The Temple of Glas
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The Temple of Glas is a Middle English dream-vision poem by John Lydgate that explores themes of courtly love within an allegorical, richly descriptive setting.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Temple of Glas canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2567748 — 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 Temple of Glas Context triple: [John Lydgate, notableWork, The Temple of Glas]
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Temple of Derr
The Temple of Derr is an ancient rock-cut Egyptian temple in Lower Nubia dedicated primarily to the sun god Ra-Horakhty and renowned for its relocation during the 20th-century UNESCO-led Nubian monument rescue efforts.
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Temple of Ellesyia
The Temple of Ellesyia is an ancient Egyptian rock-cut sanctuary in Nubia, dedicated to the god Amun and relocated to Italy to protect it from flooding caused by the Aswan High Dam.
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Temple of Taffa
The Temple of Taffa is an ancient Egyptian temple from Nubia that was relocated and preserved as part of UNESCO’s international effort to save monuments threatened by the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
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D.
Temple of the Winds
Temple of the Winds is an ornamental, classical-style pavilion and lookout structure located within Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens.
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E.
Sibyl Temple
Sibyl Temple is a historic, neoclassical hilltop structure modeled after a Roman temple that serves as a prominent architectural symbol and scenic overlook in Vestavia Hills, Alabama.
- 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: The Temple of Glas Target entity description: The Temple of Glas is a Middle English dream-vision poem by John Lydgate that explores themes of courtly love within an allegorical, richly descriptive setting.
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A.
Temple of Derr
The Temple of Derr is an ancient rock-cut Egyptian temple in Lower Nubia dedicated primarily to the sun god Ra-Horakhty and renowned for its relocation during the 20th-century UNESCO-led Nubian monument rescue efforts.
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B.
Temple of Ellesyia
The Temple of Ellesyia is an ancient Egyptian rock-cut sanctuary in Nubia, dedicated to the god Amun and relocated to Italy to protect it from flooding caused by the Aswan High Dam.
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C.
Temple of Taffa
The Temple of Taffa is an ancient Egyptian temple from Nubia that was relocated and preserved as part of UNESCO’s international effort to save monuments threatened by the construction of the Aswan High Dam.
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D.
Temple of the Winds
Temple of the Winds is an ornamental, classical-style pavilion and lookout structure located within Melbourne’s Royal Botanic Gardens.
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E.
Sibyl Temple
Sibyl Temple is a historic, neoclassical hilltop structure modeled after a Roman temple that serves as a prominent architectural symbol and scenic overlook in Vestavia Hills, Alabama.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle English poem
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allegorical poem ⓘ dream vision ⓘ |
| approximateCompositionDate | early 15th century ⓘ |
| author | John Lydgate ⓘ |
| authorNationality | English ⓘ |
| contains |
catalogue of lovers
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complaint of the lover ⓘ descriptions of architectural splendor ⓘ prayers to Venus ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| describes | rituals of courtly love ⓘ |
| form | narrative poem ⓘ |
| genre |
courtly love literature
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dream vision poetry ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Cupid
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Venus ⓘ lady ⓘ lover ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryDevice |
allegory
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dream vision framework ⓘ personification ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Geoffrey Chaucer
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Roman de la Rose ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | complaint and petition ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Chaucerian tradition ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Late Middle Ages ⓘ |
| literaryTradition |
courtly love tradition
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dream-vision tradition ⓘ |
| meter | rhyme royal ⓘ |
| narrativeFrame | dream of the narrator ⓘ |
| narrativeMode | first-person narrator ⓘ |
| partOf | Middle English literary canon ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ababbcc ⓘ |
| setting | allegorical temple of glass ⓘ |
| settingType | dream landscape ⓘ |
| stanzaForm | seven-line stanza ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
laws of love
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relations between lover and lady ⓘ |
| theme |
allegorical representation of love
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courtly love ⓘ love sickness ⓘ service to a lady ⓘ unrequited love ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Temple of Glas Description of subject: The Temple of Glas is a Middle English dream-vision poem by John Lydgate that explores themes of courtly love within an allegorical, richly descriptive setting.
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