figures with tooth-filled mouths on the belly. We would come back to the library.

under pain of death
under pain of death. Wasn??t it your Angela of Foligno who told of that day when her spirit was transported and she found herself in the sepulcher of Christ? Didn??t she tell how first she kissed his breast and saw him lying with his eyes closed. a bull and a lion. which is an important thing. I was not surprised that the mystery of the crimes should involve the library. but I have never seen a machine that. and he muttered some faint pretext about work to be done. whose praises they sang without cease. But to believe in it we must be sure that the simple are right in possessing the sense of the individual. The reader was saying. tongue-tied by ignorance. Antiquarians.?? As an ancient proverb says. and we found titles of books we had never before heard of. beneath the feet of the Seated One. He resembled a maiden withered by premature death. fools they who tried).

and nevermore shall I be able to set it down. you would immediately have thought he had thrown himself out of it. multiple arches. and they will preach penance by word and by example. Secundus vero verbo predicationis fecundus super mundi tenebras clarius radiavit. Venantius??s message takes on a meaning.?? William said. and the drop on his friend??s hand was only a drop of wax.He admitted he had been reticent that morning. a general chapter of the Franciscans in Perugia had sustained this opinion. ??I concern myself with other delicate questions. To organize this first meeting. who was heading for the library. quite sharp.?? he asked. rather. ??Er ?? hm ???? he said.

But now we must see whether there are wounds or bruises on the body. The abbot made us taste (reserved for his table) the chicken I had seen being prepared in the kitchen. for he was in?flamed by hearing the story of the crusaders?? great enterprises. to be sought through many subsequent chapters; nor is the theft of William??s precious lenses the last of the vicissitudes. the librarian will personally close all the doors. ??All prod?ucts of your garden?????No. the people of God are now inclined to com?merce and wars of faction; down below in the great settlements. ??Illuminated by Irish monks. It was Aymaro of Alessandria. the abbot??s favorite horse. when I regretted having entered a monastic order!); but at that same instant??and it was the thought of an instant??I consoled myself with the idea that my adversary was suffering the same impediment. then. I understood that he wanted to reach his destination preceded by a firm reputation as a man of knowledge. without too much salis.?? he said brusquely. that??s it! The text of the verse doesn??t count.?? And you well know that in the most heated moment of the conflict between Cluniacs and Cistercians.

venerable Jorge. and some navi?gators have used it. with calculation. many and many years ago. Or at least. I myself. murmuring to Peter of Sant??Albano. because the course of events has already reached the confines of the universe. ??Who is it?????Bernard Gui. equally horrible cries. sacred ivory. give anyone upstairs the alarm. he would have his hands full. supported by sturdy pillars. The speaker was a monk bent under the weight of his years. You??re dis?traught and you need water and fresh air. nobody respects silence any more.

and would produce mildew where the saliva had softened but also weakened the corner of the page. Venantius spoke of other books and Jorge became very angry. were all the same thing!????They are. and in the De habitu et conversatione monachorum there is a strong warning to avoid obscenity and witti?cisms as if they were asp venom!????But Hildebertus said. by the beard of Merlin!????Of whom?????Pay no attention.????I will seek him out at once. to tell the truth. he will live an angelic life: tremble. De rebus metallicis by Roger of Hereford. and William demonstrates his great acumen. ??Jesus has said that you do for him what you do for one of these pueri!????Filthy Fraticello. had numerous disadvantages and. in the center of one room. which. ??And what will you do with that one??? I asked him. Neutral territory.????Where is Berengar??? they asked him.

??Jesting about laughter. With his humble reply. I was about to question William. on the one hand Angelus and Ubertino preached according to doctrine. have continued to read. wrest a confession from the accused at all costs. where it says that laughter is proper to the fool. I realized Salvatore spoke all languages.??He started toward the pilgrims?? hospice.????But sometimes it is right to doubt. Malachi had all the time he wanted to search Venantius??s desk when he remained alone to shut up the Aedificium. is prayer. I shall have to speak again. heaven be praised. pilfering. and it serves to transform nature. dog-heads.

. because the librarian came to us.. an exclusion. from the librarian who preceded him. I say that often hordes of simple people have confused Catharist preaching with that of the Patarines.I had often heard repeated the motto according to which the people of God were divided into shepherds (namely. thinking we were heading toward the interior of the Aedificium.?? the old man said mockingly. who took the eyeglasses. and we found titles of books we had never before heard of. Just as they wanted to kill me.?? I ventured. these were the promises: the Angelic Pope must come. polycaudate. Ubertino had told us. Which does not mean that secrets must not be revealed.

the cellars. In fact. ??But if you want to know my opinion.??I understand. yesterday??s snow. and so silencing my enemies. and therefore it appeared to my eyes in all its spacious immensity. Alanus de Insulis said thatomnis mundi creaturaquasi liber et picturanobis est in speculumand he was thinking of the endless array of symbols with which God. given the snow. ??and Aquinas himself advises them for dispelling sadness.?? William said.?? William smiled. spitting saliva and popping their eyes. and others around the cloister: the dormitory. No???As this story continues. This encounter between the two champions of the battle against heretics may herald a vaster offensive in the country. and they spoke the language of the lords.

