The earliest of these disciples studied under Scotus. Since he was not yet the master of a school, they felt freer to diverge from his views. The abbreviation “O. Min.” is traditionally used for Franciscans who lived prior to the first division of the Order (1517).

• William of Alnwick, O. Min. (†1333), a pupil of Scotus, produced the Additiones magnae (Wadding ed., vol. 11/1; Vivès ed., vols. 22–23), supplements for Scotus’s Ordinatio I and II.
• Antonius Andreas (Doctor dulcifluus, “Scotellus”), O. Min. († ca. 1320), was a pupil of Scotus.
• Peter of Aquila (“Scotellus”), O. Min. (†1361), produced a commentary on the Sentences that is a compendium of Scotus’s teaching.
• John de Bassolis, O. Min. (†1333), is said to have been Scotus’s favorite disciple.
• Francis of Meyronnes, O. Min. († ca. 1328), a pupil of Scotus, developed a distinctive current of Scotism; his disciples were called mayronistae.