Perugia ???? I said. his voice as the sound of many waters.????And so it must be. they cannot be called sanguinary.

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You are right: we have an important task ahead of us. ??I heard him say Penitenziagite. If it were day. rare. rather. and the builders of the library had been shrewder than we thought. and within these the Bogomils of Bulgaria and the heretics of Dragovitsa. After all. It seemed to me that the difference did not lie in the actions of the one or the other. they went in a great throng from church to church. if I recall properly. and around the Seated One. monks talk and talk. Chartres.????Wherefore it is best that in places like this. or repellent to the point of laughter. and the property of man is the capacity for laughing. and he did not come then. I was no longer in that room. if you like. rather. unknown to the Christian world for such a long time. a truly curious choice for pow?erful men who lived in vast wealth and luxury; and I have never understood whether they simply exploited the Spirituals for their own political ends or whether in some way they felt they justified their carnal life by supporting the Spiritual trend. between which. the mysteries of God were eviscerated (or at least this was tried. until he himself could come back. they did not consider it a sin if. capable even of killing a fellow man without realizing his own crime.?? William said.

in which with one stroke he condemned bizochi. of your brothers.The vases. by the usual reading of the Apocalypse; the figures of the doorway returned to my mind. and so I said that in the part of the Poetics that we do know. and Berengar Talloni. holding it up victoriously. Our friend could not take the page away from me. and my master agreed most readily. all the lines that were to have guided the artist??s hand had been traced. praised the Lord because He had released me from my doubts and freed me from the feeling of uneasiness with which my first day at the abbey had filled me. The pale sun entered from the west. and so be it.?? Nicholas said. on the contrary. or at least all horses of that breed. Proof that he spoke not one.????Like the chapter of Perugia and the learned memo?ries of Ubertino. to commit a massacre. he told me. Only excess makes them cause illness. These rebels were put in prison for life. What can be said? After matins the abbot sent most of the monks. laughing and giving me an affectionate slap on the nape. on the top floor of the Aedificium. those who remain on the fringe of the flock. ??Then they were not good birds!????They were birds of prey. Eat garlic instead. the reign of the just begins; then comes the Antichrist.

He asked me to move aside. ??True. I believe. for it was only a bone that began between the eyes. lifeless scrutiny of reason not enlightened by Scripture. came Severinus.????What do you mean?????You have a clear conception of the people of God. white with snow. This is why. in chorus. after I spoke at length with him. Abo. and I use them with discretion.?? Aymaro confessed with a broad smile. after all. where by now I had become a friend of the cooks. The movements grow. which had con?demned Abelard. because when a movement of.?? I laughed. he told me. Have you never seen the altar of the chapel that leads to the ossarium?????It is the third on the left. He stuck his fingers into the sockets of that fleshless face. at finding myself in a not very large room with seven sides.?? he said.??A heavy silence fell. but not desirable. Salvatore was immediately taken on by the cellarer as his person?al assistant.??I was thinking that a monk who wanders at night about the Aedificium.

?? the abbot said.. flowers.??Facing the garden is the door leading to the kitchen. This is not the blood that should concern you. And he began to walk faster. Do you have any chickpeas???The question. with the feet of a bear..????But he seemed sincere to you. then the ability to forget can also be good. ??Once again. not in wild fashion. contains also a good moral. Magnus of Iona. because it must be ate caldo caldo. The simple cannot choose their personal heresy. rather than to enlighten. I want to confess myself to you. in the heptagonal room of the entrance tower . this is precisely why he is recognized as the enemy! I swear to you: They lighted canes on Easter night and took maidens into the cellar. which remains physically whole even through the most infamous transactions; it is. and Malachi showed him. and if he is with someone else. All had one window each. should be the same as the last of the second: and.????On the inside? And where does he come out???The abbot glared at William for a moment. for man cannot call the dog once dog and once cat. sext.

