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Nowell Codex

sole surviving manuscript of Beowulf
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Nowell Codex
anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet · Public Domain · Wikimedia
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Nowell Codex

Summary

Nowell Codex is a codex[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of codex entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (239 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Nowell Codex's image is recorded as Beowulf Cotton MS Vitellius A XV f. 132r.jpg[3].
  • Nowell Codex's instance of is recorded as codex[4].
  • Laurence Nowell is named after Nowell Codex[5].
  • Nowell Codex's made from material is recorded as vellum[6].
  • Nowell Codex's collection is recorded as Cotton library[7].
  • Nowell Codex's collection is recorded as British Library[8].
  • Nowell Codex's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 184282727[9].
  • Nowell Codex's inventory number is recorded as Cotton MS Vitellius A XV[10].
  • Nowell Codex's GND ID is recorded as 4383374-3[11].
  • Nowell Codex's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n80161095[12].
  • Nowell Codex's location is recorded as British Library[13].
  • Nowell Codex's part of is recorded as Cotton MS Vitellius A XV[14].
  • Nowell Codex's Commons category is recorded as Nowell Codex - BL Cotton MS Vitellius A XV[15].
  • Nowell Codex's language of work or name is recorded as Old English[16].
  • Nowell Codex's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0727fr[17].
  • Nowell Codex's work available at URL is recorded as https://bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Cotton_MS_Vitellius_A_XV[18].
  • Nowell Codex's BIBSYS ID is recorded as 90855054[19].
  • Nowell Codex's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Beowulf-manuscript[20].
  • Nowell Codex's exemplar of is recorded as Beowulf[21].
  • Nowell Codex's exemplar of is recorded as Judith[22].
  • Nowell Codex's FAST ID is recorded as 1788592[23].
  • Nowell Codex's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007528051605171[24].
  • Nowell Codex's National Library of Ireland ID is recorded as vtls001251637[25].

Why It Matters

Nowell Codex ranks in the top 8% of codex entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (239 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26] It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[27]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . bl.uk. Retrieved . bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . bl.uk. Retrieved . bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . bl.uk. Retrieved . bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . bl.uk. Retrieved . bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . bl.uk. Retrieved . bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . bl.uk. Retrieved . bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . bl.uk. Retrieved . bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . bl.uk. Retrieved . bl.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . National Library of Israel Names and Subjects Authority File. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [27] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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