Codex Forster
E251429
Codex Forster is a collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks containing his sketches, scientific studies, and writings on a wide range of subjects.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Codex Forster canonical | 2 |
| Codex Forster I | 1 |
| Codex Forster II | 1 |
| Codex Forster III | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2157800 — 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 Forster Context triple: [Leonardo da Vinci notebooks, notableWork, Codex Forster]
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A.
Codex Arundel
Codex Arundel is a celebrated collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s scientific and artistic notes and drawings, showcasing his investigations into mechanics, geometry, and natural phenomena.
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B.
Codex Boturini
Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.
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C.
Codex Basilensis
Codex Basilensis is a significant Greek New Testament manuscript known for its representative Byzantine text-type and its importance in biblical textual criticism.
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D.
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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E.
Codex Trivulzianus
Codex Trivulzianus is a manuscript notebook by Leonardo da Vinci containing his studies in language, engineering, and various scientific and artistic subjects.
- 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 Forster Target entity description: Codex Forster is a collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks containing his sketches, scientific studies, and writings on a wide range of subjects.
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A.
Codex Arundel
Codex Arundel is a celebrated collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s scientific and artistic notes and drawings, showcasing his investigations into mechanics, geometry, and natural phenomena.
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B.
Codex Boturini
Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.
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C.
Codex Basilensis
Codex Basilensis is a significant Greek New Testament manuscript known for its representative Byzantine text-type and its importance in biblical textual criticism.
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D.
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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E.
Codex Trivulzianus
Codex Trivulzianus is a manuscript notebook by Leonardo da Vinci containing his studies in language, engineering, and various scientific and artistic subjects.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Leonardo da Vinci notebook
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Leonardo da Vinci notebook ⓘ Leonardo da Vinci notebook ⓘ Leonardo da Vinci notebook ⓘ manuscript collection ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Renaissance art
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Renaissance science ⓘ |
| author | Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ |
| cataloguedBy | Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ |
| city |
London
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linked to:
London, England
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| collection |
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
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linked to:
Victoria and Albert Museum
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| contains |
architectural studies
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engineering designs ⓘ mathematical diagrams ⓘ notes on geometry ⓘ notes on hydraulics ⓘ notes on mechanics ⓘ scientific studies ⓘ sketches ⓘ studies of proportion ⓘ technical drawings ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Leonardo da Vinci ⓘ |
| donatedBy | John Forster ⓘ |
| donationYear | 1876 ⓘ |
| genre |
scientific notebook
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sketchbook ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Codex Forster I
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linked to:
Codex Forster
Codex Forster II ⓘ
linked to:
Codex Forster
Codex Forster III ⓘ
linked to:
Codex Forster
|
| language | Italian ⓘ |
| location | Victoria and Albert Museum ⓘ |
| medium | paper ⓘ |
| namedAfter | John Forster ⓘ |
| partOf |
Leonardo da Vinci manuscripts
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linked to:
Leonardo da Vinci notebooks
|
| script | mirror writing ⓘ |
| significance |
important document of Renaissance engineering
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primary source for Leonardo da Vinci’s scientific work ⓘ |
| subject |
architecture
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geometry ⓘ hydraulic engineering ⓘ measurement and proportion ⓘ mechanics ⓘ |
| timePeriodDocumented |
early 16th century
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late 15th century ⓘ |
| writingTool | ink ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Codex Forster Description of subject: Codex Forster is a collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks containing his sketches, scientific studies, and writings on a wide range of subjects.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Codex Forster
linked to: Codex Forster
linked to: Codex Forster