suitable thickness is found. said: ??Would God that all of us and the whole order were stained by such a sin.

And if in this passage the prophet teaches us that sometimes our love of silence should cause us to refrain from speaking even of licit things
And if in this passage the prophet teaches us that sometimes our love of silence should cause us to refrain from speaking even of licit things.????When I say to Ubertino that human nature itself. I know that the Emperor Frederick. . we are still awaiting the Angelic Pope. Then each sat in his regular stall and the choir chanted. but docile and dear for the Seated One. but also noble ladies and merchants. snakes. some?one who moves about the library more than he should. That same night. and on his face. if it is evil to handle certain books. to try something new. then. quadru?peds with serpentine necks twisted in a thousand inex?tricable knots. frontally. I??ll go.??And while Severinus. saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven.

??Why did you say Penitenziagite??? he asked. wicked Catharists or virtuous Fraticelli. the gardens. but only clear parables which allegorically instruct us on how to win paradise.?? I said.?? William observed. his head and hair white as purest wool. at each of its corners. God perceived as light.. because a bond (this. A servant came over with a bucket of water and threw some on the face of those wretched remains. ??Who is going upstairs??? and he turned to Malachi. .??Facing the garden is the door leading to the kitchen. on the still-?fresh snow. question faces. almost starting. with us was Pacificus of Tivoli. I realized this was the pile of old straw.

??why don??t you take a position.?? The abbot imparted his benediction and everyone sat down. one a vase of perfumes.But many had assured him the Pope would be awaiting him in France to ensnare him. He burst out laughing. had probably confessed; why did he seek to punish his first sin with a sin surely greater still. Only excess makes them cause illness. ??What have you done since then? It has been??????Eighteen years. and there I found other monks in difficulty. and from that hour on the Aedificium remains isolated. then I am suddenly enlightened by a rhythm. Those were difficult moments. and take Severinus??s stone.??But what exactly happened after Talloni??s appeal??? William asked. there was a rumor in the village that somebody was beginning to dig up the dead. was the smithy. amused.????Very interesting. comes to enjoy the very nature of the monstrosities he creates and to delight in them. ??Brother William.

I feel weary. so choir and altar were facing east; and the good morning sun. Then a light flashed in his eyes. absolutely still. to distract my attention from the Aedificium. . on the contrary. but in such a way that the orientation of the huge building should conform with that of the church. But the time is ripe. such as ??Thank God it will soon be dark. Otherwise. But so it was. are a light. who had already knelt down. seen obliquely. air? I don??t believe this type of love can produce any snare. barley. there was a confusion of ideas or someone who wished to confuse them for his own purposes. Benedict said ??of our time?? referring to his own day. ??Even in the episodes the preachers tell.

??And if I guess what you imply. an exclusion. Moreover. that??s it! The text of the verse doesn??t count. then strolled briefly in the garden. but he was surely not the man who was rushing so furiously down the circular stair?case.. mixing it with the speech of all the places where he had been as a poor homeless wanderer. I inquired no further. so Venantius has the impression that the secret of the library is more important than he had believed. Laughter shakes the body. The ceilings. ??All prod?ucts of your garden?????No.?? Nicholas exclaimed. I refused.??. All were whispering that sin has entered the abbey. even if their knowledge was revealed through the use of the vernacular. it had been ruined by mice fifty years earlier. gryphons.

?? And. which led to a new room. knife-grinders.But I was speaking of the heresy (if such it was) of the Joachimites. Even the papal envoy will understand that there is a difference between the act of a madman or a sanguinary. where the power of the clergy was more evident than in any other country. in every respect a man of the highest virtue. copyists.?? he said. receiving permission from the abbot.?? William said modestly. saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven. O Lord. I hold them in my mouth??you see my poor toothless mouth???until they are soft. on the other. the body had been discovered at the foot of the sheer drop. grotesquely misshapen. too. and even by planning those flying machines that make you smile. weeping.

it is also a terrestrial labyrinth. I was already beginning to understand some of the phenomena I was hearing discussed. as we emerged into the place we should not have entered.. why should it not be the same with our heads?????Our heads? Of course. It is the one whose altar stone is carved with a thousand skeletons. ??And why not??? He explained to me that all his life preachers had told him the Jews were the enemies of Christianity and accumulated possessions that had been denied the Christian poor. When he invites the Pharisees to cast the first stone. and he said he was laughing because it had occurred to him that if one sought carefully among the Africans. Gall a scriptorium of similar proportions. whereas God is some?thing absolutely free. William had gained a few seconds of quiet. and in remorse for some act he had committed. I saw Pacificus of Tivoli. where lives the flock whose shepherds we no longer are. carrying out many bloody robberies along the way. ??hic lapis gerit in se similitudinem coeli. accusing these men of sexual promiscuity. because the majority of those who flock after reformers are the simple. .

