Complutensian Polyglot Bible

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Bible edition Renaissance scholarly work polyglot Bible printed book

The Complutensian Polyglot Bible is a landmark early 16th-century multilingual edition of the Bible that presents the scriptures in parallel Hebrew, Greek, and Latin texts, reflecting Renaissance humanist scholarship.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Complutensian Polyglot Bible canonical	3
Biblia Polyglotta Complutensis	1
Complutensian Bible	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3227073 — 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: Complutensian Polyglot Bible
Context triple: [Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros, notableWork, Complutensian Polyglot Bible]

A. Zurich Bible
The Zurich Bible is a seminal 16th-century German translation of the Bible produced in Zurich under Huldrych Zwingli and his colleagues, which became a foundational text of the Swiss Reformation.
B. Geneva Bible
The Geneva Bible is a 16th-century English translation of the Bible notable for its extensive marginal notes and widespread use among early Protestant reformers and English-speaking Protestants, including the Pilgrims.
C. Georgian Bible
The Georgian Bible is a translation of the Christian scriptures into the Georgian language, historically rooted in early Eastern Christian traditions.
D. Lollard Bible
The Lollard Bible is an early Middle English translation of the Scriptures linked to the Lollard reform movement, notable for promoting vernacular access to the Bible in late medieval England.
E. Codex Nuttall
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.
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: Complutensian Polyglot Bible
Target entity description: The Complutensian Polyglot Bible is a landmark early 16th-century multilingual edition of the Bible that presents the scriptures in parallel Hebrew, Greek, and Latin texts, reflecting Renaissance humanist scholarship.

A. Zurich Bible
The Zurich Bible is a seminal 16th-century German translation of the Bible produced in Zurich under Huldrych Zwingli and his colleagues, which became a foundational text of the Swiss Reformation.
B. Geneva Bible
The Geneva Bible is a 16th-century English translation of the Bible notable for its extensive marginal notes and widespread use among early Protestant reformers and English-speaking Protestants, including the Pilgrims.
C. Georgian Bible
The Georgian Bible is a translation of the Christian scriptures into the Georgian language, historically rooted in early Eastern Christian traditions.
D. Lollard Bible
The Lollard Bible is an early Middle English translation of the Scriptures linked to the Lollard reform movement, notable for promoting vernacular access to the Bible in late medieval England.
E. Codex Nuttall
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.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bible edition ⓘ Renaissance scholarly work ⓘ polyglot Bible ⓘ printed book ⓘ
aimedTo	provide accurate biblical text based on original languages ⓘ
approximatePublicationPeriod	1514–1517 ⓘ
associatedMovement	Christian humanism ⓘ
compiledAt	University of Alcalá ⓘ
compiledIn	Alcalá de Henares ⓘ
containsPart	Apocrypha ⓘ linked to: Apocrypha (in early editions) New Testament ⓘ Old Testament ⓘ linked to: Tanakh
countryOfOrigin	Spain ⓘ
editor	Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ⓘ linked to: Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
firstPublicationDate	1520 ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	Biblia Polyglotta Complutensis ⓘ linked to: Complutensian Polyglot Bible Complutensian Bible ⓘ linked to: Complutensian Polyglot Bible
hasTitle	Complutensian Polyglot Bible ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Renaissance ⓘ
includesFeature	Hebrew grammar and dictionary ⓘ critical apparatus ⓘ parallel columns of different languages ⓘ
includesText	Latin Vulgate text ⓘ Masoretic Hebrew text ⓘ linked to: Masoretic Text Septuagint Greek text ⓘ
influenced	biblical textual criticism ⓘ later polyglot Bibles ⓘ
languageOfText	Greek ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Latin ⓘ
NewTestamentLanguages	Greek ⓘ Latin Vulgate ⓘ linked to: Vulgate
notableFor	reflecting Renaissance humanist scholarship ⓘ scholarly comparison of Hebrew, Greek, and Latin texts ⓘ
numberOfVolumes	6 ⓘ
OldTestamentLanguages	Greek ⓘ Hebrew ⓘ Latin Vulgate ⓘ linked to: Vulgate
patron	Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ⓘ linked to: Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
placeOfPublication	Alcalá de Henares ⓘ
printingCompleted	1517 ⓘ
printingTechnology	movable type ⓘ
scriptUsed	Greek minuscule script ⓘ Hebrew square script ⓘ Latin script ⓘ
significance	first major printed polyglot edition of the entire Bible ⓘ
sponsoredBy	Catholic Monarchs of Spain ⓘ linked to: Catholic Monarchs Crown of Castile ⓘ
supervisedBy	Cardinal Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros ⓘ linked to: Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros
workOnProjectBegan	1502 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros → notableWork → Complutensian Polyglot Bible ⓘ

Francisco Jiménez de Cisneros → patronage → Complutensian Polyglot Bible ⓘ

Complutensian Polyglot Bible → hasTitle → Complutensian Polyglot Bible ⓘ

Complutensian Polyglot Bible → hasAlternativeName → Biblia Polyglotta Complutensis ⓘ

linked to: Complutensian Polyglot Bible

Complutensian Polyglot Bible → hasAlternativeName → Complutensian Bible ⓘ