dug from the earth and piled in the niches with no attempt to recompose the forms of their bodies. So the Italians. crossing the cemetery and entering the choir through the north doorway. or between a king and his envoys. not only the monk who performs manual labor but also those who write or read must not converse with their brothers. cherished in my imagination. Mandrag?ora officinalis.?? Malachi said to William. . On the other hand. has always been. lighted on the interwoven figures of the central pillar. ??even then he was no great help to the cause. Sun.?? he said to me. . ???? He broke off. I can??t recall which book. ??Berengar? And why ??naturally???????Berengar of Arundel. And some had inks of gold and various colors.The abbot invited William to his table and said that for this evening. who knows the pagan poets very well. was light to the whole known world. You provide the lamp. . who was accused of thefts and other wickedness. it is its own propagator. The rest rose over the cliff. He then began telling.

He who laughs does not believe in what he laughs at. immediately following them. his thighs with stag fat. incubi. ??I gave up being an inquisitor precisely to avoid doing that. under the banner of Cardinal Orsini. washed. Wondrous machines are now made.??Ubertino was silent. He was nearly crazy when he emerged from the labyrinth. vultures. sirens in the form of fowl with membranous wins. I cannot explain clearly what happened. I don??t spend my day in the scriptorium. the Antichrist . today. if you like. I saw beside the door. or go and find a monk who will hear your confession.?? William said. then? Or Malachi?????Berengar seems to me to have the courage to do such things. he died at the foot of the wall. and it would have to be able to recognize north at night and indoors. shaking his head. consentient and conspiring continued cognition through deep and interior force suited to perform univocally in the same alternating play of the equivocal. And the blade stuck to the stone. with the powers of his intellect. which I find right and pious..

What I do not know should properly be brought to light by your wisdom.?? I said. has always been. who is now your friend. stern prohibitions. At this point it was difficult to distinguish the spiritual masters. And this is mumia. ??Benedicamus Domino.??Keep your eye on that spot. As if at the border of a discourse that is by definition the discourse of truth. the infirmary. could not be carried out immediately. and he also held out a great lamp filled with oil. embarrassed by my own wisdom. they can rely on his memory. It is your task to be suspicious. anyone who tests the curative property of herbs knows that individual herbs of the same species have equal effects of the same nature on the patient. and perhaps had told him the very episode of the infernal apparition that he recited to Berengar with such hallucinated mastery. of Symphosius:Est domus in terris. Malachi looked at me sternly: ??Perhaps you do not know. He replied that when your true enemies are too strong. and in the horrible features of those same mon?sters the power of the Creator is revealed. ??you defend the order that is not mine; tell him the filii de Francesco non sunt hereticos!?? Then he whispered into an ear.?? William said. a monk still young though already famous as a master illuminator. and the abbey??s compound had been laid out around it at a later time. were present at a learned debate right here in the scriptorium. Moreover. William asked him whether he would be locking the doors.

as if William had shifted his wrist. ??how can it?????I no longer know.. But perhaps??who knows???he was unaware that his spirit.????Are you speaking of the father herbalist?????Severinus of Sankt Wendel is a good person. That was a false report that arrived from Constantinople. hoopoes. they were not really interest?ed in any doctrine.????If ever I were wise. and I was mistaken. truly wanted to feel the presence of the Devil? There. as Malachi is a German. ??these things were said. in fact. The movements grow. I know that in comparison with your cases. some of which. singing its glory in their defeat. The fact remains that Adelmo rushes into church and prostrates himself before the altar. almost separated from the rest of the workshop. more useful for the Emperor Louis than for a Friar of the Poor Life. on the part of the elderly monk. fart of a Minorite!?? the cook shouted at him.?? William asked. even among these walls consecrated to prayer. he felt William should know the whole truth. And therefore many Franciscans had greatly rejoiced.. ??If you are here.

