Lorsch Codex
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The Lorsch Codex is a medieval manuscript cartulary that records the extensive landholdings, rights, and legal transactions of the Abbey of Lorsch in the early Middle Ages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lorsch Codex canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9304650 — 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: Lorsch Codex Context triple: [Abbey of Lorsch, associatedWork, Lorsch Codex]
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A.
Codex Carolinus
Codex Carolinus is a 6th- or 7th-century bilingual manuscript fragment preserving portions of the Gothic and Latin texts of the Bible, making it an important source for the study of the Gothic language and early biblical transmission.
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B.
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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C.
Codex Forster
Codex Forster is a collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks containing his sketches, scientific studies, and writings on a wide range of subjects.
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D.
Codex Vindobonensis
Codex Vindobonensis is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican pictorial manuscript, likely of Mixtec origin, that records genealogies, rituals, and historical events.
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E.
Vercelli Book
The Vercelli Book is a late 10th-century Old English manuscript containing a major collection of religious prose and poetry, including several of the four signed poems by the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf.
- 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: Lorsch Codex Target entity description: The Lorsch Codex is a medieval manuscript cartulary that records the extensive landholdings, rights, and legal transactions of the Abbey of Lorsch in the early Middle Ages.
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A.
Codex Carolinus
Codex Carolinus is a 6th- or 7th-century bilingual manuscript fragment preserving portions of the Gothic and Latin texts of the Bible, making it an important source for the study of the Gothic language and early biblical transmission.
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B.
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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C.
Codex Forster
Codex Forster is a collection of Leonardo da Vinci’s notebooks containing his sketches, scientific studies, and writings on a wide range of subjects.
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D.
Codex Vindobonensis
Codex Vindobonensis is a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican pictorial manuscript, likely of Mixtec origin, that records genealogies, rituals, and historical events.
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E.
Vercelli Book
The Vercelli Book is a late 10th-century Old English manuscript containing a major collection of religious prose and poetry, including several of the four signed poems by the Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
cartulary
ⓘ
historical document ⓘ medieval manuscript ⓘ |
| alternativeName | Codex Laureshamensis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Abbey of Lorsch
NERFINISHED
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Carolingian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalFocus | early Middle Ages ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Frankish Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdFor | Abbey of Lorsch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdIn | Lorsch Abbey scriptorium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culturalContext | Carolingian Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentedInstitution | Lorsch Abbey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | cartulary ⓘ |
| hasPart |
charters
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confirmations of rights ⓘ donation records ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | medieval period ⓘ |
| language | Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Lorsch NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
charters
ⓘ
donations ⓘ land tenure ⓘ property rights ⓘ |
| material | parchment ⓘ |
| purpose | to preserve documentary evidence of rights and properties ⓘ |
| records |
landholdings of Abbey of Lorsch
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legal transactions of Abbey of Lorsch ⓘ rights of Abbey of Lorsch ⓘ |
| regionDocumented |
Hesse
NERFINISHED
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Rhine region NERFINISHED ⓘ southern Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christian monasticism ⓘ |
| religiousOrder | Benedictine NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| script | Carolingian minuscule ⓘ |
| significance |
important source for early medieval German history
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important source for history of monastic landholding ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
diplomatic studies
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legal history research ⓘ medieval studies research ⓘ |
| timeSpanDocumented | early medieval centuries ⓘ |
| title | Lorsch Codex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| use |
administrative record
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documentation of property ⓘ legal reference ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Lorsch Codex Description of subject: The Lorsch Codex is a medieval manuscript cartulary that records the extensive landholdings, rights, and legal transactions of the Abbey of Lorsch in the early Middle Ages.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.