Cotton Nero A.x
E67098
Cotton Nero A.x is a 14th-century Middle English manuscript best known for preserving the unique texts of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and three other alliterative poems.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Cotton Nero A.x canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T537763 — 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: Cotton Nero A.x Context triple: [Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, manuscript, Cotton Nero A.x]
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A.
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, natural fiber harvested from the seed pods of cotton plants and widely used in textiles and clothing.
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B.
A's
A's is the common nickname for the Philadelphia Athletics, a historic Major League Baseball franchise.
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C.
Cottonopolis
Cottonopolis is a historical nickname for Manchester, England, reflecting its prominence as a major center of the cotton and textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
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D.
N-X-211
N-X-211 was the registration of the Spirit of St. Louis, the custom-built Ryan monoplane flown solo by Charles Lindbergh on the first nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927.
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E.
Bata
Bata is a major port city on the mainland of Equatorial Guinea, serving as a key economic and transportation hub for the country.
- 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: Cotton Nero A.x Target entity description: Cotton Nero A.x is a 14th-century Middle English manuscript best known for preserving the unique texts of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and three other alliterative poems.
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A.
Cotton
Cotton is a soft, natural fiber harvested from the seed pods of cotton plants and widely used in textiles and clothing.
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B.
A's
A's is the common nickname for the Philadelphia Athletics, a historic Major League Baseball franchise.
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C.
Cottonopolis
Cottonopolis is a historical nickname for Manchester, England, reflecting its prominence as a major center of the cotton and textile industry during the Industrial Revolution.
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D.
N-X-211
N-X-211 was the registration of the Spirit of St. Louis, the custom-built Ryan monoplane flown solo by Charles Lindbergh on the first nonstop transatlantic flight in 1927.
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E.
Bata
Bata is a major port city on the mainland of Equatorial Guinea, serving as a key economic and transportation hub for the country.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle English manuscript
ⓘ
medieval manuscript ⓘ poetry manuscript ⓘ |
| associatedAuthor |
The Gawain Poet
ⓘ
surface form:
Gawain Poet
The Gawain Poet ⓘ
surface form:
Pearl Poet
|
| century | 14th century ⓘ |
| city |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| collection | Cotton Library ⓘ |
| condition | fragile ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | preserved in controlled conditions ⓘ |
| containsNumberOfPoems | 4 ⓘ |
| containsWork |
Cleanness
ⓘ
Patience ⓘ Pearl ⓘ Purity ⓘ Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| date | 14th century ⓘ |
| decoration |
illuminated initials
ⓘ
miniatures ⓘ |
| digitizedBy | British Library ⓘ |
| formerOwner | Sir Robert Cotton ⓘ |
| genre | alliterative poetry ⓘ |
| hasDigitalFacsimile | yes ⓘ |
| heldBy | British Library ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Middle English
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surface form:
Middle English period
|
| literaryTradition | Alliterative Revival ⓘ |
| material | parchment ⓘ |
| notableFor |
unique text of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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unique texts of Pearl, Patience, and Cleanness ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Northwest Midlands of England ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christianity ⓘ |
| script | Anglicana ⓘ |
| scriptoriumStatus | unknown ⓘ |
| scriptType | Gothic cursive ⓘ |
| shelfmark | Cotton Nero A.x self-link ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Arthurian romance
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Christian allegory ⓘ didactic religious poetry ⓘ |
| textualUniqueness |
sole surviving manuscript of Cleanness
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sole surviving manuscript of Patience ⓘ sole surviving manuscript of Pearl ⓘ sole surviving manuscript of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight ⓘ |
| writingSupport | vellum ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Cotton Nero A.x Description of subject: Cotton Nero A.x is a 14th-century Middle English manuscript best known for preserving the unique texts of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and three other alliterative poems.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Pearl (poem)