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colophon

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colophon
Sultan Ali Mashhadi · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Summary

colophon ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,645 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: part of a work[2], paratext[3], bibliographic information[4]
  • Part of: publication[5]
  • Commons category: Colophons[6]
  • Said to be the same as: Q20472394[7]
  • Described by source: Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[8], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[10]
  • Equivalent class: http://purl.org/spar/doco/Colophon[11]
  • Different from: Indicia[12], grarajk[13], date of preface[14]

Why It Matters

colophon has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] colophon is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · Hirho · 2026-10-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'be', 'bg', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'en', 'eo', 'e
    Subclass of → part of a work, paratext, bibliographic information
    Sitelink count → 40
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Subclass of: bibliographic information"
  2. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Indicia, grarajk, date of preface
    Local thumb → —
    Subclass of → part of a work, paratext, bibliographic information
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 22052, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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