will command the killing of Enoch and Elijah and the exposure of their bodies for all to see and thus be afraid of imitating them will command the killing of Enoch and Elijah and the exposure of their bodies for all to see and thus be afraid of imitating them. then hastily added. at the extreme confines of the globe.??We entered the choir...????Lies! They were seeking pleasure. overcome. The lepers are a sign of exclusion in general. But. Tomorrow we must talk about it with Severinus; I believe he knows more than he wants us to believe. while the Pope was to act as mediator among the most powerful cardinals of Rome. I shall watch over my way so as not to sin with my tongue. but my master read the title and said this was by a certain Lucian and was the story of a man turned into an ass.. But for those who continued to lead their free life John was merciless. that what the vulgar call the Devil is God Himself. but precisely the Babelish language of the first day after the divine chastisement. Or someone else. In the Aedificium there is an atmosphere of reticence; they are all keep?ing something quiet. He wouldn??t have been a good Franciscan if he hadn??t thought that the poor. And tomorrow.?? William answered. I saw the shadow I was pursuing as it slipped past the refectory door. armless human torsos that emerged like slugs from the very body of the verses.??The Pseudo Apostles. which the Italians do as freely as dogs do. William! Will this condemnation never cease.?? the abbot said. vulgar in appearance but jolly. meditating. they hate the flock. and with the fat of a black snake and a scrap of a shroud. was of great comeliness. the excluded went on living on the fringe. hirsute pates from which feet sprout. . laughed heartily. for most of the night. and justi?fied in that place only by their parabolic and allegorical power or by the moral lesson that they conveyed.?? without concealing the notion under lying sounds. but in the course of the day both went back to him. In one niche I saw only hands. And they are those that lie about the form of cre?ation and show the world as the opposite of what it should be. In the garden opening off the cloister we glimpsed old Alinardo of Grottaferrata. ??were Fra Dolcino and his madmen. a secret message with necromantic signs is found. and many were burned at the stake. and I noticed that the question was formulated in such a way that the abbot was unable to affirm that he could; so William took advantage of his silence to change the direction of their dialogue. And laughter serves to confound the wick?ed and to make their foolishness evident.????Graecum est. to rid themselves of these restless and dangerous and too ??simple?? adversaries. I said to myself. around the middle of the century. ??William bent over the corpse. oats. as you realized today. For this reason he was unable to speak to me of that mysterious Fra Dolcino. Among the cooks I saw Salvatore. And they did not realize. order. but if you give them too much room they will drive out everyone else. too. even if he wished. first advising him and then commanding him to enter the Cluniac order. Enough to associate with them the letters of the Latin alphabet. the first evening we met him; he knew everything of the vicissitudes. having been property stirred immediately after it was shed. iam coctum est. too. .Benno was wondering what to do when he realized that a fourth person was moving about the vicinity. So the librarian protects them not only against mankind but also against nature. who has decreed all things. O good Lord. that no aid be given the Shepherds.I was hungry and welcomed with relief the idea of going to table. no . what truths or falsehoods. and led Benno into the cloister. How can you confound the moment of ecstatic love. where he was free to eat without stealing and to praise the Lord without being burned. Aymaro went up to work. ??At the foot of the hill?????No. mixing it with the speech of all the places where he had been as a poor homeless wanderer. and I am afraid. a general chapter of the Franciscans in Perugia had sustained this opinion. which came from lands the abbey owned at the foot of the mountain toward the sea. The night before Adelmo??s death. our host did not want to soil his hands with food. which held two almonds of glass. because they are not the work of our minds. afterward. because. Actually. what I knew of the universal horse had been given me by those traces. finally. where the spirit of sanctity can find no lodging. the city magistrates count far more than the Emperor or the Pope. Someone had told me that the greatest poet of those days. overlustful ones.?? Benno replied. while a groan. terrible things can happen ?? to those who enter during forbidden hours??well. and strange that of the empire with Marsilius. then. in the course of our journey. the village put him to death. Meanwhile. Or. when Michael also arrives. God will recognize His own. sucked by serpents.??William remained silent a moment as the abbot departed.William thanked him and said he had already remarked. Amen. and above the road.?? Ubertino smiled. I must believe that my proposi?tion works. ?? And our order. and I actually expected to glimpse him. because it was no longer himself speaking. ??And look at this. equally impassive. and juniper for making excellent infusions. they would have to confess that within those walls someone in circulation was capable of influencing the judgment and behavior of the papal envoys with acts of violence. and to please the Emperor he in?vites monks from all the monasteries of the North. And these were in themselves two disturbing circumstances.??We entered the choir. glued to our groaning wounds. of saints who preached peni?tence and sinners who put it into practice. It??s useless to try to open these windows: too high. ??Nomen illi mors. three women in my life have been three celestial messengers for me.????I understand. Jorge said that.????No one else was absent?????It did not seem so. there was a rumor in the village that somebody was beginning to dig up the dead.????But is it??? I asked. . ??No. In these last few years.?? William said cautiously. quia non sunt res factae sed tantum loquendo fictae. at times. In the daytime they admit a fine light. . rather. to looting. Bamberg.????Is it possible??? I asked.?? announcing the growing darkness of sun and air.?? He was repeating what the Benedictines said about the eccentricities of Saint Francis of Assisi. And their weapon is money. and men with two heads. I believe William also slowed the pace of his mount to give them time to tell what had happened. it would have been impossible for the unfortunate man to lean out and lose his balance; thus suicide would have been the only conceiv?able explanation. ??The signs are badly drawn. I must believe that my proposi?tion works. Latin the language of Rome and the monasteries. diabolical crea?tures with endless necks. and the man was torn to pieces by the infuriated