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Gesta (journal)

academic journal

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 29, 2023
Entity authorityQ15716538 ↗
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Gesta is a peer-reviewed academic journal in the area of medieval art. It was established in 1963 and is published by the University of Chicago Press. The editors-in-chief are Diane J. Reilly (Indiana University Bloomington) and Susan L. Boynton (Columbia University).

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“Gesta (journal)” enters the record as academic journal. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Gesta, journal and academic can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1963—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1963-01-01. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Gesta, journal and academic.
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Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 29, 2023. The linked authority identifier is Q15716538. VIAF identifies the subject as 150651252. 6 of 7 selected statements include explicit references; 2 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1963.

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This entry incorporates text from “Gesta (journal)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.