Codex Egberti
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Codex Egberti is a richly illuminated late 10th-century Gospel book, renowned as a masterpiece of Ottonian book art and an important monument of medieval Christian manuscript illumination.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Codex Egberti canonical | 1 |
| Lorsch Gospels | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3439681 — 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 Egberti Context triple: [Ottonian Renaissance, notableWork, Codex Egberti]
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A.
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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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 Basilensis
Codex Basilensis is a significant Greek New Testament manuscript known for its representative Byzantine text-type and its importance in biblical textual criticism.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- 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 Egberti Target entity description: Codex Egberti is a richly illuminated late 10th-century Gospel book, renowned as a masterpiece of Ottonian book art and an important monument of medieval Christian manuscript illumination.
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A.
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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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 Basilensis
Codex Basilensis is a significant Greek New Testament manuscript known for its representative Byzantine text-type and its importance in biblical textual criticism.
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D.
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.
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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gospel book
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Ottonian manuscript ⓘ illuminated manuscript ⓘ |
| approximateFolioCount | about 165 folios ⓘ |
| artMovement |
Ottonian art
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linked to:
Ottonian Renaissance
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| artStyle | Reichenau school of illumination ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Bishop Egbert of Trier
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linked to:
Egbert of Trier
Ottonian dynasty ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Egbert of Trier ⓘ |
| contains |
Gospel of John
ⓘ
Gospel of Luke ⓘ Gospel of Mark ⓘ Gospel of Matthew ⓘ |
| country | Germany ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Holy Roman Empire ⓘ |
| creator |
Reichenau Abbey scriptorium
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linked to:
Reichenau Abbey
|
| currentLocation | Stadtbibliothek Trier ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | late 10th century ⓘ |
| decorativeTechnique |
gold illumination
ⓘ
polychrome miniatures ⓘ |
| depicts |
Evangelist portraits
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scenes from the life of Christ ⓘ |
| genre | Gospel ⓘ |
| hasPart |
canon tables
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decorated borders ⓘ full-page miniatures ⓘ historiated initials ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation |
UNESCO Memory of the World Register
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linked to:
Memory of the World International Register
|
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Trier ⓘ |
| material | parchment ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Egbert of Trier ⓘ |
| notableWorkIn | medieval manuscript illumination ⓘ |
| patron | Egbert of Trier ⓘ |
| placeOfProduction | Reichenau Abbey ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| script | Carolingian minuscule ⓘ |
| significance |
important monument of medieval Christian art
ⓘ
masterpiece of Ottonian book illumination ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
New Testament Gospels
ⓘ
linked to:
Gospels
|
| timePeriod |
Ottonian period
ⓘ
linked to:
Ottonian Renaissance
|
| UNESCOInscriptionYear | 2004 ⓘ |
| usedFor |
episcopal ceremonial
ⓘ
liturgical reading ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Codex Egberti Description of subject: Codex Egberti is a richly illuminated late 10th-century Gospel book, renowned as a masterpiece of Ottonian book art and an important monument of medieval Christian manuscript illumination.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Codex Egberti