Opus Minus
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Opus Minus is a shorter, supplementary philosophical and scientific work by the medieval English scholar Roger Bacon, written to summarize and support the ideas of his larger Opus Majus.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Opus Minus canonical | 4 |
| Opus minus | 1 |
| shorter companion to Opus Majus | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6913988 — 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: Opus Minus Context triple: [Roger Bacon, notableWork, Opus Minus]
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A.
Clavicula Salomonis
Clavicula Salomonis is a famous medieval grimoire attributed to King Solomon, containing instructions on ceremonial magic, spirit summoning, and the use of talismans.
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B.
Breviloquium
Breviloquium is a concise theological handbook by the medieval Franciscan scholar Bonaventure that systematically summarizes key doctrines of Christian theology.
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C.
Musurgia Universalis
Musurgia Universalis is a 17th-century encyclopedic treatise on music theory, acoustics, and musical instruments by polymath Athanasius Kircher.
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D.
Sublimis Deus
Sublimis Deus is a 1537 papal bull by Pope Paul III that declared the indigenous peoples of the Americas to be rational humans with souls who must not be enslaved.
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E.
De harmonia mundi
De harmonia mundi is a notable Christian Kabbalistic work that seeks to reconcile mystical Jewish traditions with Christian theology through a vision of cosmic harmony.
- 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: Opus Minus Target entity description: Opus Minus is a shorter, supplementary philosophical and scientific work by the medieval English scholar Roger Bacon, written to summarize and support the ideas of his larger Opus Majus.
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A.
Clavicula Salomonis
Clavicula Salomonis is a famous medieval grimoire attributed to King Solomon, containing instructions on ceremonial magic, spirit summoning, and the use of talismans.
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B.
Breviloquium
Breviloquium is a concise theological handbook by the medieval Franciscan scholar Bonaventure that systematically summarizes key doctrines of Christian theology.
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C.
Musurgia Universalis
Musurgia Universalis is a 17th-century encyclopedic treatise on music theory, acoustics, and musical instruments by polymath Athanasius Kircher.
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D.
Sublimis Deus
Sublimis Deus is a 1537 papal bull by Pope Paul III that declared the indigenous peoples of the Americas to be rational humans with souls who must not be enslaved.
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E.
De harmonia mundi
De harmonia mundi is a notable Christian Kabbalistic work that seeks to reconcile mystical Jewish traditions with Christian theology through a vision of cosmic harmony.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
philosophical work
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scientific work ⓘ |
| author | Roger Bacon ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Pope Clement IV ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kingdom of England ⓘ |
| describedAs |
shorter work
ⓘ
supplementary work ⓘ |
| emphasis |
importance of experimental method
ⓘ
reform of learning ⓘ |
| genre |
philosophy
ⓘ
scholasticism ⓘ science ⓘ |
| hasAbbreviation |
Opus minus
ⓘ
linked to:
Opus Minus
|
| hasForm | treatise ⓘ |
| historicalContext | medieval scholasticism ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Aristotelian philosophy
ⓘ
Christian theology ⓘ |
| language | Latin ⓘ |
| partOfCorpus | Roger Bacon's major works ⓘ |
| philosophicalDiscipline |
ethics
ⓘ
natural philosophy ⓘ |
| philosophicalTradition | Latin scholastic tradition ⓘ |
| purpose |
to summarize ideas of Opus Majus
ⓘ
to support ideas of Opus Majus ⓘ
linked to:
Opus Majus
|
| relatedWork |
Opus Majus
ⓘ
Opus Tertium ⓘ |
| scientificDiscipline |
experimental science
ⓘ
optics ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 13th century ⓘ |
| title | Opus Minus ⓘ |
| topic |
linguistics
ⓘ
mathematics ⓘ methodology of science ⓘ theology ⓘ |
| workSequenceRelation |
shorter companion to Opus Majus
ⓘ
linked to:
Opus Minus
|
| writtenBy | medieval English scholar ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Opus Minus Description of subject: Opus Minus is a shorter, supplementary philosophical and scientific work by the medieval English scholar Roger Bacon, written to summarize and support the ideas of his larger Opus Majus.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Opus Minus
linked to: Opus Minus