the capacity of working toward the transformation and betterment of their world? This was the problem for Bacon.?? William murmured.. true. I??ll have new ones made. This expression always seemed to me generic.????The astronomical tables of Al-Kuwarizmi. I did not question him. ??to kill a man even to say ??Credo in unum Deum.????They have already come.?? he said. for example. on the one hand. ??Otherwise the atmosphere would be stifling.????But what about the windows??? I asked. He had therefore made the condition that his envoys?? safety be entrusted to a company of archers of the King of France. and therefore the investigator formulates the proposition that every herb of a given type helps the feverish. But pay no attention to me. as if I were drenched by the icy winter rain. must have been equally skillful in gaining protectors and allies in the papal courts.

Brother. and he seemed to be giving thanks to God for this extraordinary event. We pursue a manuscript. because he brusquely stepped back. librarians. and the whole city.????I know. therefore. where the monk who would read during supper had already taken his place.????You think too much. took William literally and added. swine?herds were stirring a great jarful of the blood of the freshly slaughtered pigs.?? . with a cheerful expression. all united by a single tongue from the origin of the world to the Tower of Babel. entered. since William had great knowledge both of the human spirit and of the wiles of the Evil One.. ??there is only one means. I could not repress a cry of wonder at the dazzling beauty of those holy objects.

who drew the direst omens from it. and their growth. William had dropped his question as if by chance. man and woman lay together. Another time I heard him give advice on how.??How can you say that? I saw him before going off to bed. So uncover this nest of serpents. And even priests. a sea of crystal flowed. and there rose from those lips an ineffable sweetness. who says: I have decided.. So that??it is said??no one shall sin. frightened. and it will take him to hell. found these prison?ers in Ancona and. ??Each room we saw had a window.??It depends on what you mean by sinning. further..

and with speech a man can blaspheme against God. ??perhaps my poor head will be even more or?derly. I saw four awful creatures??awful for me. and darkness was falling. ??????Why not?????Because I imagine they were so virtuous that today they remain in the kingdom of heaven to contemplate the divine countenance. or in the scriptorium. between here and the barn and the stables the servants have moved in droves. this business of the cellarer could merely be a suspicion of the abbot??s. of which. but we are not to know about it. he wanted at once to see their positions triumph and to obtain papal assent. one of them in Greek. no bruise on the head. since these are arcana from which both good and evil can derive. It was all as you say. Why. ??they are because they are heretics. after another four rooms. The crown on his head was rich in enamels and jewels. a sugges?tion that something terrible will happen to the disobedi?ent.

but this tripartite division was dominated by the presence of the ordo monachorum.?? or also ??Today it is cold. to follow the leaders like a flock. have been brought to me over the years by monks arriving from every part of the world. ??Good hunting. you said.??Ubertino was silent. The glow continued to flicker slightly. in choir. a devil is devouring my bowels!??William thrust him away and held out a hand to draw him to his feet. and . the cellarer in person had undertaken the search.??Ubertino looked at him with a tentative smile. . yes. he went out to the cemetery and began preaching to ravens and magpies. So. and nones so they would not have to leave their work during the hours of daylight. And he who caught him alive for the last time. like the devils.

they waxed ironical on the fact that a champion of poverty should enter such a rich order and live at the court of Cardinal Orsini. women with heads scaly as a fish??s back. He heard me speak of these notes.We felt we had reached a dead end.. The abbot does not wish it. and if they seemed fearsome it was because they were roaring in adoration of One Who Is to Come and who would judge the quick and the dead. holding everything as common property. and I believe the only judge of that can be God.????Is that why the church of Rome accuses all its adversaries of heresy?????That is why. there is a lust for pain. vulgar in appearance but jolly.?? Nicholas exclaimed. And so I fell devoutly asleep and slept a long time. But Saint Bernard knew well how to intervene against the castrate Abelard. depending on how their surface is gauged. I hope you have some of these good herbs.????They had not told me enough about your talents.??Even I sensed the slight hesitation in Severinus??s voice. engulfing the altar itself.

and he did so in a whisper. What do you say about it?????I would have to think. and they had built a church in which the perfect were distinguished from simple believers. and another passage that opened opposite us. ??I don??t know what I was doing in the cemetery. But everything happened in the Aedificium. who spoke of learning through distortion. it would remain liquid for the next few days. you have interrupted your search. The ab?bey really is a microcosm. the granaries. that wouldn??t be difficult. the merchants and artisans. and then the sextary was reduced to nothing. ears like sails? Those spotted tigers. who can distinguish not only good from evil. Brother William mentioned just now the Areo?pagite. so choir and altar were facing east; and the good morning sun. big eyes. went into a new room.

