Codex Regius
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Codex Regius is a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript that is the most important surviving source for the Old Norse mythological and heroic poems collectively known as the Poetic Edda.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3458429 — 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: Codex Regius Context triple: [Poetic Edda, preservedIn, Codex Regius]
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Codex Egberti
Codex Egberti is a richly illuminated late 10th-century Gospel book, renowned as a masterpiece of Ottonian book art and an important monument of medieval Christian manuscript illumination.
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B.
Codex Argenteus
Codex Argenteus is a 6th-century illuminated manuscript containing a major portion of the Gothic translation of the Bible, renowned for its silver and gold ink on purple parchment.
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C.
Codex Basilensis
Codex Basilensis is a significant Greek New Testament manuscript known for its representative Byzantine text-type and its importance in biblical textual criticism.
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Codex Zographensis
Codex Zographensis is a late 10th–11th century Old Church Slavonic Gospel manuscript, written in the Glagolitic script and considered one of the most important early Slavic literary monuments.
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E.
Codex Boturini
Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.
- 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: Codex Regius Target entity description: Codex Regius is a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript that is the most important surviving source for the Old Norse mythological and heroic poems collectively known as the Poetic Edda.
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A.
Codex Egberti
Codex Egberti is a richly illuminated late 10th-century Gospel book, renowned as a masterpiece of Ottonian book art and an important monument of medieval Christian manuscript illumination.
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B.
Codex Argenteus
Codex Argenteus is a 6th-century illuminated manuscript containing a major portion of the Gothic translation of the Bible, renowned for its silver and gold ink on purple parchment.
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C.
Codex Basilensis
Codex Basilensis is a significant Greek New Testament manuscript known for its representative Byzantine text-type and its importance in biblical textual criticism.
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D.
Codex Zographensis
Codex Zographensis is a late 10th–11th century Old Church Slavonic Gospel manuscript, written in the Glagolitic script and considered one of the most important early Slavic literary monuments.
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E.
Codex Boturini
Codex Boturini is a pre-Hispanic Aztec pictorial manuscript that chronicles the Mexica migration and the legendary origins of Tenochtitlan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Icelandic manuscript
ⓘ
Poetic Edda manuscript ⓘ codex ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Codex Regius
ⓘ
surface form:
Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda
Heimskringla ⓘ
surface form:
Konungsbók
|
| approximateDate | c. 1270 ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Poetic Edda scholarship
ⓘ
Arnamagnæan Manuscript Collection ⓘ
surface form:
Árni Magnússon collection
|
| catalogCode | GKS 2365 4to ⓘ |
| containsSection |
heroic poems
ⓘ
mythological poems ⓘ |
| containsWork | Poetic Edda ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Iceland ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Icelandic medieval culture
ⓘ
Old Norse literature ⓘ |
| currentCity |
Reykjavík, Iceland
ⓘ
surface form:
Reykjavík
|
| currentCountry | Iceland ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies ⓘ |
| damage | lost leaves at beginning and end ⓘ |
| dateOfCreation | 13th century ⓘ |
| folioCount | 45 leaves ⓘ |
| formerLocation |
Denmark
ⓘ
Royal Danish Library ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Library in Copenhagen
|
| genre |
heroic poetry
ⓘ
mythological poetry ⓘ |
| hasPart |
heroic lays
ⓘ
mythological lays ⓘ |
| influenced |
modern understanding of Norse mythology
ⓘ
study of Old Norse religion ⓘ |
| isSourceFor |
Germanic heroic legend
ⓘ
Norse mythology ⓘ
surface form:
Old Norse mythology
|
| language | Old Norse ⓘ |
| literaryTradition | Eddic poetry ⓘ |
| material | parchment ⓘ |
| ownershipHistory |
Frederick III of Denmark
ⓘ
surface form:
King Frederick III of Denmark (collection)
Royal Danish Library ⓘ
surface form:
Royal Library of Denmark
|
| preservationStatus | incomplete ⓘ |
| region | Scandinavia ⓘ |
| script | Latin script ⓘ |
| significance | most important surviving source for the Poetic Edda ⓘ |
| subject |
Norse mythology
ⓘ
surface form:
Norse gods
Norse heroes ⓘ |
| transferDate | 1971 ⓘ |
| transferMethod | returned from Denmark to Iceland ⓘ |
| writingMaterial | vellum ⓘ |
| writingSystem | medieval Icelandic book hand ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Codex Regius Description of subject: Codex Regius is a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript that is the most important surviving source for the Old Norse mythological and heroic poems collectively known as the Poetic Edda.
Referenced by (19)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Codex Regius of the Prose Edda
this entity surface form:
Codex Regius of the Poetic Edda
this entity surface form:
manuscript Codex Regius
this entity surface form:
Codex Regius manuscript
this entity surface form:
Codex Regius manuscript of the Poetic Edda
this entity surface form:
Codex Regius of the Prose Edda
this entity surface form:
Codex Regius (Poetic Edda manuscript)