Roger Bacon, a Franciscan friar who wrote on a wide variety of topics including optics, comparative linguistics, and medicine, composed his Great Work () for  as part of a project towards rebuilding the medieval university curriculum to include the new learning of his time.
ɹˈɑːdʒɚ bˈeɪkən, ɐ fɹænsˈɪskən fɹˈaɪɚ hˌuː ɹˈoʊt ˌɔn ɐ wˈaɪd vɚɹˈaɪəɾi ʌv tˈɑːpɪks ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ ˈɑːptɪks, kəmpˈæɹətˌɪv lɪŋɡwˈɪstɪks, ænd mˈɛdəsən, kəmpˈoʊzd hɪz ɡɹˈeɪt wˈɜːk fɔːɹ æz pˈɑːɹt əvə pɹˈɑːdʒɛkt təwˈɔːɹdz ɹᵻbˈɪldɪŋ ðə mˈɛdɪˌiːvəl jˌuːnɪvˈɜːsᵻɾi kɜːɹˈɪkjʊləm tʊ ɪŋklˈuːd ðə nˈuː lˈɜːnɪŋ ʌv hɪz tˈaɪm.