Codex Selden
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Codex Selden is a pre-Hispanic Mixtec pictorial manuscript that records genealogies, dynastic histories, and ritual information from the Mixtec civilization of what is now southern Mexico.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Codex Selden canonical | 3 |
| Codex Colombino | 1 |
| MS. Arch. Selden. A. 1 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1450424 — 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 Selden Context triple: [Mixtec civilization, notableWork, Codex Selden]
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A.
Codex Bodley
Codex Bodley is a pre-Columbian Mixtec pictorial manuscript that records the genealogy, dynastic history, and rituals of Mixtec rulers in what is now Oaxaca, Mexico.
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B.
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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C.
Codex Leicester
The Codex Leicester is a famous scientific notebook by Leonardo da Vinci, containing his observations and theories on topics such as astronomy, geology, hydrodynamics, and the properties of water.
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D.
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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E.
Codex Marianus
Codex Marianus is an early Old Church Slavonic Gospel manuscript, written in the Glagolitic script and considered one of the most important monuments of Slavic medieval literature.
- 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 Selden Target entity description: Codex Selden is a pre-Hispanic Mixtec pictorial manuscript that records genealogies, dynastic histories, and ritual information from the Mixtec civilization of what is now southern Mexico.
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A.
Codex Bodley
Codex Bodley is a pre-Columbian Mixtec pictorial manuscript that records the genealogy, dynastic history, and rituals of Mixtec rulers in what is now Oaxaca, Mexico.
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B.
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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C.
Codex Leicester
The Codex Leicester is a famous scientific notebook by Leonardo da Vinci, containing his observations and theories on topics such as astronomy, geology, hydrodynamics, and the properties of water.
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D.
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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E.
Codex Marianus
Codex Marianus is an early Old Church Slavonic Gospel manuscript, written in the Glagolitic script and considered one of the most important monuments of Slavic medieval literature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mesoamerican codex
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Mixtec codex ⓘ pictorial manuscript ⓘ |
| artStyle | Mixtec style ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Mixtec royal lineages
ⓘ
Mixteca Alta region ⓘ
linked to:
Mixteca Alta
Ñuu Tnoo (Tilantongo) ⓘ
linked to:
Tilantongo
|
| chronologyCoverage | 11th–16th centuries (approximate) ⓘ |
| collection |
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
ⓘ
linked to:
Bodleian Library
|
| colorants |
mineral pigments
ⓘ
organic pigments ⓘ |
| conservationStatus | well preserved ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| culture | Mixtec civilization ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
Bodleian Libraries
ⓘ
linked to:
Bodleian Library
|
| depicts |
Mixtec rulers
ⓘ
marriage alliances ⓘ ritual ceremonies ⓘ succession events ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | 17th century (European scholarship) ⓘ |
| folioCount | 24 leaves (approximate) ⓘ |
| genre |
dynastic history
ⓘ
genealogical manuscript ⓘ ritual manuscript ⓘ |
| hasPart |
date glyphs
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glyphic name signs ⓘ pictorial scenes ⓘ place glyphs ⓘ |
| language | Mixtec pictographic writing ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Mixtec dynasties
ⓘ
linked to:
Mixtec civilization
genealogies of Mixtec nobility ⓘ ritual practices ⓘ |
| material | deerskin ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John Selden ⓘ |
| productionMethod | screenfold manuscript ⓘ |
| region | Oaxaca ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Codex Bodley
ⓘ
Codex Vindobonensis ⓘ Codex Zouche-Nuttall ⓘ
linked to:
Codex Nuttall
|
| researchUse |
study of Mesoamerican history
ⓘ
study of Mixtec genealogy ⓘ study of pre-Columbian religion ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | boustrophedon-like sequence ⓘ |
| significance |
important example of pre-Hispanic Mexican manuscript tradition
ⓘ
key source for Mixtec dynastic history ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Late Postclassic Mesoamerica
ⓘ
linked to:
Postclassic period of Mesoamerica
pre-Hispanic period ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Mixtec pictography ⓘ |
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 Selden Description of subject: Codex Selden is a pre-Hispanic Mixtec pictorial manuscript that records genealogies, dynastic histories, and ritual information from the Mixtec civilization of what is now southern Mexico.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Codex Selden
linked to: Codex Selden