copyist

person who makes copies, especially of musical or textual manuscripts
Intangible profession Q3997704
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copyist

Summary

copyist is a profession[1]. copyist draws 116 Wikipedia views per month (profession category, ranking #357 of 1,605).[2]

Key Facts

  • copyist's instance of is recorded as profession[3].
  • copyist is a type of scribe[4].
  • copyist's Commons category is recorded as Copyists[5].
  • copyist's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Copyists[6].
  • copyist's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[7].
  • copyist's main Wikidata property is recorded as P11603[8].
  • copyist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ast', 'text': 'copista'}[9].
  • copyist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'be-tarask', 'text': 'капіявальніца'}[10].
  • copyist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'переписчица'}[11].
  • copyist's female form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'eo', 'text': 'kopiistino'}[12].
  • copyist's male form of label is recorded as {'lang': 'be-tarask', 'text': 'капіявальнік'}[13].

Body

Definition and Type

copyist's instance of is recorded as profession[3]. copyist is a type of scribe[4].

Why It Matters

copyist draws 116 Wikipedia views per month (profession category, ranking #357 of 1,605).[2] copyist is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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