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Ship of Fools

satirical allegory in German verse published in 1494 by Sebastian Brant
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Ship of Fools

Summary

Ship of Fools is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (142 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ship of Fools authored Sebastian Brant[3].
  • Ship of Fools is the creator of Albrecht Dürer[4].
  • Ship of Fools's image is recorded as Narrenschiff.jpg[5].
  • Ship of Fools's instance of is recorded as literary work[6].
  • Ship of Fools's illustrator is recorded as Meister der Bergmannschen Offizin[7].
  • Ship of Fools's illustrator is recorded as Meister des Haintz Narr[8].
  • Ship of Fools's genre is recorded as narrative poetry[9].
  • Ship of Fools's genre is recorded as satire[10].
  • Ship of Fools's collection is recorded as Bavarian State Library[11].
  • Ship of Fools's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 174030219[12].
  • Ship of Fools's GND ID is recorded as 4245841-9[13].
  • Ship of Fools's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as no2003113760[14].
  • Ship of Fools's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12027174c[15].
  • Ship of Fools's IdRef ID is recorded as 028435974[16].
  • Ship of Fools's Commons category is recorded as Narrenschiff[17].
  • Ship of Fools's language of work or name is recorded as Middle High German[18].
  • +1494-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Ship of Fools[19].
  • Ship of Fools's publication date is recorded as +1494-00-00T00:00:00Z[20].
  • Ship of Fools's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/031dwb[21].
  • Ship of Fools's has edition or translation is recorded as Stultifera navis[22].
  • Ship of Fools's has edition or translation is recorded as Dat narren schyp[23].
  • Ship of Fools's work available at URL is recorded as https://www.projekt-gutenberg.org/brant/narrens/narrens.html[24].
  • Ship of Fools's document file on Wikimedia Commons is recorded as Ship of Fools WDL8973.pdf[25].
  • Ship of Fools's Iconclass notation is recorded as 83(BRANT, Ship of Fools)[26].
  • Ship of Fools's described by source is recorded as Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke[27].

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Works and Contributions

Ship of Fools authored Sebastian Brant[3]. It is the creator of Albrecht Dürer[4].

Why It Matters

Ship of Fools ranks in the top 4% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (142 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Related Entities

Albrecht Dürer Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke literary work public domain Sebastian Brant

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  13. [15] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Virtual International Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . digital.lib.uh.edu. Retrieved . digital.lib.uh.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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