intemperance," addressing the moral and social consequences of excessive alcohol use.
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B.
Homilies on the Gospels
Homilies on the Gospels is a collection of sermons by Pope Gregory the Great that offers pastoral and moral interpretations of Gospel passages for use in preaching and spiritual instruction.
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C.
Homilies on the Epistles of Paul
Homilies on the Epistles of Paul is a renowned collection of sermons by John Chrysostom that offers detailed theological and moral commentary on the Pauline letters in the New Testament.
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D.
Catechetical Discourses
Catechetical Discourses is a collection of spiritual and theological teachings by the Byzantine mystic Symeon the New Theologian, focusing on inner transformation and direct experience of God.
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E.
Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom
The Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom is the principal Byzantine Eucharistic liturgy attributed to St. John Chrysostom and widely used in Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
- 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: Homiletic Fragment I Target entity description: Homiletic Fragment I is a brief Old English religious text preserved in the Vercelli Book, likely representing part of a lost sermon or homily.
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A.
Sermon I
Sermon I is the opening discourse in the collection "Six Sermons on Intemperance," addressing the moral and social consequences of excessive alcohol use.
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B.
Homilies on the Gospels
Homilies on the Gospels is a collection of sermons by Pope Gregory the Great that offers pastoral and moral interpretations of Gospel passages for use in preaching and spiritual instruction.
-
C.
Homilies on the Epistles of Paul
Homilies on the Epistles of Paul is a renowned collection of sermons by John Chrysostom that offers detailed theological and moral commentary on the Pauline letters in the New Testament.
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D.
Catechetical Discourses
Catechetical Discourses is a collection of spiritual and theological teachings by the Byzantine mystic Symeon the New Theologian, focusing on inner transformation and direct experience of God.
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E.
Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom
The Anaphora of St. John Chrysostom is the principal Byzantine Eucharistic liturgy attributed to St. John Chrysostom and widely used in Eastern Orthodox and Eastern Catholic churches.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (35)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Old English religious text
ⓘ
homiletic fragment ⓘ sermon fragment ⓘ |
| approximateDate | 10th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Anglo-Saxon homiletic tradition
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vercelli homilies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contentNature |
didactic
ⓘ
religious instruction ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Anglo-Saxon England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
homily
ⓘ
sermon ⓘ |
| language | Old English ⓘ |
| likelyPartOf |
lost homily
ⓘ
lost sermon ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Old English period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manuscriptCollection | Vercelli Book homilies NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| manuscriptLocation | Vercelli Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalMedium | parchment manuscript ⓘ |
| preservationStatus | survives in single manuscript ⓘ |
| preservedIn | Vercelli Book NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christian homiletic literature ⓘ |
| religiousTheme |
Christian doctrine
ⓘ
moral exhortation ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| scholarlyInterest |
Anglo-Saxon religious prose
ⓘ
Old English homiletic style ⓘ |
| script | Insular minuscule ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Old English studies
ⓘ
historical linguistics ⓘ medieval studies ⓘ philology ⓘ |
| textType | prose ⓘ |
| textualStatus | fragmentary ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Homiletic Fragment I Description of subject: Homiletic Fragment I is a brief Old English religious text preserved in the Vercelli Book, likely representing part of a lost sermon or homily.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Homiletic Fragment II