Codex Nuttall
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Codex Nuttall is a pre-Columbian Mixtec pictographic manuscript that records the genealogy, history, and religious narratives of Mixtec rulers and communities in what is now southern Mexico.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Codex Zouche-Nuttall | 10 |
| Codex Nuttall canonical | 7 |
| Codex Nuttall (introduced to scholarship) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1450421 — 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: Codex Nuttall Context triple: [Mixtec civilization, notableWork, Codex Nuttall]
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A.
Codex Boturini
Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.
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B.
Codex Atlanticus
The Codex Atlanticus is a vast collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks, sketches, and writings covering subjects from art and anatomy to engineering and scientific inventions.
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C.
Codex Gregorianus
The Codex Gregorianus is an early 4th-century private compilation of Roman imperial constitutions that became a foundational source for later official law codes.
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D.
Nowell Codex
The Nowell Codex is the late 10th–early 11th century Old English manuscript best known for preserving the only surviving copy of the epic poem Beowulf, along with several other important prose and poetic texts.
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E.
Codex Hermogenianus
The Codex Hermogenianus is a late Roman collection of imperial legal constitutions compiled under Emperor Diocletian that became a key source for later codifications of Roman law.
- 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: Codex Nuttall Target entity description: Codex Nuttall is a pre-Columbian Mixtec pictographic manuscript that records the genealogy, history, and religious narratives of Mixtec rulers and communities in what is now southern Mexico.
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A.
Codex Boturini
Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.
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B.
Codex Atlanticus
The Codex Atlanticus is a vast collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks, sketches, and writings covering subjects from art and anatomy to engineering and scientific inventions.
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C.
Codex Gregorianus
The Codex Gregorianus is an early 4th-century private compilation of Roman imperial constitutions that became a foundational source for later official law codes.
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D.
Nowell Codex
The Nowell Codex is the late 10th–early 11th century Old English manuscript best known for preserving the only surviving copy of the epic poem Beowulf, along with several other important prose and poetic texts.
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E.
Codex Hermogenianus
The Codex Hermogenianus is a late Roman collection of imperial legal constitutions compiled under Emperor Diocletian that became a key source for later codifications of Roman law.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mixtec codex
ⓘ
pictographic manuscript ⓘ pre-Columbian manuscript ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Codex Zouche-Nuttall
ⓘ
linked to:
Codex Nuttall
|
| associatedWith |
Mesoamerican codices
ⓘ
Mixtec codices ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | well-preserved ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Mexico ⓘ |
| culture | Mixtec civilization ⓘ |
| currentLocation | British Museum ⓘ |
| depicts |
Lord Eight Deer Jaguar Claw
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Mixtec royal lineages ⓘ dynastic marriages ⓘ founding of cities ⓘ ritual ceremonies ⓘ warfare events ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Mesoamerican history
ⓘ
ethnohistory ⓘ iconography ⓘ |
| genre |
genealogical record
ⓘ
historical narrative ⓘ religious narrative ⓘ |
| hasPart |
obverse side
ⓘ
reverse side ⓘ |
| language | Mixtec ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity |
London
ⓘ
linked to:
London, England
southern Mexico ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Mixtec communities
ⓘ
Mixtec religious practices ⓘ Mixtec rulers ⓘ genealogy of Mixtec dynasties ⓘ history of Mixtec polities ⓘ |
| materialUsed | deerskin ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Zelia Nuttall ⓘ |
| orientation | screenfold format ⓘ |
| originatesFrom |
Mixteca Alta
ⓘ
Tilantongo region ⓘ |
| partOf | Mesoamerican manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| regionOfOrigin | Oaxaca ⓘ |
| scriptType | pictographic ⓘ |
| significance | primary source for Mixtec history ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Postclassic Mesoamerica
ⓘ
linked to:
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
pre-Columbian era ⓘ |
| use |
dynastic legitimation
ⓘ
recording political alliances ⓘ ritual consultation ⓘ |
| writingMedium | painted surface ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Mixtec pictographic script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Codex Nuttall Description of subject: Codex Nuttall is a pre-Columbian Mixtec pictographic manuscript that records the genealogy, history, and religious narratives of Mixtec rulers and communities in what is now southern Mexico.
Referenced by (18)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Codex Nuttall
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linked to: Codex Nuttall
linked to: Codex Nuttall