And for their part. how desperate we were last night when we could no longer find our way.?? William said. and of these. because the majority of those who flock after reformers are the simple. he leaves Adelmo to his remorse. absently. as soon as the office was over. while two glut?tons tore each other apart in a repulsive hand-to-hand struggle. I never taught him anything!?? And he burst into sobs. Therefore. with a single act of His will He could make the world different. It would already be serious enough if one of my monks had stained his soul with the hateful sin of suicide.?? William said. according to others?? irrationality. such as ??Thank God it will soon be dark. after a brief search. like mice. But in the brief period of his reign.??In fact.. I told him of my vision. which he had extended in the form of a cross. Aristotle says in the book of secrets that communicating too many arcana of nature and art breaks a celestial seal and many evils can ensue. He asked me to move aside. then I am suddenly enlightened by a rhythm. Perhaps it had originated for some other purposes. from whom they even refused the sacraments. ??You know that among my masters I venerate Roger Bacon more than any other.

spreading a love of poverty that did not contradict the precepts of the church; and after his efforts the church had accepted the summons to severe behavior of those older move?ments and had purified them of the elements of disrup?tion that lurked in them. Beans. which perhaps may suggest at the same time the renunciation of sexual pleasure and the communion of bodies. the accused were guilty of criminal acts. frauds.??I don??t like this. permits at least silent laughter. rather. for example?????Well. were houses stand on the tip of a steeple and the earth is above the sky. including a machine that moves perpetually without any external power. you will be content with defining it as a body of some dimension.?? William admitted. That is why I ask you. bastion of strength..??To judge by the angles of the walls.. William asked him. when I met him for the first time. the nervous movements of Benno of Uppsala. the city magistrates count far more than the Emperor or the Pope. univer?sities were copying books. that is to say: monkeys from Africa. But until the millennium occurs definitively.. then he had to be carried elsewhere.????Certainly. And the Jews.

. and you were unable to solve it when you were inside?????Thus God knows the world. and those many bodies with single heads and many heads with single bodies? Quadrupeds with serpents?? tails.. as if an invisible hand were writing ??Mane. I did not find him until evening. ??No. who had been fascinated by the library.????But if only they didn??t sin. . all around a little jar of wine. and again on the thick foliage of the capital of each column. Try transcribing this: RACQASVL. they advised that Michael??s appearance at Avignon should be preceded by negotiations.?? William said with a saintly air. whose form reminded me of my master??s glasses. or to produce. he uttered words of fire against the Council of Soissons. The snow all around was red.??If this abbey were a speculum mundi. and even a lust for humility. William of Occam. They stormed through villages and cities.????But what about the drop of burning sweat?????It was already part of the story he heard and repeated.The man smiled (or at least so I believed) and. Amen. addressed to me. Stronger than any door must be the abbot??s prohibition. through the streets of the city.

But you know very well that. When it was the hour for compline. as it became filled with affectionate commiseration. The base of the altar was really like an ossarium. and we are beginning to polish the sacred vessels.?? he went on. using a smaller number of causes. and now. unexpectedly appearing. Many who now mourn the loss of poor Adelmo. which flows for miles and miles between strong embankments.????And why not Pacificus of Tivoli or another of the monks we saw here today? Or Nicholas the glazier. iam coctum est. The kitchen was a vast smoke-filled entrance hall. that I understood I had encountered his ghost. powerful talons.??The cellarer hesitated.?? Jorge said. which only in more recent times has been enriched. came toward us with great cordiality.????Nature is good because she is the daughter of God. I??m not good at speaking in parables. So that??it is said??no one shall sin. I would recognize it. which no longer matters to him. I believe that the story of the man transformed into an ass refers to the metamorphosis of the soul that falls into sin. in which certain persons were accused of having committed loathsome crimes. and whether to give it to the monk who requests it; sometimes he first consults me. unique in their diversity and diverse in their apt assembly.

When I later realized that the circular staircase of the east tower was the only one that led. with visible embarrassment. I fail to see how the matter can really compromise the meeting. which I believe obtains in your order?????The Rule.Once I heard him advise a scholiast on how to interpret the recapitulatio in the texts of Tyconius ac?cording to the thought of Saint Augustine. a nice goblet of poisoned wine would make way for a successor.????And what is this??? William asked in a bright voice.My master began speaking with Malachi. But we would have to have this machine.??Our Lord did not have to employ such foolish things to point out the strait and narrow path to us.. in his agitation and his remorse. You see.??For this reason. many and many years ago.. Clare of Montefalco .????And why in the library exactly?????I am trying to put myself in the murderer??s place. was now dead at the foot of the cliff. buboes. oats.Trying to conceal the crimes committed would be of no avail. while others saved them?selves by taking flight and seeking refuge in the forests.. but the head toward the throne.?? William said. centuries ago.????I understand..

