manuscript Wormianus
E361898
Manuscript Wormianus is a medieval Icelandic manuscript best known for preserving a significant version of the Prose Edda along with other Old Norse texts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| manuscript Wormianus canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3473942 — 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: manuscript Wormianus Context triple: [Prose Edda, manuscriptTradition, manuscript Wormianus]
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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 Trivulzianus
Codex Trivulzianus is a manuscript notebook by Leonardo da Vinci containing his studies in language, engineering, and various scientific and artistic subjects.
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C.
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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D.
Voynich manuscript
The Voynich manuscript is an illustrated codex from the early 15th century written in an undeciphered script and mysterious language that has puzzled scholars, cryptographers, and historians for decades.
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E.
Codex Argenteus
Codex Argenteus is a 6th-century illuminated manuscript containing a major portion of the Gothic translation of the Bible, renowned for its silver and gold ink on purple parchment.
- 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: manuscript Wormianus Target entity description: Manuscript Wormianus is a medieval Icelandic manuscript best known for preserving a significant version of the Prose Edda along with other Old Norse texts.
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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 Trivulzianus
Codex Trivulzianus is a manuscript notebook by Leonardo da Vinci containing his studies in language, engineering, and various scientific and artistic subjects.
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C.
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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D.
Voynich manuscript
The Voynich manuscript is an illustrated codex from the early 15th century written in an undeciphered script and mysterious language that has puzzled scholars, cryptographers, and historians for decades.
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E.
Codex Argenteus
Codex Argenteus is a 6th-century illuminated manuscript containing a major portion of the Gothic translation of the Bible, renowned for its silver and gold ink on purple parchment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Icelandic manuscript
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Old Norse manuscript ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
AM 242 fol.
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Codex Wormianus ⓘ |
| approximateDate | 13th century ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Snorri Sturluson ⓘ |
| catalogCode | AM 242 fol. ⓘ |
| chronology | High Middle Ages ⓘ |
| collection | Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection ⓘ |
| containsWork |
First Grammatical Treatise
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Gylfaginning ⓘ Háttatal ⓘ Prose Edda ⓘ Skáldskaparmál ⓘ Snorra Edda ⓘ
linked to:
Prose Edda
other Old Norse grammatical treatises ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iceland ⓘ |
| culture | medieval Icelandic literature ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
Arnamagnæan Collection
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linked to:
Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection
|
| fieldOfStudy |
Old Norse philology
ⓘ
medieval Scandinavian studies ⓘ |
| genre |
grammatical treatise
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mythological text ⓘ poetic treatise ⓘ |
| hasPart |
grammatical explanations
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mythological narratives ⓘ poetic examples ⓘ |
| language |
Old Norse
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linked to:
Old Norse language
|
| material | parchment ⓘ |
| notableFor |
containing important skaldic and grammatical material
ⓘ
preserving a significant version of the Prose Edda ⓘ |
| region | Scandinavia ⓘ |
| repository | University of Copenhagen ⓘ |
| script | medieval Icelandic script ⓘ |
| subject |
Norse mythology
ⓘ
Old Norse grammar ⓘ skaldic poetry ⓘ |
| usedBy |
literary historians
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philologists ⓘ scholars of Norse mythology ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| writtenIn | medieval Iceland ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Subject: manuscript Wormianus Description of subject: Manuscript Wormianus is a medieval Icelandic manuscript best known for preserving a significant version of the Prose Edda along with other Old Norse texts.
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