Hexabiblos
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Hexabiblos is a 14th-century Byzantine legal compendium compiled by Constantine Harmenopoulos that systematized and preserved Byzantine civil law for later use in the Greek world and beyond.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hexabiblos canonical | 1 |
| Monobiblos | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7266397 — 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: Hexabiblos Context triple: [Byzantine law, codifiedIn, Hexabiblos]
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A.
Los Bilbilicos
"Los Bilbilicos" is a well-known traditional Sephardic folk song, often performed in Ladino and celebrated for its lyrical, nostalgic evocation of love and nature.
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B.
Muddonna
Muddonna is the costumed female mascot of the Toledo Mud Hens minor league baseball team, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
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C.
Aptoryama
Aptoryama is a specific Vedic soma sacrifice ritual recognized as a variant form of the Somayajna.
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D.
Scallabis
Scallabis was the ancient Roman name for the city now known as Santarém in central Portugal, an important settlement in the Roman province of Lusitania.
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E.
Glyphotes
Glyphotes is a little-known genus of tree squirrels within the subfamily Callosciurinae, which comprises various colorful and arboreal Asian squirrel species.
- 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: Hexabiblos Target entity description: Hexabiblos is a 14th-century Byzantine legal compendium compiled by Constantine Harmenopoulos that systematized and preserved Byzantine civil law for later use in the Greek world and beyond.
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A.
Los Bilbilicos
"Los Bilbilicos" is a well-known traditional Sephardic folk song, often performed in Ladino and celebrated for its lyrical, nostalgic evocation of love and nature.
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B.
Muddonna
Muddonna is the costumed female mascot of the Toledo Mud Hens minor league baseball team, known for entertaining fans at games and team events.
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C.
Aptoryama
Aptoryama is a specific Vedic soma sacrifice ritual recognized as a variant form of the Somayajna.
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D.
Scallabis
Scallabis was the ancient Roman name for the city now known as Santarém in central Portugal, an important settlement in the Roman province of Lusitania.
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E.
Glyphotes
Glyphotes is a little-known genus of tree squirrels within the subfamily Callosciurinae, which comprises various colorful and arboreal Asian squirrel species.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Byzantine legal compendium
ⓘ
law code ⓘ legal text ⓘ |
| associatedWithOffice | judge of Thessalonica ⓘ |
| author | Constantine Harmenopoulos ⓘ |
| basedOn |
Byzantine legal tradition
ⓘ
Justinianic legislation ⓘ |
| century | 14th century ⓘ |
| circulation | manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| compiler | Constantine Harmenopoulos ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Byzantine Empire ⓘ |
| dateOfCompilation | 14th century ⓘ |
| genre | legal manual ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Book I of Hexabiblos
ⓘ
Book II of Hexabiblos ⓘ Book III of Hexabiblos ⓘ Book IV of Hexabiblos ⓘ Book V of Hexabiblos ⓘ Book VI of Hexabiblos ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | late Byzantine period ⓘ |
| influenced |
Greek civil law
ⓘ
legal practice in the Balkans ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Thessalonica
ⓘ
linked to:
Salonika
|
| language | Greek ⓘ |
| laterForm | printed edition ⓘ |
| legalDomain |
family law
ⓘ
inheritance law ⓘ obligations ⓘ private law ⓘ property law ⓘ |
| legalFamily | Roman-Byzantine law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Byzantine law ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Byzantine civil law
ⓘ
linked to:
Byzantine law
civil law ⓘ |
| notableEditor | Constantine Harmenopoulos ⓘ |
| numberOfBooks | 6 ⓘ |
| preservationRole | transmission of Byzantine law to post-Byzantine societies ⓘ |
| purpose |
preservation of Byzantine civil law
ⓘ
systematization of Byzantine civil law ⓘ |
| regionOfInfluence |
Balkans
ⓘ
Southeastern Europe ⓘ
linked to:
Balkans
|
| titleMeaning | Six Books ⓘ |
| usedAs | practical handbook for judges ⓘ |
| useInTerritory |
Greek world
ⓘ
Ottoman Empire ⓘ modern Greece ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Hexabiblos Description of subject: Hexabiblos is a 14th-century Byzantine legal compendium compiled by Constantine Harmenopoulos that systematized and preserved Byzantine civil law for later use in the Greek world and beyond.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Hexabiblos