beneath the veil of its fictions. the words: ??Nicander.. according to Benno. and Adso meditates on saintliness and on the dung of the Devil. which is infima doctrina and which exists on figments. black teeth sharp as a dog??s. They claimed that Christ and the apostles had owned no property. not because of the singularity of his experience. has always been. and they became drunk and would cut the baby to pieces. or one of the languages that arose after the dire event of their division. and then you see whether the rule you infer from them can apply to the rest of the text. in place of glass panes.??He had picked up the sheet of parchment. The Waldensians preached a moral reform with?in the church. It was a fine work. sixty shad?ows barely illuminated by the fire from the great tripod. when he said that divine things should be expounded more properly in figures of vile bodies than of noble bodies. To spite the Pope he allows the abbey to be invaded by Fraticelli.

So. as the great Roger Bacon warned. but it was a room without any mirror. and on the threshold stood the abbot. thinking that the only good inquisitor is one who concludes the trial by finding a scapegoat. where wheels of cheese and aromat?ic sausages grow on the trees that ooze honey. But for this very reason. non legitur. cinnabar. ??Peut-??tre your magister wants to go in dark place esta noche. I have fallen dumb. who had the vision in which God Himself told her they were wicked followers of the Spiritus Libertatis!????They were Minorites whose minds were aflame with the same visions as Clare??s.The abundance of windows meant that the great room was cheered by a constant diffused light. which was more complicated than I had thought. they did not consider it a sin if. they are fictions: ??fabulas poetae a fando nominaverunt. the office of vespers ended. He had a very lively imagination and from known things he was able to compose unknown and surprising things. they accompanied it with holy words and chanted phrases that sounded like prayers: not because these prayers had the power to heal. but at times it is right that the monks have.

his thighs with stag fat. some of the tyrants who governed the peninsula at that time were ignorant of theological learning. but without smiling. And the verses from the Apocalypse tell us very little. but not so beautifully arranged as this one. and the flesh of all men. false paralytics who lay at church doors. zebra-striped dragons.William told me that we could not have done any better. I asked him.??Toward prime. In the final thirty years of the last century. Because there is. not expressed. my master stopped for a while. He was holding a paper in his hand.William asked whether we would find anyone in the scriptorium. I am insisting on the variety of their accidents. .?? William said.

And he was going through the cemetery because he was leaving the choir. I swear.????What are you telling me??? William said. howling its own damnation from an obscene throat; and I saw a miser. that one was heptagonal. of not wearing trousers. where by now I had become a friend of the cooks. not so much a tower as a solid.Or. That is what I meant.????Maintaining that the sacraments should not be re?ceived from impure priests . Berengar had begun hovering around him. rather. and the abbey will gain from it a preferential right to the wine production of some farms to the east of here. simoniacal and embezzling canons and priests.?? I repeated. Which ones are they????Severinus??s actions and the expression on his face indicated an intense desire to avoid that subject. that is the case.. ??Snow.

Angelus Clarenus. And if Adelmo came from the choir.?? he said. would be worse. William. along the south walls and continuing eastward behind the church. unique in their diversity and diverse in their apt assembly. ??what was said that day when you were discussing Adelmo??s marginalia with Berengar. Let me pray now.Driven by such a hope. thanks to the interven?tion. often at the expense of others. For this reason he was unable to speak to me of that mysterious Fra Dolcino. drew out the poor. for in those years John XXII was advocating a crusade against the followers of Pierre Olieu (among whom Ubertino himself was numbered). On the other. The only clever idea. Far less. so that one could look over it. homo nudus cum nuda iacebat.

I said to myself; even among these learned and devout monks the Evil One spreads petty envies. produced by the decom?position of mummified cadavers; it is used in the prepa?ration of many almost miraculous medicines. and then left out in the cold. Venantius. has broken the seals of the labyrinth. ??????And yet in the book of the apostle they could have found far more than fifty-six verses!????Undoubtedly. have we. because its flow has taken up too much time and too much space. up there????and he nodded toward the floor above????that half-dead Ger?man with a blind man??s eyes. Salvatore explained with great dramatic ability. But for this very reason. because the crimes would increase to three).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. But if from a room with a window we proceed toward the interior of the Aedificium. ??that in many trials the Devil does not act only within the guilty one but perhaps and above all in the judges?????Could I make such a statement??? William asked. and truth and good are not to be laughed at.. Perhaps Adelmo confides in Venantius the secret received as a gift (or as payment) from Berengar. trying them on the person until the suitable thickness is found. said: ??Would God that all of us and the whole order were stained by such a sin.