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Codex Gigas

manuscript compendium from the 13th century
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Codex Gigas

Summary

Codex Gigas is a written work[1]. It ranks in the top 0.19% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,258 views/month, #12 of 6,426).[2]

Key Facts

  • Codex Gigas authored Bohemia[3].
  • Codex Gigas's image is recorded as Devil codex Gigas.jpg[4].
  • Codex Gigas's instance of is recorded as written work[5].
  • Codex Gigas's instance of is recorded as codex[6].
  • Codex Gigas's instance of is recorded as illuminated manuscript[7].
  • Bible is named after Codex Gigas[8].
  • devil is named after Codex Gigas[9].
  • Codex Gigas's made from material is recorded as vellum[10].
  • Codex Gigas's collection is recorded as National Library of Sweden[11].
  • Codex Gigas's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 175882138[12].
  • Codex Gigas's inventory number is recorded as A 148[13].
  • Codex Gigas's GND ID is recorded as 4451634-4[14].
  • Codex Gigas's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n94018581[15].
  • Codex Gigas's location is recorded as National Library of Sweden[16].
  • Codex Gigas's Commons category is recorded as Codex Gigas[17].
  • Codex Gigas's language of work or name is recorded as Latin[18].
  • +1300-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Codex Gigas[19].
  • Codex Gigas's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05ls45[20].
  • Codex Gigas's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as unn2007410314[21].
  • Codex Gigas's location of formation is recorded as Podlažice Monastery[22].
  • Codex Gigas's official website is recorded as http://kb.se/codex-gigas/eng/[23].
  • Codex Gigas's SELIBR ID is recorded as 307262[24].
  • Codex Gigas's number of pages is recorded as {'amount': '+310'}[25].
  • Codex Gigas's Library of Congress item ID is recorded as 2021667604[26].
  • Codex Gigas's present in work is recorded as Q104895477[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include written work[5], codex[6], and illuminated manuscript[7].

History and Context

+1300-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Codex Gigas[19]. Things named after include Bible[8], a religious text[28], written by various authors[29] and devil[9], a personification[30].

Why It Matters

Codex Gigas ranks in the top 0.19% of written_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,258 views/month, #12 of 6,426).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[31] It is known by 24 alternative names across languages and contexts.[32]

Related Entities

Antiquities of the Jews

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . loc.gov. loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [31] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [32] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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