Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt
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Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt is a didactic emblem book by Dutch poet and moralist Jacob Cats that offers moral lessons and reflections on human life through verse and imagery.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T669038 — 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: Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt Context triple: [Jacob Cats, notableWork, Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt]
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A.
The Night Watch
The Night Watch is a famous 1642 group portrait by Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt, celebrated for its dramatic use of light, shadow, and dynamic composition depicting a city militia company.
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B.
Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
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C.
Le Siècle
Le Siècle was a prominent 19th-century French newspaper known for publishing major literary works and influencing public opinion in France.
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D.
Regering der Nederlanden
Regering der Nederlanden is the central executive authority of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting primarily of the King and the Council of Ministers who govern the country.
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E.
The Babylonian Captivity of the Church
The Babylonian Captivity of the Church is a 1520 theological treatise by Martin Luther that sharply criticizes the Roman Catholic sacramental system and helped define key doctrines of the Protestant Reformation.
- 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: Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt Target entity description: Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt is a didactic emblem book by Dutch poet and moralist Jacob Cats that offers moral lessons and reflections on human life through verse and imagery.
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A.
The Night Watch
The Night Watch is a famous 1642 group portrait by Dutch Golden Age painter Rembrandt, celebrated for its dramatic use of light, shadow, and dynamic composition depicting a city militia company.
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B.
Anno Mundi
Anno Mundi is a year-numbering system that dates events from the traditional Jewish calculation of the world's creation in the Hebrew calendar.
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C.
Le Siècle
Le Siècle was a prominent 19th-century French newspaper known for publishing major literary works and influencing public opinion in France.
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D.
Regering der Nederlanden
Regering der Nederlanden is the central executive authority of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting primarily of the King and the Council of Ministers who govern the country.
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E.
The Babylonian Captivity of the Church
The Babylonian Captivity of the Church is a 1520 theological treatise by Martin Luther that sharply criticizes the Roman Catholic sacramental system and helped define key doctrines of the Protestant Reformation.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
didactic literature
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emblem book ⓘ moralistic work ⓘ |
| aimsTo | shape readers’ moral outlook ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Jacob Cats’ reputation as a moralist ⓘ |
| author | Jacob Cats ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
moralist
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poet ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Dutch Republic ⓘ |
| culturalContext | early modern Netherlands ⓘ |
| didacticMode | example and admonition ⓘ |
| didacticStrategy |
appealing to both sight and understanding
ⓘ
combining images and verse ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
everyday human behavior
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family life ⓘ social conduct ⓘ |
| genre |
didactic poetry
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emblem literature ⓘ |
| hasComponent |
emblems
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explanatory verses ⓘ illustrations ⓘ mottoes ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn |
Dutch moralistic literature
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later emblem books ⓘ |
| hasMoralPerspective | didactic Christian ethics ⓘ |
| intendedFunction |
didactic reflection
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moral instruction ⓘ |
| language | Dutch ⓘ |
| literaryForm | verse ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Dutch Golden Age literature ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Christian morality
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moral lessons ⓘ reflections on human life ⓘ transience of earthly life ⓘ virtue and vice ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | exempla and commentary ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Calvinist culture ⓘ |
| targetAudience | general reading public ⓘ |
| uses |
allegorical imagery
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symbolic figures ⓘ |
| workTitleInEnglish | Mirror of the Old and New Time ⓘ |
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Subject: Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt Description of subject: Spiegel van den ouden ende nieuwen tijdt is a didactic emblem book by Dutch poet and moralist Jacob Cats that offers moral lessons and reflections on human life through verse and imagery.
Referenced by (5)
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subject surface form:
Jacob Cats
subject surface form:
Jacob Cats