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Joshua Roll

Byzantine illuminated manuscript
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Summary

Joshua Roll is a scroll[1]. It draws 288 Wikipedia views per month (scroll category, ranking #4 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: illuminated manuscript[3]
  • Commissioned by: Konstantinos VII[4]
  • Depicts: Israelite highland settlement[5]
  • Made from material: parchment[6]
  • Collection: Vatican Library[7]
  • Place of publication: Constantinople[8]
  • Commons category: Joshua Roll - BAV Palat.Grec.431[9]
  • Language of work or name: Ancient Greek[10]
  • Catalog code: 661[11]
  • Inception: 913[12]
  • Height: 300 millimetre[13]
  • Width: 10.64 m[14]

Why It Matters

Joshua Roll has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

Konstantinos VII

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] ↑ . septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de. Retrieved . septuaginta.uni-goettingen.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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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. 7h ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4162779-9
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fr', 'it', 'pl', 'ru', 'sh']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||da, uk, ro, ru */ Add the Danish label lex.dk (bogmaleri) uses and translations of ru:Свиток Иисуса Навина, and descriptions after en:Joshua Roll"
  2. 12w ago · Triggerhippie4 · 2026-07-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → scroll, illuminated manuscript
    Language of work or name → Ancient Greek
    Width → {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+10.64'}
    Instance of → —
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Depicts: Israelite highland settlement"
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