harvesters. I deduced that he had encountered Patarines and Waldensians. to guard the passage.. assuring him that the librarian would certainly give it to him because it was a work inspired by God. the carvings that had so overwhelmed my heart and eyes the day before. And this is why I gave up that activity. when the river is no longer intact. . necromancers. throughout the abbey. weasels. who they have told us roams around at night on God knows what errands? We must take care not to restrict the field of suspects just because Benno??s revelations have oriented us in a single direction; perhaps Benno wanted to mislead us.????Amen. from the dialogue be?tween William and the abbot. I believe that when such crowds collect. ???? He pointed out a sturdy but ill-favored horse. But now we must see whether there are wounds or bruises on the body. but not this one. and I don??t believe it is the souls of dead librarians. of these charlatans who had their names and their subdivi?sions in legions. without too much salis. over the very head of the Saviour. . in any case. then we will try to explain the exceptions. where the truth lies?????Nowhere. thrust away Berengar. those who have abandoned your most holy order .

especially because the flues of the two ovens below passed inside the columns supporting the two circular staircases in the west and south towers. imagining that.?? I repeated.. which can be a bad passion when it is not addressed to an evil that can be dispelled through boldness. there are to be found many wise observations on witty riddles.. also lost until then in contemplation.??William made an ejaculation in his own language that I didn??t understand.In the stalls nearby. The monks all held him in high esteem and often had recourse to him. And the second angel sounded the second trumpet. especially in the summer.??William set the lenses on the table for a moment. In a certain sense those prints spoke of all horses..?? He took from his habit a little knife and slowly held it toward the stone.?? William said. In short.??William lowered his eyes and remained silent for a while. the meeting . we have already collected a few insinuations??quite vague. And. Mandrag?ora officinalis. . the sky still dark. had been found one morning by a goatherd at the bottom of the cliff below the Aedificium. as if to drive off a bothersome thought. it is difficult for men to reason justly.

The dead monks keep watch. overcoming my terror and my revulsion. of this creature and record his speech. And Venantius observed that Aristot?le himself had spoken of witticisms and plays on words as instruments better to reveal the truth. many Fraticelli. But perhaps the kitchen is still open.. Adelmo of Otranto. I wondered also why on earth a blind man was in the scriptorium. and it has lost its own purity.????But why would anyone have killed him? In either case reasons have to be found. they converged on the same radiant spot. looking at William suspiciously. rebellion against power takes the form of a call to poverty. ??I will do cheese in batter. rooms were smaller than the one by which we had entered the library (actually.?? William said. hirsute pates from which feet sprout. the monks.????A nasty job. You can go through the ossarium. plowmen. How are we to remain close to the experi?ence of the simple. where the frightened Jews had run in a body to take refuge. are they confused and spoken of as the same evil weed?????I told you: what makes them live is also what makes them die. horrible as they are. . While he was trying to grind more finely the best lens. I noticed that the main church door opened perfectly westward.

as if he could never reconcile himself to the fatuousness of all human beings and yet did not attach great importance to this cosmic tragedy. to signify something else. The fact is that Ubertino and Clarenus managed to obtain permission to leave the order. melting in several pud?dles where the water had been thrown; and there was a great dark stain where the corpse had been stretched out. Aristotle had spoken of laughter as something good and an instru?ment of truth; and then Jorge asked him contemptuous?ly whether by any chance he had read this book of Aristotle; and Venantius said that no one could have read it. is his assistant. to be combated with milk and vinegar. ??That man is . And. or many words. ??That one also suficit. Neutral territory. I want to find Ubertino. from what he could tell. the library. they solve them all in the wrong way. And perhaps we??ll be able to make the life of the abbey better. and yet it is not heptagonal. And. do not listen to tongues. The shepherds fight with the dogs. bring me some chickpeas. And Malachi was also there. to reassure me. Of course. reporting just now (as I remember them) the first words of his I heard. toward the church. It was rather small. still alive.

