Shakespeare quartos

E47931

bibliographical corpus early printed editions editions of plays

Shakespeare quartos are early, individually printed editions of William Shakespeare’s plays that provide crucial evidence about the texts’ original forms and their publication history.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Shakespeare quartos canonical	1
quarto of Henry V (1619 Pavier edition)	1
quarto of The Merchant of Venice (1619 Pavier edition)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T375524 — 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: Shakespeare quartos
Context triple: [British Library, hasCollection, Shakespeare quartos]

A. Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare is a comprehensive reference book in which Isaac Asimov explains the historical, cultural, and literary background of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for modern readers.
B. The Play
The Play is the famous last-second kickoff return by the California Golden Bears against Stanford in 1982, featuring multiple laterals and a collision with the Stanford band, and is considered one of the most iconic and chaotic plays in college football history.
C. The Art of Book-Making
"The Art of Book-Making" is a humorous, satirical essay by Washington Irving that playfully critiques unoriginal authorship and literary plagiarism.
D. His Majesty's Stationery Office
His Majesty's Stationery Office is a former UK government department and official publisher responsible for producing and distributing state documents, legislation, and official publications.
E. Codex
Codex is an AI system developed by OpenAI that translates natural language into code and powers tools like GitHub Copilot.
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: Shakespeare quartos
Target entity description: Shakespeare quartos are early, individually printed editions of William Shakespeare’s plays that provide crucial evidence about the texts’ original forms and their publication history.

A. Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare
Asimov's Guide to Shakespeare is a comprehensive reference book in which Isaac Asimov explains the historical, cultural, and literary background of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for modern readers.
B. The Play
The Play is the famous last-second kickoff return by the California Golden Bears against Stanford in 1982, featuring multiple laterals and a collision with the Stanford band, and is considered one of the most iconic and chaotic plays in college football history.
C. The Art of Book-Making
"The Art of Book-Making" is a humorous, satirical essay by Washington Irving that playfully critiques unoriginal authorship and literary plagiarism.
D. His Majesty's Stationery Office
His Majesty's Stationery Office is a former UK government department and official publisher responsible for producing and distributing state documents, legislation, and official publications.
E. Codex
Codex is an AI system developed by OpenAI that translates natural language into code and powers tools like GitHub Copilot.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	bibliographical corpus ⓘ early printed editions ⓘ editions of plays ⓘ
associatedWith	William Shakespeare ⓘ
comparedWith	Shakespeare folios ⓘ linked to: First Folio of Shakespeare
format	quarto ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ
hasSubset	Pavier quartos ⓘ bad quartos ⓘ first quartos ⓘ good quartos ⓘ second quartos ⓘ
includesEditionOf	1 Henry IV ⓘ 2 Henry IV ⓘ linked to: Henry IV, Part 2 A Midsummer Night’s Dream ⓘ linked to: A Midsummer Night's Dream Hamlet ⓘ Henry V ⓘ linked to: Henry V of England King John ⓘ linked to: King John of England King Lear ⓘ Love’s Labour’s Lost ⓘ linked to: Love's Labour's Lost Much Ado About Nothing ⓘ Othello ⓘ linked to: Othello (play) Pericles ⓘ Richard II ⓘ linked to: King Richard II of England Richard III ⓘ linked to: Richard III of England Romeo and Juliet ⓘ The Merchant of Venice ⓘ The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ The Taming of the Shrew ⓘ The True Tragedy of Richard Duke of York ⓘ linked to: Henry VI, Part 3 The Two Gentlemen of Verona ⓘ The Whole Contention Between the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster ⓘ linked to: Henry VI, Part 3 Titus Andronicus ⓘ Troilus and Cressida ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
materialForm	printed book ⓘ
printedIn	early modern England ⓘ
printingTechnique	letterpress printing ⓘ
providesEvidenceFor	original forms of Shakespeare’s plays ⓘ publication history of Shakespeare’s plays ⓘ textual variants in Shakespeare’s plays ⓘ
relatedTo	First Folio of Shakespeare ⓘ
studiedBy	Shakespeare scholars ⓘ bibliographers ⓘ textual critics ⓘ
timePeriod	early 17th century ⓘ late 16th century ⓘ
usedIn	bibliographical studies ⓘ editorial work on Shakespeare’s plays ⓘ textual criticism of Shakespeare ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

British Library → hasCollection → Shakespeare quartos ⓘ

False Folio → hasNotableItem → quarto of Henry V (1619 Pavier edition) ⓘ

linked to: Shakespeare quartos

False Folio → hasNotableItem → quarto of The Merchant of Venice (1619 Pavier edition) ⓘ