GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke)

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bibliographic catalog incunabula catalog research infrastructure for book history scholarly reference work

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
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.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke)
Context triple: [Gutenberg Bible copies, areCataloguedIn, GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke)]

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.
B. Mutter
Mutter is the window manager and Wayland compositor used by the GNOME desktop environment to handle graphical display and window management.
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.
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.
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
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: 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.

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.
B. Mutter
Mutter is the window manager and Wayland compositor used by the GNOME desktop environment to handle graphical display and window management.
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.
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.
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 ⓘ incunabula catalog ⓘ research infrastructure for book history ⓘ scholarly reference work ⓘ
abbreviation	GW ⓘ
aim	to document and describe early printed works ⓘ to provide a comprehensive catalog of all known incunabula ⓘ
catalogs	Latin incunabula ⓘ vernacular incunabula ⓘ
chronologicalFocus	15th century printing ⓘ
chronologicalLimit	31 December 1500 ⓘ
describes	Gutenberg Bible copies ⓘ surface form: Gutenberg Bible books printed before 1501 ⓘ incunabula editions ⓘ
feature	detailed bibliographic descriptions ⓘ information on editions and variants ⓘ references to holding institutions ⓘ standardized incunabula identifiers ⓘ
field	history of the book ⓘ library and information science ⓘ printing history ⓘ
fullName	GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke
importance	authoritative source for identifying incunabula editions ⓘ standard reference for incunabula studies ⓘ
includes	information on dates of printing ⓘ information on formats and collation ⓘ information on printers and places of printing ⓘ references to related literature ⓘ typographical descriptions ⓘ
languageOfTitle	German ⓘ
medium	online database ⓘ printed volumes ⓘ
relatedTo	Gutenberg Bible copies ⓘ surface form: Gutenberg Bible ISTC (Incunabula Short Title Catalogue) ⓘ incunabulistics ⓘ
scope	international ⓘ
subject	bibliography ⓘ book history ⓘ early printed books ⓘ incunabula ⓘ
timeCoverage	before 1501 ⓘ
usedBy	bibliographers ⓘ book historians ⓘ incunabula researchers ⓘ rare book librarians ⓘ
workType	retrospective national bibliography ⓘ union catalog ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gutenberg Bible copies → areCataloguedIn → GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke) ⓘ

ISTC (Incunabula Short Title Catalogue) → relatedTo → GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke

GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke) → fullName → GW (Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke) self-linksurface differs ⓘ