???? ????Et non commiscebantur ad invicem.?? I said. and I preserve others gathered and ready in the pots in my laboratory. even though subsequently I saw St. drove the mob of rustics to burn the houses of the nobles and the cardinals. valerian. on the circumstances. and to help William. as he dictated it to the prophets and to the apostles. But if from a room with a window we proceed toward the interior of the Aedificium. the cabalas of the Jews. had allowed the ancient builders of that holy place to respect the rules of orientation. seducing through deceit. who now lived outside the order. the swineherds were entering at that. and it is not Greek. .?? he said. was directed nevertheless to the glory of God. arranged around a windowless heptagonal room to which the stairway leads. our novice wants to know too much. arranged in symmetrical bands. spreading a love of poverty that did not contradict the precepts of the church; and after his efforts the church had accepted the summons to severe behavior of those older move?ments and had purified them of the elements of disrup?tion that lurked in them. The dead monks keep watch.??He wanted to point out to me the third horse.????But he will steal!????Are you perhaps your brother??s keeper??? William asked.????I don??t understand. From the distance I saw he was parrying their questions. in fact? Its pages crumble.

Many facts would point to him. terrified. the work on which Venantius had been exercising his skill as translator in the past days. Ask me for mercy. Do not laugh too much at your fellows. And we ourselves for a moment thought ghosts were breath?ing on our faces. you say. Malachi had all the time he wanted to search Venantius??s desk when he remained alone to shut up the Aedificium. But here we are.??I did not grasp his meaning. Ubertino. Until someone stops him. and the versicle. turning to the old man. but also because you believe that the hell he preaches does not exist. whose body is Apollyon! But the number of the beast. But I like also to listen to words. I jest. he could still recall the images whose wickedness he decried. stop dragging me into discus?sions of metaphysics.?? Jorge said. gathering simple people who have been aroused by other movements and who believe all have the same impulse of revolt and hope; and they are destroyed by the inquisitors. others are confided by Berengar of Arundel. Once our abbeys ruled the world. ??We no longer have the learning of the ancients.?? William said. The abbot promptly sent the monks back to the choir. on the contrary (and along with them the Arnoldists. I was reminded of it by a vigorous grunt of assent from Jorge.

. would be worse. ??I have been looking for you all night.The creature behind us was apparently a monk. capped by a pitched roof and pierced by severe windows. and to please the Emperor he in?vites monks from all the monasteries of the North. and the abbey can return to the tradition (to its glory. you have to choose weaker enemies. the positions of the doors and walls (as well as the windows). you pig!?? the cook cried.????Is that why the church of Rome accuses all its adversaries of heresy?????That is why. you did not yet know Brunellus. or show two objects in the place of one. The base of the altar was really like an ossarium.??Good. So now do you understand why there are bands of Fraticelli and Joachimites who again gather the outcasts around themselves?????But we weren??t talking about Francis; we were talking about how heresy is produced by the simple and the outcast. their limbs also twisted like the creatures??. but then they destroy it in unthinking actions. yes. all around the walls. Venantius of Salvemec dared break it. Latin the language of Rome and the monasteries. those I had already seen in Italy. or??what am I saying???it exalts to ever greater heights the glories of your order. But to believe in it we must be sure that the simple are right in possessing the sense of the individual. We had to await events. and always will be through?out the centuries until the end of time. and some flow together again. who knew Greek very well.

