Pavier quartos
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The Pavier quartos are a group of early 17th-century, often dubious or pirated, printed editions of plays attributed to William Shakespeare, published by Thomas Pavier and later central to debates over the authenticity and textual history of Shakespeare’s works.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pavier quartos canonical | 1 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pavier quartos Context triple: [Shakespeare quartos, hasSubset, Pavier quartos]
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pavier quartos Target entity description: The Pavier quartos are a group of early 17th-century, often dubious or pirated, printed editions of plays attributed to William Shakespeare, published by Thomas Pavier and later central to debates over the authenticity and textual history of Shakespeare’s works.
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A.
The Bedroom
The Bedroom is a famous painting by Vincent van Gogh depicting his simple, brightly colored bedroom in Arles, celebrated for its bold color, distorted perspective, and emotional intensity characteristic of Post-Impressionism.
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B.
Reiche Zimmer
Reiche Zimmer is an opulently decorated suite of state rooms in the Munich Residenz, renowned for its lavish Baroque interiors and rich artistic ornamentation.
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C.
Salón Blanco
Salón Blanco is the main ceremonial hall of Argentina’s presidential palace, the Casa Rosada, used for official events, speeches, and state functions.
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D.
The Spare Room
The Spare Room is a critically acclaimed novel by Australian writer Helen Garner that explores friendship, mortality, and the emotional toll of caring for a terminally ill loved one.
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E.
Room of the Three Windows
The Room of the Three Windows is a notable Inca ceremonial chamber at Machu Picchu, distinguished by its three trapezoidal windows overlooking the Sacred Plaza and the surrounding mountains.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Shakespearean textual corpus subset
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group of early modern play quartos ⓘ |
| areAssociatedWith |
Thomas Pavier
ⓘ
William Jaggard ⓘ William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| areCentralTo |
debates over authenticity of Shakespeare texts
ⓘ
debates over textual history of Shakespeare’s works ⓘ |
| areCharacterizedBy |
false or misleading title pages in some copies
ⓘ
imprints with falsified dates in some copies ⓘ variant states and issues ⓘ |
| areDebatedRegarding |
degree of authorial authority
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relationship to lost theatrical manuscripts ⓘ status as piracy versus semi-authorized publication ⓘ |
| areFormat | quarto ⓘ |
| arePartOf | early modern English drama print culture ⓘ |
| arePreservedIn | major rare book libraries ⓘ |
| arePrintedEditionsOf | plays attributed to William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| arePrintedIn |
London, England
ⓘ
surface form:
London
|
| arePrintedInLanguage | English ⓘ |
| areReferencedBy | modern Shakespeare editors ⓘ |
| areRelatedTo | First Folio of Shakespeare ⓘ |
| areSometimesCalled | False Folio ⓘ |
| areSometimesDescribedAs | Pavier–Jaggard quartos ⓘ |
| areSubjectOfStudyIn |
Shakespeare studies
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bibliography ⓘ textual criticism ⓘ |
| hasApproximateDate | 1619 ⓘ |
| hasPublisher | Thomas Pavier ⓘ |
| hasTimePeriod | early 17th century ⓘ |
| haveLegalContext | Stationers’ Company regulations ⓘ |
| haveReputation |
dubious
ⓘ
pirated ⓘ unauthorized ⓘ |
| haveScholarlySignificance |
evidence for early 17th-century publishing practices
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evidence for early Shakespeare play texts ⓘ evidence for unauthorized or memorial reconstruction ⓘ |
| includeWork |
A Midsummer Night's Dream
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surface form:
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Henry V (play) ⓘ
surface form:
Henry V
King Lear ⓘ Pericles ⓘ Sir John Oldcastle (name only, disputed) ⓘ
surface form:
Sir John Oldcastle
The Merchant of Venice ⓘ The Merry Wives of Windsor ⓘ Henry VI, Part 1 ⓘ
surface form:
The Whole Contention Between the Two Famous Houses of York and Lancaster
The Yorkshire Tragedy ⓘ |
| influence | modern editions’ choice of copy-text for some plays ⓘ |
| precede | First Folio of Shakespeare ⓘ |
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