The Sidney Psalter
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The Sidney Psalter is a celebrated English Renaissance poetic translation of the biblical Psalms, largely crafted by Mary Sidney and her brother Philip Sidney, noted for its literary artistry and devotional depth.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Sidney Psalter canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7043595 — 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: The Sidney Psalter Context triple: [Mary Sidney, notableWork, The Sidney Psalter]
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A.
Psalter
The Psalter is the traditional name for the biblical Book of Psalms, a collection of religious songs, prayers, and poems central to Jewish and Christian worship.
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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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C.
Wachtendonck Psalms
The Wachtendonck Psalms are a collection of early medieval psalm translations that preserve some of the oldest known continuous texts in Old Dutch.
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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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E.
Lollard Bible
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Sidney Psalter Target entity description: The Sidney Psalter is a celebrated English Renaissance poetic translation of the biblical Psalms, largely crafted by Mary Sidney and her brother Philip Sidney, noted for its literary artistry and devotional depth.
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A.
Psalter
The Psalter is the traditional name for the biblical Book of Psalms, a collection of religious songs, prayers, and poems central to Jewish and Christian worship.
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B.
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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C.
Wachtendonck Psalms
The Wachtendonck Psalms are a collection of early medieval psalm translations that preserve some of the oldest known continuous texts in Old Dutch.
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D.
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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E.
Lollard Bible
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English Renaissance work
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poetic translation ⓘ psalter ⓘ |
| associatedPlace | Wilton House NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Sidney family
NERFINISHED
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Wilton Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author |
Mary Sidney
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Philip Sidney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | Book of Psalms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributor |
Mary Sidney Herbert, Countess of Pembroke
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sir Philip Sidney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| devotionalFunction |
meditative reading
ⓘ
private devotion ⓘ |
| era | late 16th century ⓘ |
| familyProjectOf | Sidney family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
devotional literature
ⓘ
religious poetry ⓘ |
| hasPart | metrical psalm paraphrases ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hebrew Psalms
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Reformation biblical translation ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Renaissance humanism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | major work of English Renaissance religious verse ⓘ |
| medium | manuscript circulation ⓘ |
| notedFor |
devotional depth
ⓘ
literary artistry ⓘ |
| partialTranslator | Philip Sidney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryTranslator | Mary Sidney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Protestantism ⓘ |
| subject |
Psalms
ⓘ
biblical poetry ⓘ |
| translationOf | Psalms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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