Codex Ambrosianus
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Codex Ambrosianus is a significant manuscript preserving portions of the Bible translated into the Gothic language, providing key evidence for the study of the Gothic script and early Germanic linguistics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Codex Ambrosianus canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1734285 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Codex Ambrosianus Context triple: [Gothic language, primaryText, Codex Ambrosianus]
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A.
Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Alexandrinus is a 5th-century Greek manuscript of the Bible, notable as one of the oldest and most complete surviving copies of both the Old and New Testaments.
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B.
Codex Vaticanus
Codex Vaticanus is a 4th-century Greek biblical manuscript held in the Vatican Library and regarded as one of the oldest and most important witnesses to the text of the Bible.
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C.
Codex Marianus
Codex Marianus is an early Old Church Slavonic Gospel manuscript, written in the Glagolitic script and considered one of the most important monuments of Slavic medieval literature.
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D.
Codex Gregorianus
The Codex Gregorianus is an early 4th-century private compilation of Roman imperial constitutions that became a foundational source for later official law codes.
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E.
Codex Bezae
Codex Bezae is a 5th-century Greek-Latin bilingual manuscript of the New Testament, notable for its distinctive textual variants and importance in biblical textual criticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Codex Ambrosianus Target entity description: Codex Ambrosianus is a significant manuscript preserving portions of the Bible translated into the Gothic language, providing key evidence for the study of the Gothic script and early Germanic linguistics.
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A.
Codex Alexandrinus
Codex Alexandrinus is a 5th-century Greek manuscript of the Bible, notable as one of the oldest and most complete surviving copies of both the Old and New Testaments.
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B.
Codex Vaticanus
Codex Vaticanus is a 4th-century Greek biblical manuscript held in the Vatican Library and regarded as one of the oldest and most important witnesses to the text of the Bible.
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C.
Codex Marianus
Codex Marianus is an early Old Church Slavonic Gospel manuscript, written in the Glagolitic script and considered one of the most important monuments of Slavic medieval literature.
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D.
Codex Gregorianus
The Codex Gregorianus is an early 4th-century private compilation of Roman imperial constitutions that became a foundational source for later official law codes.
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E.
Codex Bezae
Codex Bezae is a 5th-century Greek-Latin bilingual manuscript of the New Testament, notable for its distinctive textual variants and importance in biblical textual criticism.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Gothic manuscript
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ancient manuscript ⓘ biblical manuscript ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Gothic Bible
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Gothic-speaking communities ⓘ |
| contains |
biblical texts in Gothic
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portions of the Bible ⓘ |
| contentNature | Christian scripture translation ⓘ |
| era | Late Antiquity ⓘ |
| fieldOfStudy |
Germanic philology
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biblical studies ⓘ historical linguistics ⓘ palaeography ⓘ |
| genre |
biblical manuscript
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religious manuscript ⓘ |
| importanceInPhilology |
primary source for Gothic grammar
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primary source for reconstructing Gothic vocabulary ⓘ primary witness to the Gothic language ⓘ |
| language | Gothic language ⓘ |
| linguisticValue |
evidence for early Germanic morphology
ⓘ
evidence for early Germanic phonology ⓘ evidence for early Germanic syntax ⓘ |
| material | parchment ⓘ |
| preserves | early stage of the Gothic language ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Christianity ⓘ |
| script | Gothic script ⓘ |
| scriptFamily | alphabetic script ⓘ |
| significance |
important source for early Germanic linguistics
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key evidence for the Gothic Bible ⓘ key evidence for the study of the Gothic script ⓘ |
| status | fragmentary preservation of the Gothic Bible ⓘ |
| textType |
biblical text
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translation of the Bible ⓘ |
| usedBy |
biblical scholars
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linguists ⓘ palaeographers ⓘ philologists ⓘ |
| usedFor |
study of Gothic language
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study of Gothic script ⓘ study of early Germanic linguistics ⓘ |
| writingDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Gothic alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Codex Ambrosianus Description of subject: Codex Ambrosianus is a significant manuscript preserving portions of the Bible translated into the Gothic language, providing key evidence for the study of the Gothic script and early Germanic linguistics.
Referenced by (3)
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