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Office of the Dead

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Summary

Office of the Dead is an illuminated manuscript[1]. It ranks in the top 9% of illuminated manuscript entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (757 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Part of: Liturgy of the Hours[3]
  • Commons category: Officium defunctorum[4]

Why It Matters

Office of the Dead has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[5] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[6]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Office of the Dead. Retrieved October 22, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/office-of-the-dead
MLA “Office of the Dead.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 22 Oct. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/office-of-the-dead.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_office-of-the-dead_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Office of the Dead}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/office-of-the-dead}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-22}}
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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. 8d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Gnd id → 4761664-7
    Wikipedia languages → ['commons', 'de', 'en', 'fr', 'it', 'lv', 'nl', 'pt']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ru, uk, da, ro, it */ Add the Russian label ru:Реквием, ru:Херревеге, Филипп and ru:Collegium Vocale Gent use, with ru:Гастольди's name as an alias, translati"
  2. 13w ago · Dirac · 2026-07-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Part of → —
    Instance of → illuminated manuscript
    Part of → Liturgy of the Hours
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Image: Text page from Office of the Dead, with a putto playing with ermines - Sforza Hours (1517-1520), f.261 - BL Add MS 34294.jpg, [[:toollabs:quickstatement"
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