Book IX
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Book IX is a section of Vitruvius’ ancient Roman architectural treatise De architectura that focuses on topics such as astronomy, gnomonics (sundial design), and their practical applications to architecture.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Book IX canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8229466 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book IX Context triple: [De architectura, hasPart, Book IX]
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Book IX
Book IX is a section of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics that focuses largely on friendship, self-love, and the relationship between individual virtue and the good of others.
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Book IX
Book IX is a later volume of Leonardo Bruni’s "History of the Florentine People," continuing his humanist narrative of Florence’s political and civic development.
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Book IX
Book IX of Plato's Republic is the section in which Plato analyzes the tyrannical soul and argues that the just life is happier than the unjust life.
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Book XI
Book XI is a section of Leonardo Bruni’s historical work "History of the Florentine People," continuing his humanist narrative of Florence’s political and civic development.
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Book XI
Book XI is a section of Augustine’s theological work "The City of God" that begins the exploration of creation, angels, and the origin of the earthly and heavenly cities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Book IX Target entity description: Book IX is a section of Vitruvius’ ancient Roman architectural treatise De architectura that focuses on topics such as astronomy, gnomonics (sundial design), and their practical applications to architecture.
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A.
Book IX
Book IX is a section of Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics that focuses largely on friendship, self-love, and the relationship between individual virtue and the good of others.
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B.
Book IX
Book IX is a later volume of Leonardo Bruni’s "History of the Florentine People," continuing his humanist narrative of Florence’s political and civic development.
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C.
Book IX
Book IX of Plato's Republic is the section in which Plato analyzes the tyrannical soul and argues that the just life is happier than the unjust life.
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D.
Book XI
Book XI is a section of Leonardo Bruni’s historical work "History of the Florentine People," continuing his humanist narrative of Florence’s political and civic development.
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E.
Book XI
Book XI is a section of Augustine’s theological work "The City of God" that begins the exploration of creation, angels, and the origin of the earthly and heavenly cities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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section of treatise ⓘ |
| author | Vitruvius ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
Ancient Rome
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linked to:
Roman Antiquity
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| describes |
principles for laying out sundial hour lines
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relationship between sun’s path and shadow lengths ⓘ use of astronomical knowledge for healthy building orientation ⓘ variation of day length through the year ⓘ |
| field |
architecture
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astronomy ⓘ mathematics ⓘ timekeeping ⓘ |
| genre |
architectural treatise
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technical literature ⓘ |
| hasAuthorName |
Marcus Vitruvius Pollio
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linked to:
Vitruvius
|
| hasWorkTitle |
Liber nonus
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linked to:
Liber IX
|
| historicalSignificance |
early systematic treatment of gnomonics in Latin literature
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source for Roman knowledge of Greek astronomy ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Greek gnomonics
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Hellenistic astronomy ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| mainTopic |
astronomy
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celestial sphere ⓘ climates and latitude in relation to sundials ⓘ construction of different types of sundials ⓘ geometrical principles of sundials ⓘ gnomonics ⓘ measurement of time ⓘ orientation of buildings ⓘ practical applications of astronomy to architecture ⓘ sundial design ⓘ sun’s apparent motion ⓘ use of astronomy in city planning ⓘ use of astronomy in public buildings ⓘ use of astronomy in temple orientation ⓘ zodiac ⓘ |
| partOf | De architectura ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | Ten Books on Architecture ⓘ |
| positionInSeries | ninth book ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1st century BCE ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Renaissance humanists
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historians of science ⓘ later architects ⓘ |
| workIn |
De architectura libri decem
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linked to:
De architectura
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