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Codex Cospi

pre-Columbian Mesoamerican pictorial manuscript
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Summary

Codex Cospi is an illuminated manuscript[1]. It draws 118 Wikipedia views per month (illuminated manuscript category, ranking #46 of 197).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: codex[3]
  • Named after: Ferdinando Cospi[4]
  • Made from material: deer skin[5]
  • Collection: Library of the University of Bologna[6]
  • Inventory number: ms. 4093[7]
  • Location: Library of the University of Bologna[8]
  • Part of: Borgia Group[9]
  • Commons category: Codex Cospi[10]
  • Inception: 1500[11]
  • Work available at URL: https://bub.unibo.it/it/bub-digitale/il-codice-cospi/bub_ms4093_cospi[12]
  • Time period: pre-Columbian era[13]

Why It Matters

Codex Cospi has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . bub.unibo.it. Retrieved . bub.unibo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . bub.unibo.it. Retrieved . bub.unibo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . bub.unibo.it. Retrieved . bub.unibo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . bub.unibo.it. Retrieved . bub.unibo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . bub.unibo.it. Retrieved . bub.unibo.it. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_codex-cospi_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Codex Cospi}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/codex-cospi}, note = {Accessed: 2026-10-15}}
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  1. 1d ago · Zserghei · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Location → Library of the University of Bologna
    Instance of → —
    Time period → pre-Columbian era
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||ru, da, ro, uk, it */ Add the Russian label ru:Группа Борджиа uses and the Latin name the en label keeps in da and ro, and descriptions after en:Codex Cospi"
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