Tabula Rogeriana
E514460
The Tabula Rogeriana is a 12th-century world map created by the Arab geographer Al-Idrisi for the Norman king Roger II of Sicily, renowned as one of the most advanced and detailed medieval representations of the known world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tabula Rogeriana canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5354731 — 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: Tabula Rogeriana Context triple: [Al-Idrisi, knownFor, Tabula Rogeriana]
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Bishops’ Book
The Bishops’ Book, formally titled "The Institution of a Christian Man" (1537), was an English Reformation doctrinal manual produced by Henry VIII’s bishops to define official teaching on faith, sacraments, and church authority.
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Codex Borbonicus
Codex Borbonicus is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican pictorial manuscript, likely created by Aztec priests, that records ritual calendars, ceremonies, and cosmological beliefs.
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C.
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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D.
Vercelli Book
The Vercelli Book is a late 10th-century Old English manuscript containing a major collection of religious prose and poetry, including several of the four signed poems by the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf.
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E.
Codex Argenteus
Codex Argenteus is a 6th-century illuminated manuscript containing a major portion of the Gothic translation of the Bible, renowned for its silver and gold ink on purple parchment.
- 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: Tabula Rogeriana Target entity description: The Tabula Rogeriana is a 12th-century world map created by the Arab geographer Al-Idrisi for the Norman king Roger II of Sicily, renowned as one of the most advanced and detailed medieval representations of the known world.
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A.
Bishops’ Book
The Bishops’ Book, formally titled "The Institution of a Christian Man" (1537), was an English Reformation doctrinal manual produced by Henry VIII’s bishops to define official teaching on faith, sacraments, and church authority.
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B.
Codex Borbonicus
Codex Borbonicus is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican pictorial manuscript, likely created by Aztec priests, that records ritual calendars, ceremonies, and cosmological beliefs.
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C.
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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D.
Vercelli Book
The Vercelli Book is a late 10th-century Old English manuscript containing a major collection of religious prose and poetry, including several of the four signed poems by the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf.
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E.
Codex Argenteus
Codex Argenteus is a 6th-century illuminated manuscript containing a major portion of the Gothic translation of the Bible, renowned for its silver and gold ink on purple parchment.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartographic work
ⓘ
mappa mundi ⓘ medieval world map ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq
ⓘ
linked to:
Nuzhat al-mushtaq
The Pleasure Excursion of One Who Is Eager to Traverse the Regions of the World ⓘ |
| author |
Muhammad al-Idrisi
ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Idrisi
|
| basedOn |
geographical literature of the Islamic world
ⓘ
reports of travelers and merchants ⓘ |
| century | 12th century ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Roger II of Sicily ⓘ |
| commissionedIn | 1138 ⓘ |
| completedIn | 1154 ⓘ |
| contains |
regional maps
ⓘ
textual geographical descriptions ⓘ |
| creator |
Muhammad al-Idrisi
ⓘ
linked to:
Al-Idrisi
|
| culturalContext | Islamic Golden Age ⓘ |
| dateCreated | 1154 ⓘ |
| depicts |
Arabian Peninsula
ⓘ
Asia ⓘ British Isles ⓘ Central Asia ⓘ China ⓘ Europe ⓘ Iberian Peninsula ⓘ Indian Ocean ⓘ Indian subcontinent ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Nile River ⓘ
linked to:
Nile
North Africa ⓘ Scandinavia ⓘ |
| describes |
cities and trade routes
ⓘ
climates and regions of the world ⓘ rivers and mountains ⓘ |
| genre | geographical treatise ⓘ |
| influenced |
later European cartography
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later Islamic cartography ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed description of the known world
ⓘ
high accuracy for its time ⓘ integration of classical and Islamic geographical knowledge ⓘ |
| orientation | south-up ⓘ |
| originalTitle |
Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq
ⓘ
linked to:
Kitab Nuzhat al-mushtaq fi ikhtiraq al-afaq
|
| patron | Roger II of Sicily ⓘ |
| placeOfCreation |
Kingdom of Sicily
ⓘ
Palermo ⓘ |
| preservedAs | manuscript copies ⓘ |
| producedAt | court of Roger II of Sicily ⓘ |
| script | Arabic script ⓘ |
| subjectOf | historical cartography studies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tabula Rogeriana Description of subject: The Tabula Rogeriana is a 12th-century world map created by the Arab geographer Al-Idrisi for the Norman king Roger II of Sicily, renowned as one of the most advanced and detailed medieval representations of the known world.
Referenced by (4)
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