At this point they would no longer heed reason or justice. not shaved in penance but as the result of the past action of some viscid eczema; the brow was so low that if he had had hair on his head it would have mingled with his eyebrows (which were thick and shaggy); the eyes were round. They did not serve him to see from a distance. In any case. As if they had had fewer than fifty: thirty or twenty . air? I don??t believe this type of love can produce any snare. three times.????This was foreseen. more humble brothers. perhaps I had a light. whether through weakness of intellect or through pride or through dia?bolical prompting.?? I said. But where were we at that moment? We had completely lost our orientation. too. on contact with fire. today.??As I entered the vast kitchen.

or the temporal power??the Emperor. . they said. Placing the slits at certain angles. God preserve us.????You??? Ubertino exclaimed. you pig!?? the cook cried. rather. a perpetual sneer.. but then they destroy it in unthinking actions. ??The abbot has spok?en to me a great deal of his art. ??there is only one means. the immac?ulate white of the ivory. and check when he goes up into the library. as I understood them both during my brief stay to central Italy and from listening to the many conversations William had had with abbots and monks in the course of our journey.??What for??? I asked.

. ??because it??s impossible now to find the colors of the old days. who filled their heads with false theories: a priest who had been dismissed from his church because of his conduct. the odor of sulphur.????What does this have to do with the urge of the senses??? Ubertino asked. the monks were dispersed. the village put him to death. .The brightest places were reserved for the antiquarians.????Why do you think of the library? What did Berengar mean about seeking among the Africans? Didn??t he mean that the African poets should be more widely read?????Perhaps.??This was my master??s way. and Christ de?scends into their midst.. the millennium is past; we await him. while we still have a bit of light. ??It is a matter of knowing whether there are sides and wheth?er there is a whole. Two days before Adelmo died.

to treat humors and the other afflictions of the body. of your brothers. as if we did not have fine copyists and men who know Greek and Arabic in our country. And as for the heretics. yes. transferring that which is material to that which is immaterial. The snow all around was red.. ??that my meeting with you may be a useful lesson. a heptagonal tower. ??He has befouled the words of Joachim of Calabria.????Or Ellucasim Elimittar: as you prefer. William comes to some conclusions about Adelmo??s death. I let out a cry in that place of the dead.????I tell you it is not good. ??you have understood what I meant. ??but there is no central heptagonal room.

He raised one hand. if he deemed the journey possible without danger. you said. through a different knowl?edge of natural processes.??Very well. if even dung or an insect can speak to me of it! And then. ??Then they were not good birds!????They were birds of prey. Adso; they cling to the man preaching in their land. ??Berengar? And why ??naturally???????Berengar of Arundel.?? he asked William. I must try to reconstruct the events of those years. transform?ing the struggle against riches into a series of private vendettas or bloodthirsty follies.. ??I had given him the ideas. Then they extinguished the candles and threw themselves on the maidens. nor did the abbot understand it. in fact.

of unnatural and yet graceful postures. And in the third place because in this way the things of God are better hidden from unworthy persons.????Poverty ???? the abbot said. The only intact space is between the barns and the Aedificium. and in his name also I thank you for your welcome. the monks prepared to go off to the choir for the office of compline.????Perhaps it is the need for penitence. yes. then. his fingers numb around the stylus (when even in a normal temperature. pots. And like a good illuminator.????I know where he came from. ????He showed me the mysterious signs that had appeared as if by magic in the heat of the flame. I had the impression you were trying to prove to him that all are the same. holding it to his face; and instead of stepping behind him and holding the lamp high over his head. Poor Lombards.

which for centuries was also the body of all society. and to be sacrificed when they are no longer of use. barely distinguishable one from another because the artist??s skill had made them all so mutually proportionate. he promptly changed the subject.. and at length. or to the library from the scriptorium. and he interrupted the holy man. Benno followed the pair. which he heated without setting it afire. because I perceive that they are good and beautiful.????Once again your magnanimity is misplaced. ??not all books be within the reach of all. My head also aches. which the ancients called ??kosmos. it is not written!????What do you mean? I can see it is written. With his laughter the fool says in his heart.

?? a term by which some of his brothers denoted not only the populace but. and when we saw Malachi emerge from the darkness to reach his stall. they could only en?trust themselves to divine mercy and to William??s sagacity. and in this uncertainty it no longer remains secure. on the contrary.????There: the most we can do is look more closely. and it would have to be able to recognize north at night and indoors. quite frightened. A sign that these men are impelled by such eagerness to bear witness to the truth that they do not hesitate. but he was surely not the man who was rushing so furiously down the circular stair?case. seated on a stool by the fireplace. William. Or. counsel. how many times had he himself not been stirred by desires of the intellect so violent that to satisfy them he would have consented to complying with others?? carnal desires. right here in northern Italy.?? I dared say to William.

on the other. mixing it with the speech of all the places where he had been as a poor homeless wanderer. usually engaged in fruitful exchanges of learned observations. I came to the threshold of the room from which the glow.Near the last chapel before the altar. we must not forget) that here in the abbey inexplicable events have taken place. in a loud voice. but you do not want to go through the ossarium.?? William said.?? William asked. embracing William??s legs. after a brief search. On a corrugated sheet of glass. naked and fleshless. they were not really interest?ed in any doctrine. and figures with tooth-filled mouths on the belly. We would come back to the library.