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Pliny the Elder's Natural History
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https://gptkb.org/entity/Pliny_the_Elder's_Natural_History
GPTKB entity
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Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
encyclopedic work
gptkbp:author
Pliny the Elder
gptkbp:citation
gptkb:Leonardo_da_Vinci
gptkb:Isidore_of_Seville
gptkb:Bede
gptkb:Albertus_Magnus
early modern scientists
gptkbp:contains
accounts of ancient art
accounts of minerals and metals
descriptions of plants and animals
geographical descriptions
information on Roman technology
medical remedies
mythological references
gptkbp:dedicatedTo
Titus
gptkbp:firstPublished
1469
gptkbp:genre
gptkb:dictionary
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
Pliny the Elder's Natural History
gptkbp:influenced
Renaissance scholars
medieval encyclopedias
gptkbp:influencedBy
gptkb:Aristotle
gptkb:Theophrastus
Roman authors
gptkbp:languageOfWork
gptkb:Latin
gptkbp:notableFor
early scientific method
comprehensive scope
source of ancient knowledge
gptkbp:numberOfBooks
37
gptkbp:originalTitle
gptkb:Naturalis_Historia
gptkbp:preservedIn
gptkb:British_Library
gptkb:Bibliothèque_nationale_de_France
Vatican Library
numerous manuscripts
gptkbp:publicationDate
circa 77–79 AD
gptkbp:significance
influential in Western tradition
major source for classical knowledge
gptkbp:structure
preface and 37 books
gptkbp:subject
gptkb:art
gptkb:medicine
botany
geography
mineralogy
natural history
zoology
gptkbp:translatedInto
gptkb:French
gptkb:German
gptkb:Italian
gptkb:Spanish
English
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:Petronius
gptkbp:bfsLayer
4