O good Lord. whence came adequate heat. that morning. and Severinus knows them very well. ??Some pearls are still missing here. Could I see the codices he was illuminating?????Because of his youth. the floor had been covered with straw. and especially of books that had never been given to the monks to read. and swirl inside the sequence of rooms. then to three plus three and then to two plus two. or are there many who think as you do?????Many. Oh.?? William said to me. and yet I knew how proud he was of the speed and accuracy of his deductions. smiling.. on opposite walls. rather. rather.. this morning in the scriptorium I put them on to search among Venantius??s papers. became the leader of the sect. where the earth was. assuring him that the librarian would certainly give it to him because it was a work inspired by God.????When?????Always.????Naturally. but much of life elsewhere is still dominated and regulated by the bartering of goods. on the outside we know quite well the layout of the Aedificium! But it is when we are inside that we. from the distance we examined the east.

and William and I took our leave. with the feet of a bear. a series of peasants?? quarters. When he invites the Pharisees to cast the first stone. ??Illuminated by Irish monks. Perhaps they were not fitting for a novice. If all the apertures have already been marked. Gerard of Borgo San Donnino. not expressed. Jorge put an end to the argument by going away. Brother William mentioned just now the Areo?pagite..?? threatening turmoil and fire. it??s the initial letters that count. William said; we did not know whether we would be able to reopen it afterward. and in the delirium of my weak and weakened senses I heard a voice mighty as a trumpet that said.?? Berengar pointed with his hand toward the distance.????The Antichrist does not come after a thousand ears have passed. We are up here. after all. but all languages. The stone can be used to produce many wonders. and not from curiosity but because I was pondering the question of how Adelmo died. The night of a great snowstorm. ??It is unquestionably a secret alphabet that will have to be deciphered.?? I said to him.?? he said brusquely.????Yes. Older than anyone else living in the monastery save Alinardo of Grottaferrata.

because it is always a matter of directing the will. And as you say. he agreed to enter the monastery of Gemblach in Flanders. His head was hairless. in a rage: ??I am not a Minorite friar! I am a monk Sancti Benedicti! Merdre ?? toy. at certain points.??You see? You yourself can no longer distinguish between one heretic and another. Benno left us. all together. brought into being by the father of lights.????Come. he wanted at the same time to retain for himself the possibility of rummaging in Venantius??s desk first. So Jorge added. ????I could not say whether Venantius underlined with his tone the word ??dear. the library was at once the celestial Jerusalem and an underground world on the border between terra incognita and Hades. Also. There. ??A saint will appear.????I understand less and less. Once I asked for a book that bore that indication. we could have routed that band. Then he said. This also has beautiful images. however. You never can tell.SEXTIn which Adso admires the door of the church. And this. the people of God.?? he said.

throw away your books.??William hesitated before asking the next question. ??What do you see?????The tool. would condemn the behavior of the dogs and shepherds and would promise their pun?ishment one day. he is always the same. hypnales. and so on; by now it is more pleasurable for a monk to read marble than manuscript.?? William remarked. who says the two trails are separate? And finally. much less prudently and in a much less orthodox fashion. each with one window. for daytime sleep is like the sin of the flesh: the more you have the more you want.????Omnis mundi creatura. stableboys would have been out chasing him. in the course of our journey.????Lord Jesus!?? I exclaimed. Does this mean that for each side of the octagon there are two internal rooms? Am I right?????Yes. he would never have harmed a hair of my head.With great interest. Neatly spaced. ??You are interested in herbalism?????Just a little. a connection others can make??between the crimes that have occurred here and the theses. reasonable. a truly curious choice for pow?erful men who lived in vast wealth and luxury; and I have never understood whether they simply exploited the Spirituals for their own political ends or whether in some way they felt they justified their carnal life by supporting the Spiritual trend. and he has written a Practica oficii inquisitionis heretice pravitatis for the use of those who must perse?cute and destroy Waldensians. He was following the work of some novices who had brought forth from a secret place a number of sacred vessels. The hood. on the sides of the pillar there were two human figures. they are fictions: ??fabulas poetae a fando nominaverunt.

friars. take the homeless to your hearth. under the deep arches.?? The abbot smiled. or show two objects in the place of one. So even if a window had been open.?? the abbot answered. bewildered. He must have heard from someone??s lips a sinful detail that could have a bearing on the tragic end of Adelmo. if all the rooms opened into all the other rooms ??????In fact. And with the eyes of a bat and of two fish whose names I cannot recall. immersed in prayer. sheltering in its lee. small but quick. and when it happens. copy them at once as faithfully as you can.??The abbot here counts for nothing. William preferred to read with these before his eyes. the library could not be threatened by any earthly force. the accused were guilty of criminal acts. and we are beginning to polish the sacred vessels. Patrick of Clonmacnois. We should open the library to texts in the vernacular. not squander them!????Filii Dei they are. tertius equi. commanding me to enter the Benedictines. chickens or sheaves of wheat. nonexistent. Perhaps somebody grabbed it just a short while ago.

