South English Legendary
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The South English Legendary is a Middle English collection of saints’ lives and religious narratives that was widely read in medieval England.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| South English Legendary canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8156464 — 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: South English Legendary Context triple: [Saint Cuthman of Steyning, sourceMention, South English Legendary]
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A.
West Country English
West Country English is a group of traditional rural and urban dialects spoken in southwest England, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar that have notably influenced varieties such as Newfoundland English.
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B.
English Midlands
The English Midlands is a central region of England known for its industrial heritage, major cities like Birmingham and Nottingham, and its role as a historical manufacturing and transport hub.
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C.
Middle Anglia
Middle Anglia was an early medieval Anglo-Saxon region in what is now central England, situated between major Mercian and East Anglian territories.
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D.
Estuary English
Estuary English is a variety of English spoken in and around London and the southeast of England, characterized by features that blend aspects of Received Pronunciation and regional accents such as Cockney.
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E.
Northumbrian
Northumbrian is a historical dialect of Old English once spoken in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria in northern England and southeastern Scotland.
- 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: South English Legendary Target entity description: The South English Legendary is a Middle English collection of saints’ lives and religious narratives that was widely read in medieval England.
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A.
West Country English
West Country English is a group of traditional rural and urban dialects spoken in southwest England, characterized by distinctive pronunciation, vocabulary, and grammar that have notably influenced varieties such as Newfoundland English.
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B.
English Midlands
The English Midlands is a central region of England known for its industrial heritage, major cities like Birmingham and Nottingham, and its role as a historical manufacturing and transport hub.
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C.
Middle Anglia
Middle Anglia was an early medieval Anglo-Saxon region in what is now central England, situated between major Mercian and East Anglian territories.
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D.
Estuary English
Estuary English is a variety of English spoken in and around London and the southeast of England, characterized by features that blend aspects of Received Pronunciation and regional accents such as Cockney.
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E.
Northumbrian
Northumbrian is a historical dialect of Old English once spoken in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria in northern England and southeastern Scotland.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle English legendary
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hagiographical collection ⓘ religious narrative collection ⓘ |
| centuryOfCirculation |
14th century
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15th century ⓘ |
| centuryOfComposition | 13th century ⓘ |
| circulation | widely read in medieval England ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| dateOfOrigin | late 13th century ⓘ |
| genre |
hagiography
ⓘ
religious literature ⓘ |
| hasManuscriptWitness |
Bodleian Library manuscripts
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British Library manuscripts ⓘ
linked to:
British Museum manuscript collections
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| hasPart |
accounts of church feasts
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lives of English saints ⓘ lives of universal saints ⓘ narratives of Christ’s life ⓘ narratives of the Virgin Mary ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
clergy
ⓘ
laypeople ⓘ |
| language | Middle English ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
narrative poetry
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verse ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod |
Middle English period
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linked to:
Middle English
|
| mainSubject |
religious narratives
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saints’ lives ⓘ |
| placeOfUse | medieval England ⓘ |
| relatedWork | Legenda Aurea ⓘ |
| religiousDenomination | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| script | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| subjectOfStudy |
Middle English literature
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history of devotion in England ⓘ medieval hagiography ⓘ |
| usedFor |
devotional reading
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religious instruction ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: South English Legendary Description of subject: The South English Legendary is a Middle English collection of saints’ lives and religious narratives that was widely read in medieval England.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.