GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke)
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GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke) is a comprehensive scholarly catalog of incunabula (books printed before 1501), documenting and describing early printed works such as the Gutenberg Bible.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke | 2 |
| GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2157752 — 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.
Target entity: GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke) Context triple: [Gutenberg Bible copies, areCataloguedIn, GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke)]
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Balm bei Günsberg
Balm bei Günsberg is a small Swiss municipality located at the southern foot of the Jura Mountains in the canton of Solothurn.
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Mutter
Mutter is the window manager and Wayland compositor used by the GNOME desktop environment to handle graphical display and window management.
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Commission for the Complete Edition of the Works of the Brothers Grimm
The Commission for the Complete Edition of the Works of the Brothers Grimm is a scholarly body dedicated to editing and publishing a comprehensive critical edition of the writings of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
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Ding an sich
Ding an sich is Immanuel Kant’s term for the “thing-in-itself,” referring to reality as it exists independently of human perception or experience.
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Schwanengesang
Schwanengesang is a posthumously published collection of Franz Schubert’s late lieder, renowned for its emotional depth and expressive settings of German Romantic poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke) Target entity description: GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke) is a comprehensive scholarly catalog of incunabula (books printed before 1501), documenting and describing early printed works such as the Gutenberg Bible.
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A.
Balm bei Günsberg
Balm bei Günsberg is a small Swiss municipality located at the southern foot of the Jura Mountains in the canton of Solothurn.
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B.
Mutter
Mutter is the window manager and Wayland compositor used by the GNOME desktop environment to handle graphical display and window management.
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C.
Commission for the Complete Edition of the Works of the Brothers Grimm
The Commission for the Complete Edition of the Works of the Brothers Grimm is a scholarly body dedicated to editing and publishing a comprehensive critical edition of the writings of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm.
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D.
Ding an sich
Ding an sich is Immanuel Kant’s term for the “thing-in-itself,” referring to reality as it exists independently of human perception or experience.
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E.
Schwanengesang
Schwanengesang is a posthumously published collection of Franz Schubert’s late lieder, renowned for its emotional depth and expressive settings of German Romantic poetry.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
bibliographic catalog
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incunabula catalog ⓘ research infrastructure for book history ⓘ scholarly reference work ⓘ |
| abbreviation | GW ⓘ |
| aim |
to document and describe early printed works
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to provide a comprehensive catalog of all known incunabula ⓘ |
| catalogs |
Latin incunabula
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vernacular incunabula ⓘ |
| chronologicalFocus | 15th century printing ⓘ |
| chronologicalLimit | 31 December 1500 ⓘ |
| describes |
Gutenberg Bible copies
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surface form:
Gutenberg Bible
books printed before 1501 ⓘ incunabula editions ⓘ |
| feature |
detailed bibliographic descriptions
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information on editions and variants ⓘ references to holding institutions ⓘ standardized incunabula identifiers ⓘ |
| field |
history of the book
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library and information science ⓘ printing history ⓘ |
| fullName |
GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke)
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke
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| importance |
authoritative source for identifying incunabula editions
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standard reference for incunabula studies ⓘ |
| includes |
information on dates of printing
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information on formats and collation ⓘ information on printers and places of printing ⓘ references to related literature ⓘ typographical descriptions ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | German ⓘ |
| medium |
online database
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printed volumes ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Gutenberg Bible copies
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surface form:
Gutenberg Bible
ISTC (Incunabula Short Title Catalogue) ⓘ incunabulistics ⓘ |
| scope | international ⓘ |
| subject |
bibliography
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book history ⓘ early printed books ⓘ incunabula ⓘ |
| timeCoverage | before 1501 ⓘ |
| usedBy |
bibliographers
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book historians ⓘ incunabula researchers ⓘ rare book librarians ⓘ |
| workType |
retrospective national bibliography
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union catalog ⓘ |
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Subject: GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke) Description of subject: GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke) is a comprehensive scholarly catalog of incunabula (books printed before 1501), documenting and describing early printed works such as the Gutenberg Bible.
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