Pray Codex
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The Pray Codex is a late 12th-century Hungarian manuscript notable for containing some of the earliest known continuous texts in the Hungarian language and one of the oldest surviving depictions of the burial of Christ.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pray Codex canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3442494 — 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: Pray Codex Context triple: [Funeral Sermon and Prayer, containedIn, Pray Codex]
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A.
Codex Mendoza
The Codex Mendoza is a 16th-century Aztec manuscript created shortly after the Spanish conquest that documents Mexica history, tribute, and daily life for colonial authorities.
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B.
Maya codices
The Maya codices are a small surviving collection of pre-Columbian bark-paper books that record the ancient Maya’s astronomical, calendrical, and ritual knowledge.
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C.
Florentine Codex
The Florentine Codex is a 16th-century encyclopedic manuscript compiled by Bernardino de Sahagún that documents Aztec culture, language, religion, and history in both Nahuatl and Spanish.
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D.
Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I
Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I is a pre-Columbian Mixtec pictorial manuscript that records genealogies, rituals, and mytho-historical narratives of Mixtec rulers and deities.
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E.
Madrid Codices
The Madrid Codices are a set of Leonardo da Vinci’s rediscovered notebooks containing detailed studies of mechanics, geometry, and engineering, offering crucial insight into his scientific and technical genius.
- 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: Pray Codex Target entity description: The Pray Codex is a late 12th-century Hungarian manuscript notable for containing some of the earliest known continuous texts in the Hungarian language and one of the oldest surviving depictions of the burial of Christ.
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A.
Codex Mendoza
The Codex Mendoza is a 16th-century Aztec manuscript created shortly after the Spanish conquest that documents Mexica history, tribute, and daily life for colonial authorities.
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B.
Maya codices
The Maya codices are a small surviving collection of pre-Columbian bark-paper books that record the ancient Maya’s astronomical, calendrical, and ritual knowledge.
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C.
Florentine Codex
The Florentine Codex is a 16th-century encyclopedic manuscript compiled by Bernardino de Sahagún that documents Aztec culture, language, religion, and history in both Nahuatl and Spanish.
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D.
Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I
Codex Vindobonensis Mexicanus I is a pre-Columbian Mixtec pictorial manuscript that records genealogies, rituals, and mytho-historical narratives of Mixtec rulers and deities.
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E.
Madrid Codices
The Madrid Codices are a set of Leonardo da Vinci’s rediscovered notebooks containing detailed studies of mechanics, geometry, and engineering, offering crucial insight into his scientific and technical genius.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Hungarian manuscript
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codex ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ |
| approximateDate | c. 1192–1195 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Béla III of Hungary
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surface form:
King Béla III of Hungary
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| catalogCode | Cod. Lat. 1 (National Széchényi Library) ⓘ |
| contains |
Funeral Sermon and Prayer
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calendar ⓘ depiction of the burial of Christ ⓘ earliest continuous Hungarian texts ⓘ homilies ⓘ illustrations of the Passion of Christ ⓘ liturgical texts ⓘ musical notation ⓘ prayers ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of Hungary ⓘ |
| culture | Medieval Hungarian ⓘ |
| currentLocation | National Széchényi Library ⓘ |
| date | late 12th century ⓘ |
| folioCount | approximately 176 folios ⓘ |
| genre | liturgical book ⓘ |
| hasPart |
illustrated leaves
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textual leaves ⓘ |
| language |
Hungarian
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Latin ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Budapest ⓘ |
| material | parchment ⓘ |
| namedAfter | György Pray ⓘ |
| region | Central Europe ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| script | Carolingian minuscule ⓘ |
| scriptType | minuscule ⓘ |
| significance |
earliest continuous Hungarian prose text
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important source for Old Hungarian language ⓘ one of the oldest surviving depictions of the burial of Christ ⓘ |
| subject |
Christian liturgy
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biblical scenes ⓘ sermons ⓘ |
| tradition |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Roman Catholic
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| writingSupport | animal skin ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Pray Codex Description of subject: The Pray Codex is a late 12th-century Hungarian manuscript notable for containing some of the earliest known continuous texts in the Hungarian language and one of the oldest surviving depictions of the burial of Christ.
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