Erfurt manuscript
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The Erfurt manuscript is one of the principal medieval Hebrew manuscripts preserving the text of the Tosefta, making it a key source for the study of early rabbinic literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Erfurt manuscript canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2297544 — 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: Erfurt manuscript Context triple: [Tosefta, hasManuscript, Erfurt manuscript]
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A.
Vienna manuscript
The Vienna manuscript is a significant medieval handwritten copy of the Tosefta, valued by scholars as one of the primary textual witnesses to this early rabbinic work.
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B.
Codex Forster
Codex Forster is a collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks containing his sketches, scientific studies, and writings on a wide range of subjects.
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C.
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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D.
Codex Becker I
Codex Becker I is a pre-Columbian Mixtec pictographic manuscript that records genealogies, rituals, and historical events of Mixtec nobility in what is now southern Mexico.
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E.
Codex Trivulzianus
Codex Trivulzianus is a manuscript notebook by Leonardo da Vinci containing his studies in language, engineering, and various scientific and artistic subjects.
- 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: Erfurt manuscript Target entity description: The Erfurt manuscript is one of the principal medieval Hebrew manuscripts preserving the text of the Tosefta, making it a key source for the study of early rabbinic literature.
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A.
Vienna manuscript
The Vienna manuscript is a significant medieval handwritten copy of the Tosefta, valued by scholars as one of the primary textual witnesses to this early rabbinic work.
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B.
Codex Forster
Codex Forster is a collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks containing his sketches, scientific studies, and writings on a wide range of subjects.
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C.
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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D.
Codex Becker I
Codex Becker I is a pre-Columbian Mixtec pictographic manuscript that records genealogies, rituals, and historical events of Mixtec nobility in what is now southern Mexico.
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E.
Codex Trivulzianus
Codex Trivulzianus is a manuscript notebook by Leonardo da Vinci containing his studies in language, engineering, and various scientific and artistic subjects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Tosefta manuscript
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medieval Hebrew manuscript ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Tannaitic literature
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rabbinic literature ⓘ |
| culturalContext | medieval Ashkenazic Jewry ⓘ |
| genre | rabbinic legal text ⓘ |
| hasPart | tractates of the Tosefta ⓘ |
| isSourceFor |
rabbinic halakhic traditions
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study of early rabbinic literature ⓘ textual history of the Tosefta ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| materialForm | manuscript codex ⓘ |
| period | Middle Ages ⓘ |
| preservesTextOf | Tosefta ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Judaism ⓘ |
| scriptType | medieval Hebrew script ⓘ |
| significance |
key source for reconstruction of the Tosefta text
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one of the principal medieval Hebrew manuscripts of the Tosefta ⓘ |
| subject |
Jewish law
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halakha ⓘ |
| textType | rabbinic text ⓘ |
| usedBy |
historians of early rabbinic Judaism
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scholars of Talmud and Tosefta ⓘ |
| usedFor |
comparative textual analysis of rabbinic sources
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critical editions of the Tosefta ⓘ philological study of Mishnaic Hebrew ⓘ study of transmission of rabbinic traditions ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Hebrew alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Erfurt manuscript Description of subject: The Erfurt manuscript is one of the principal medieval Hebrew manuscripts preserving the text of the Tosefta, making it a key source for the study of early rabbinic literature.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.