The Book of Roger
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The Book of Roger is a 12th-century geographical and cartographic work by Al-Idrisi that provides one of the most detailed medieval descriptions and maps of the known world.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Book of Roger canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5354730 — 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: The Book of Roger Context triple: [Al-Idrisi, knownFor, The Book of Roger]
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The Tale
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The Man in Grey
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C.
The Intrigue
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D.
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The Great Consoler
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- 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: The Book of Roger Target entity description: The Book of Roger is a 12th-century geographical and cartographic work by Al-Idrisi that provides one of the most detailed medieval descriptions and maps of the known world.
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A.
The Tale
The Tale is a 2018 autobiographical drama film written and directed by Jennifer Fox, in which she reexamines a sexual relationship from her youth to confront the nature of memory and abuse.
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B.
The Man in Grey
The Man in Grey is a 1943 British melodrama film, noted as the first of Gainsborough Pictures’ popular series of costume dramas that helped define the studio’s success in the 1940s.
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C.
The Intrigue
The Intrigue is a famous 1890 painting by Belgian expressionist James Ensor, known for its grotesque masked figures and satirical depiction of bourgeois society.
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D.
The Gadfly
The Gadfly is a politically charged 1897 novel by Ethel Lilian Voynich that follows an English revolutionary in Italy and became especially influential in socialist and communist countries.
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E.
The Great Consoler
The Great Consoler is a 1933 Soviet drama film directed by Lev Kuleshov, loosely based on the life and writings of American author O. Henry and noted for its exploration of illusion versus reality.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Arabic-language work
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cartographic work ⓘ geographical work ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ |
| alternativeName |
Nuzhat al-mushtāq fī ikhtirāq al-āfāq
NERFINISHED
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Tabula Rogeriana NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author |
Al-Idrisi
NERFINISHED
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Muhammad al-Idrisi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cartographicOrientation | south-up ⓘ |
| century | 12th century ⓘ |
| commissionContext | Norman court of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Roger II of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
climatic descriptions
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descriptive geography ⓘ ethnographic information ⓘ information on cities ⓘ information on mountains ⓘ information on rivers ⓘ information on trade routes ⓘ regional maps ⓘ world map ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Norman Kingdom of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfCompletion | 1154 ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Roger II of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
Africa
NERFINISHED
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Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Europe NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Ocean NERFINISHED ⓘ Mediterranean Sea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| field |
historical geography
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history of cartography ⓘ |
| genre |
cartography
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geography ⓘ travel literature ⓘ |
| influenced |
later Islamic geography
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medieval European cartography ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Ptolemaic geography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| methodology |
based on earlier geographical works
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based on merchants’ accounts ⓘ based on travelers’ reports ⓘ |
| notableFor |
detailed description of the known world
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highly accurate depiction of the Mediterranean region ⓘ integration of classical and Islamic geographical knowledge ⓘ |
| originalMedium | manuscript on parchment ⓘ |
| patron | Roger II of Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfComposition | Palermo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| titleInArabic | نزهة المشتاق في اختراق الآفاق NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Book of Roger Description of subject: The Book of Roger is a 12th-century geographical and cartographic work by Al-Idrisi that provides one of the most detailed medieval descriptions and maps of the known world.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.