The Cloud of Unknowing

late 14th-century English mystical work
VisualArtwork literary_work Q1217629
The Cloud of Unknowing
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The Cloud of Unknowing

Summary

The Cloud of Unknowing is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (721 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • The Cloud of Unknowing's image is recorded as The Cloud of Unknowing (Harley 2373 ).jpg[3].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's instance of is recorded as literary work[4].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's genre is recorded as devotional literature[5].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 204609360[6].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n81102897[7].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12242564q[8].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's IdRef ID is recorded as 031155294[9].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's Commons category is recorded as The Cloud of Unknowing[10].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's language of work or name is recorded as Middle English[11].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of England[12].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's publication date is recorded as +1400-00-00T00:00:00Z[13].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02yz5z[14].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's Open Library ID is recorded as OL14907975W[15].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as unn2012691383[16].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's has edition or translation is recorded as The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works[17].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's has edition or translation is recorded as Divina caligo ignorancie[18].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's has edition or translation is recorded as Nubes ignorandi[19].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's main subject is recorded as Christian mysticism[20].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's document file on Wikimedia Commons is recorded as The Cloud of Unknowing, translated by Evelyn Underhill (1922 printing A).pdf[21].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's LibraryThing work ID is recorded as 4819008[22].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/The-Cloud-of-Unknowing[23].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's title is recorded as {'lang': 'enm', 'text': 'The Cloude of Unknowyng'}[24].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'The Cloud of Unknowing'}[25].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as nuage-d-inconnaissance[26].
  • The Cloud of Unknowing's Quora topic ID is recorded as The-Cloud-of-Unknowing[27].

Why It Matters

The Cloud of Unknowing ranks in the top 2% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (721 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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  12. [14] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . Quora. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). The Cloud of Unknowing. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-cloud-of-unknowing
MLA “The Cloud of Unknowing.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-cloud-of-unknowing.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_the-cloud-of-unknowing_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{The Cloud of Unknowing}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/the-cloud-of-unknowing}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 29d ago · KaleemBot bot · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main subject Christian mysticism
    Language of work or name Middle English
    Has edition or translation The Cloud of Unknowing and Other Works, Divina caligo ignorancie, Nubes ignorandi
    Genre devotional literature
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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