Jean Mabillon
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Jean Mabillon was a 17th-century French Benedictine monk and scholar regarded as the founder of palaeography and diplomatics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Jean Mabillon canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10770825 — 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: Jean Mabillon Context triple: [Mabillon, namedAfter, Jean Mabillon]
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A.
Guillaume Budé
Guillaume Budé was a leading French Renaissance humanist, scholar, and royal librarian whose work on Greek studies and legal humanism significantly shaped French intellectual life in the early 16th century.
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B.
Jacques Basnage
Jacques Basnage was a French Protestant pastor, historian, and diplomat of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his influential works on religious history and his role in the Huguenot refugee community in the Netherlands.
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C.
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq was a 16th-century Flemish diplomat and scholar best known for his letters from the Ottoman Empire, which include valuable observations on languages, cultures, and natural history.
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D.
Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy
Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy was a 17th-century French Jansenist theologian and Bible translator best known for his influential French translation of the Scriptures, often called the Port-Royal Bible.
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E.
Jacques Vergely
Jacques Vergely is a French landscape architect best known for co-designing Paris’s elevated linear park, the Promenade Plantée.
- 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: Jean Mabillon Target entity description: Jean Mabillon was a 17th-century French Benedictine monk and scholar regarded as the founder of palaeography and diplomatics.
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A.
Guillaume Budé
Guillaume Budé was a leading French Renaissance humanist, scholar, and royal librarian whose work on Greek studies and legal humanism significantly shaped French intellectual life in the early 16th century.
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B.
Jacques Basnage
Jacques Basnage was a French Protestant pastor, historian, and diplomat of the late 17th and early 18th centuries, known for his influential works on religious history and his role in the Huguenot refugee community in the Netherlands.
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C.
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq
Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq was a 16th-century Flemish diplomat and scholar best known for his letters from the Ottoman Empire, which include valuable observations on languages, cultures, and natural history.
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D.
Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy
Louis-Isaac Lemaistre de Sacy was a 17th-century French Jansenist theologian and Bible translator best known for his influential French translation of the Scriptures, often called the Port-Royal Bible.
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E.
Jacques Vergely
Jacques Vergely is a French landscape architect best known for co-designing Paris’s elevated linear park, the Promenade Plantée.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Benedictine monk
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French historian ⓘ diplomatist ⓘ human ⓘ palaeographer ⓘ scholar ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1632-11-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace | Saint-Pierremont, Ardennes, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1707-12-27 ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Paris, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs |
founder of diplomatics
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founder of palaeography ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Collège des Bons-Enfants de Reims
NERFINISHED
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University of Reims NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
17th century
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early 18th century ⓘ |
| familyName | Mabillon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
diplomatics
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ecclesiastical history ⓘ monastic history ⓘ palaeography ⓘ |
| givenName | Jean NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasHonorificTitle | Dom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
diplomatics as an academic discipline
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palaeography as an academic discipline ⓘ |
| knownFor |
critical study of medieval charters and manuscripts
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founding the science of diplomatics ⓘ founding the science of palaeography ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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Latin ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Congregation of Saint-Maur
NERFINISHED
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Order of Saint Benedict NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| movement | Maurist scholarship ⓘ |
| name | Jean Mabillon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Acta Sanctorum Ordinis Sancti Benedicti
NERFINISHED
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Annales Ordinis Sancti Benedicti NERFINISHED ⓘ De re diplomatica NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
diplomatist
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historian ⓘ monk ⓘ palaeographer ⓘ theologian ⓘ |
| publicationDateOfNotableWork | 1681 ⓘ |
| religion |
Roman Catholicism
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surface form:
Catholicism
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| workLocation | Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Jean Mabillon Description of subject: Jean Mabillon was a 17th-century French Benedictine monk and scholar regarded as the founder of palaeography and diplomatics.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Mabillon