Willeram of Ebersberg’s commentary on the Song of Songs

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biblical commentary exegetical work medieval Latin literature

Willeram of Ebersberg’s commentary on the Song of Songs is an 11th-century Latin exegetical work that offers a monastic, allegorical interpretation of the biblical Canticle, influential in early medieval theological and literary traditions.

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Label	Occurrences
Commentary on the Song of Songs	1
Willeram of Ebersberg’s commentary on the Song of Songs canonical	1
Williram of Ebersberg’s commentary on the Song of Songs	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3259065 — 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.

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Target entity: Willeram of Ebersberg’s commentary on the Song of Songs
Context triple: [Leiden Willeram, basedOnWork, Willeram of Ebersberg’s commentary on the Song of Songs]

A. Homilies on the Song of Songs
Homilies on the Song of Songs is a series of mystical and allegorical sermons by Gregory of Nyssa that interpret the biblical Song of Songs as a spiritual journey of the soul toward union with God.
B. Commentary on the Psalms
Commentary on the Psalms is a major Reformation-era biblical exegesis by Martin Bucer that offers theological and pastoral interpretations of the Book of Psalms.
C. Commentary on the Psalms
Commentary on the Psalms is a significant early Christian exegetical work offering a detailed, historically oriented interpretation of the biblical Psalms, authored by the theologian Theodore of Mopsuestia.
D. Commentary on Isaiah
Commentary on Isaiah is a biblical exegesis by the early Christian scholar Jerome, offering a detailed Latin interpretation and theological analysis of the Book of Isaiah.
E. Scholia on Proverbs
Scholia on Proverbs is an early Christian exegetical work offering spiritual and allegorical commentary on the biblical Book of Proverbs, traditionally attributed to the monk and theologian Evagrius Ponticus.
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: Willeram of Ebersberg’s commentary on the Song of Songs
Target entity description: Willeram of Ebersberg’s commentary on the Song of Songs is an 11th-century Latin exegetical work that offers a monastic, allegorical interpretation of the biblical Canticle, influential in early medieval theological and literary traditions.

A. Homilies on the Song of Songs
Homilies on the Song of Songs is a series of mystical and allegorical sermons by Gregory of Nyssa that interpret the biblical Song of Songs as a spiritual journey of the soul toward union with God.
B. Commentary on the Psalms
Commentary on the Psalms is a major Reformation-era biblical exegesis by Martin Bucer that offers theological and pastoral interpretations of the Book of Psalms.
C. Commentary on the Psalms
Commentary on the Psalms is a significant early Christian exegetical work offering a detailed, historically oriented interpretation of the biblical Psalms, authored by the theologian Theodore of Mopsuestia.
D. Commentary on Isaiah
Commentary on Isaiah is a biblical exegesis by the early Christian scholar Jerome, offering a detailed Latin interpretation and theological analysis of the Book of Isaiah.
E. Scholia on Proverbs
Scholia on Proverbs is an early Christian exegetical work offering spiritual and allegorical commentary on the biblical Book of Proverbs, traditionally attributed to the monk and theologian Evagrius Ponticus.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biblical commentary ⓘ exegetical work ⓘ medieval Latin literature ⓘ
aimsTo	edify monks ⓘ explain mystical love of God ⓘ
associatedWith	Ebersberg Abbey library ⓘ
author	Willeram of Ebersberg ⓘ
contains	allegorical interpretations ⓘ biblical glosses ⓘ moral exhortations ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
dateOfWork	11th century ⓘ
discipline	biblical exegesis ⓘ theology ⓘ
era	early medieval period ⓘ
focusesOn	relationship between Christ and the Church ⓘ soul’s union with God ⓘ
genre	allegorical commentary ⓘ monastic exegesis ⓘ
hermeneuticLevel	allegorical sense ⓘ spiritual sense ⓘ
historicalContext	11th-century monastic reform ⓘ
influenced	early medieval literary traditions ⓘ early medieval theological traditions ⓘ
intendedAudience	Latin-educated clergy ⓘ monastic readers ⓘ
interpretiveApproach	allegorical ⓘ monastic ⓘ
language	Latin ⓘ Old High German ⓘ
literaryForm	prose commentary ⓘ
literarySignificance	early witness to German–Latin bilingual exegesis ⓘ
mainSubject	Canticle of Canticles ⓘ linked to: Song of Songs Song of Songs ⓘ
period	High Middle Ages ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Ebersberg Abbey ⓘ
religiousContext	Benedictine reform movement ⓘ linked to: Benedictine Reform
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ
scripturalBookCommentedOn	Song of Songs ⓘ
scripturalCanon	Vulgate Bible ⓘ linked to: Vulgate
scripturalGenreCommentedOn	biblical love poetry ⓘ
theologicalTradition	Benedictine monasticism ⓘ Latin Christianity ⓘ linked to: Western Christianity
usedFor	lectio divina ⓘ monastic instruction ⓘ theological study ⓘ

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Leiden Willeram → basedOnWork → Willeram of Ebersberg’s commentary on the Song of Songs ⓘ

Leidener Willeram → adaptationOf → Williram of Ebersberg’s commentary on the Song of Songs ⓘ

linked to: Willeram of Ebersberg’s commentary on the Song of Songs

Willeram of Ebersberg → notableWork → Commentary on the Song of Songs ⓘ