The Name of the Rose (novel)

E309266

historical mystery novel novel

The Name of the Rose is Umberto Eco’s 1980 historical mystery novel that blends medieval monastic intrigue with semiotics, theology, and detective fiction.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
The Name of the Rose	9
The Name of the Rose (novel) canonical	3
Il nome della rosa	1
The Name of the Rose universe	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2910674 — 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 Name of the Rose (novel)
Context triple: [The Name of the Rose (film), basedOn, The Name of the Rose (novel)]

A. The Name of the Rose (film)
The Name of the Rose is a 1986 mystery thriller film, based on Umberto Eco’s novel, that follows a Franciscan friar investigating a series of murders in a 14th-century Italian monastery.
B. Manual dos Inquisidores
Manual dos Inquisidores is a complex, introspective novel by Portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes that explores themes of memory, guilt, and the lingering shadows of dictatorship in Portugal.
C. Le Vieux Cordelier
Le Vieux Cordelier was a revolutionary newspaper founded by French journalist and politician Camille Desmoulins that became notable for its criticism of the excesses of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
D. Otras inquisiciones
Otras inquisiciones is a 1952 collection of essays by Jorge Luis Borges that explores metaphysics, literature, and philosophy through erudite, imaginative criticism.
E. The Cadfael Chronicles
The Cadfael Chronicles is a series of historical mystery novels by Ellis Peters, following Brother Cadfael, a Benedictine monk and herbalist in 12th-century England, as he solves crimes amid the political and religious turmoil of the era.
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 Name of the Rose (novel)
Target entity description: The Name of the Rose is Umberto Eco’s 1980 historical mystery novel that blends medieval monastic intrigue with semiotics, theology, and detective fiction.

A. The Name of the Rose (film)
The Name of the Rose is a 1986 mystery thriller film, based on Umberto Eco’s novel, that follows a Franciscan friar investigating a series of murders in a 14th-century Italian monastery.
B. Manual dos Inquisidores
Manual dos Inquisidores is a complex, introspective novel by Portuguese writer António Lobo Antunes that explores themes of memory, guilt, and the lingering shadows of dictatorship in Portugal.
C. Le Vieux Cordelier
Le Vieux Cordelier was a revolutionary newspaper founded by French journalist and politician Camille Desmoulins that became notable for its criticism of the excesses of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution.
D. Otras inquisiciones
Otras inquisiciones is a 1952 collection of essays by Jorge Luis Borges that explores metaphysics, literature, and philosophy through erudite, imaginative criticism.
E. The Cadfael Chronicles
The Cadfael Chronicles is a series of historical mystery novels by Ellis Peters, following Brother Cadfael, a Benedictine monk and herbalist in 12th-century England, as he solves crimes amid the political and religious turmoil of the era.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical mystery novel ⓘ novel ⓘ
adaptedAs	The Name of the Rose (1986 film) ⓘ linked to: The Name of the Rose (film) The Name of the Rose (2019 television series) ⓘ
author	Umberto Eco ⓘ
awarded	Premio Strega ⓘ Premio Viareggio ⓘ linked to: Viareggio Prize Strega Prize ⓘ
characterNameAllusion	Baskerville – The Hound of the Baskervilles ⓘ linked to: The Hound of the Baskervilles William of Baskerville – Sherlock Holmes ⓘ linked to: William of Baskerville
containsElement	library labyrinth ⓘ locked-room mystery ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Italy ⓘ
EnglishTranslator	William Weaver ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector	Jean-Jacques Annaud ⓘ
filmAdaptationLeadActor	Christian Slater ⓘ Sean Connery ⓘ
firstEditionFormat	print ⓘ
genre	crime fiction ⓘ detective fiction ⓘ historical fiction ⓘ mystery fiction ⓘ philosophical novel ⓘ postmodern literature ⓘ
hasTranslation	English ⓘ
ISBN	978-88-452-9000-3 ⓘ
languageTheme	semiotics ⓘ
mainCharacter	Adso of Melk ⓘ William of Baskerville ⓘ
narrator	Adso of Melk ⓘ
notableFor	detailed depiction of medieval monastic life ⓘ integration of semiotics into fiction ⓘ intertextual references to Sherlock Holmes ⓘ
originalLanguage	Italian ⓘ
publicationYear	1980 ⓘ
publisher	Bompiani ⓘ
setInTimePeriod	14th century ⓘ
setInYear	1327 ⓘ
setting	Benedictine monastery ⓘ Northern Italy ⓘ
structure	seven days ⓘ
theme	censorship ⓘ heresy ⓘ interpretation of signs ⓘ power of the Church ⓘ theology ⓘ
titleOrigin	medieval symbolism of the rose ⓘ

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