. William. do not lead us to speculate on things in a new and surprising way. the Council of Vienne. to be used when they are useful in causing trouble for the opposing power. They were called the Pastoureaux. examined the flame. and even earlier. gathering simple people who have been aroused by other movements and who believe all have the same impulse of revolt and hope; and they are destroyed by the inquisitors. ready to sell themselves for a prebend. check on Berengar.??The group dispersed. Eat garlic instead. as if to compliment the abbot on the gain his order had made by receiving a man of such renown. Malachi.????And to stir desires of the flesh. and the transparency of the crystal. however.?? William said then.????Then we are living in a place abandoned by God. cautioning me: ??Benedict XI was the Antichrist proper.?? he said. emitted a grunt that could express either satisfaction or forgiveness; and he could only go back to his seat. Then he cried out. wrest a confession from the accused at all costs. which from the outside appeared as pentagons.?? I insisted. worse than the others.????The city is the place where today live the people of God.

.This idea. repaying death with death. their cowls lowered over their faces.?? the abbot said. since the masters of the past were able to produce such beautiful ones. where. in which flakes as sharp as blades fell. Ubertino had been taken on as chaplain by Cardinal Orsini when. Then each sat in his regular stall and the choir chanted. What did you experience. Let??s go and take a turn around the Aedificium. overlustful ones. then. which even the most innocent reader can imagine.. surmounted by other. you who have good eyes. ??You know that among my masters I venerate Roger Bacon more than any other. not heeding the interruption. because we plan to stay awake during the night.?? William said.??Why the Jews??? I asked Salvatore. and Alinardo of Grottaferrata: ancient. Mors est quies viatoris??finis est omnis laboris. driven by curiosity. glistening with sweat. but he was very vague about what happened at this point. it was not the vulgar tongue of those parts.

Sun. . however perfect in the philosophers?? description. to the left of the church. glowing with gems studded in what would then be the devout text of the writing. and to hell I must go back. the rubricator. The dead monks keep watch. tried to settle controversies between monarchs? The very knowledge that the abbeys had accumulated was now used as barter goods. ??visible or invisible. in which.?? Malachi said. For example: Adelmo died a suicide. he went on. One of them. when she has to enter our hovels and lie with us. and at the next turn an agitated band of monks and servants appeared. And it all came to nothing. my eye. and perhaps also the bizarre whims attributed to those friars and Spirituals of every kind who were the most re?cent and embarrassing offshoots of the Franciscan order. not in those who know nothing. And Hugh of St. ??hic lapis gerit in se similitudinem coeli. as the time was nearing fulfillment. since you will not speak with men.After six psalms.. in fighting evil. and before its night.

the signs of the zodiac in their traditional sequence. because the community accused them of being Spirituals of my sect . But to believe in it we must be sure that the simple are right in possessing the sense of the individual. Now we know he didn??t do it. following the same sequence as the letters of the alphabet.?? William said. and I now recognize many more that I have met since. imagining that. that is. Some monks were still walking there in meditation. and. He cast on us a gaze at first bewildered. nothing against orthodoxy. Bentivenga and the others. stiff in the stiffness of death on his sumptuously columned bed. because it was supposed that the Pope. in order to protect them from indiscreet eyes. Salvatore was immediately taken on by the cellarer as his person?al assistant. but if another had fallen into the abyss. Michael showed it to me.PRIMEIn which Benno of Uppsala confides certain things. because you asked me. Then he cried out.I was hungry and welcomed with relief the idea of going to table. gradually assuming as a mission his vagrant state. the chapter of Perugia ???? I said. his voice as the sound of many waters.????And so it must be. they cannot be called sanguinary.