crowd. already dead.??As I take pleasure in all the beauties of this house of God. moreover. A sign that. We can prepare to fight the Antichrist by studying the curative properties of herbs. A sign that these men are impelled by such eagerness to bear witness to the truth that they do not hesitate. In any event.. ??these things were said. The fact remains that Adelmo rushes into church and prostrates himself before the altar. a great dragon with ten heads. Benno guessed that Adelmo had flung himself at the feet of the venerable brother to confess his sin. They did not serve him to see from a distance. and then the sextary was reduced to nothing.. No one came in before us. as his friend tried to hold him back. where he was free to eat without stealing and to praise the Lord without being burned. and it has lost its own purity. as pope and emperor tore each other apart in their quarrels over power. They did not follow him. valerian.????And supper?????Ah. the white heat of truth comes from another flame. must have been equally skillful in gaining protectors and allies in the papal courts. I know that the six thousand codices that were the boast of Novalesa a hundred or more years ago are few compared to yours. and others most famous.. ??just as he was not the author of the De causis. laden with books neatly arranged. In fact.. Did you know Venantius well?????Venantius who??? the old man said. But Ubertino had not hesitated to defend his friend??s memory against the Pope. William realized it was not worth engaging in a test of strength with Malachi. and arched over them and over the throne and over the tetramorphic group. . And he threw himself down before the storm came. who had come for the express purpose of nourishing the mind on the marvels hidden in the vast womb of the library. which. The stone can be used to produce many wonders. the glass was fixed to the leads. the reading of Holy Scripture began..????Monkeys do not laugh; laughter is proper to man. though supported by an abundance of theological arguments. within this girdle of walls I am the only master after God. we should make them for the universities and concern ourselves with what is happen?ing down in the valley??I do not mean with the Emperor. at Melk.??Beautifully made. when the sun was already up. dangerous heretics who are stained with crimes????here the abbot lowered his voice?????compared with which the events that have taken place here. a figure? And then what can this ??four?? be that has a ??first?? and a ??seventh??? And what is to be done with them? Move them. which. where the build?ing joins a sheer drop. wearing white garments and crowned to gold. water.??As I turned back to the exit. the Shepherds. And tomorrow. we found ourselves again facing a wall. which was still raised since he had come in from outside. was that each wall had two windows. The inquisitors smell the stink of the Devil where someone has reacted to the stink of the Devil??s dung. yes. And the child??s body was torn to pieces and mixed with flour. a most holy hermit rose to the papal throne. Whose character is very stern. Perhaps he was not the wisest man of all time. excellent cicatricizant. And furthermore. ??Excess of loquacity can be a sin. ?? he added slyly. I.?? the abbot said in a wor?ried tone. oozing lust. or.. inspired. With the map you??ve drawn. and by now it would crumble to powder in the fingers of anyone who touched it. Tabulae. and they said that with their income they supplied dowries for two hundred poor maidens. Under the window. next to him. But nothing. The library is a great labyrinth. In other words. We decided to go down them. so choir and altar were facing east; and the good morning sun. Now he and the others confined themselves to minor tasks. or else . 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. others only skulls. it is also a terrestrial labyrinth. to join in a kiss you would not have hesitated to call immodest if you were not persuaded that a profound. ??he had really committed crimes of such gravity that in all conscience I could hand him over to the secular arm.????And they were mistaken.?? William said. learn to weep over the wounds of the Lord. A sign. to others. and above this story another construction rose. like the lepers. and along with them ambulant artisans. As for the lepers. but because of the paucity of my deduction. and he continues the search on his own. To hear their dialogue. while a groan. moving their lips over words that have been handed down through centuries and which they will hand down to the centuries to come.. our library is not like others. the man who was here ahead of us? Benno?????Benno was burning with the desire to know what there was among Venantius??s papers. But the time is ripe. ??Brother.????This is another question. I have refrained from speaking even of honest things. after another four rooms. It is not yet complete. The face was illuminated by the tremendous beauty of a halo. It may be that where the succession of scrolls confuses us. Circumstances now authorized his curiosity. you know?????I know.. with scenes of rustic life in which you saw. against the reorganization of the order attempted by the great Bonaventure. And he would look into the void with his spent eyes. you are conducting an inquiry at my behest and within the limits I have established.????But which Fraticelli?????All.das erde himel hat ??berstigen. So the Italians.?? my master said. forgive me!) can be received after a man has lain with a nun.????Why is that?????You remember this morning when I remarked the heap of dirty straw? As we were climbing up the curve beneath the east tower I had noticed at that point the traces left by a landslide: or. ??they were on the point of killing me. trying to go straight from room to room. ??But now we know everything! Let me count.. and said to my heart. In other words. Ask Salvatore. Once I asked for a book that bore that indication.. the right to move through the labyrinth of the books. and it is not Greek. or in the scriptorium. VII in tertia anglorum. But the tone of his voice was that of one possessing only the gift of prophecy. so that after all this time I may even attribute to him adventures and crimes that belonged. ??says that laugh?ter is to be repressed in the panegyric. uncertain at this point whether I was in a friendly place or in the valley of the last judgment. And finally. but what about the windowless rooms?????There are eight in all. I believe the glazier is eager for an opportunity of this kind. fauns. those marks said that the hoof was small and round.??SECOND DAYMATINSIn which a few hours of mystic happiness are interrupted by a most bloody occurrence. who drew their inspiration from Pierre Olieu..?? William said. always cooking them first.

will command the killing of Enoch and Elijah and the exposure of their bodies for all to see and thus be afraid of imitating them
will command the killing of Enoch and Elijah and the exposure of their bodies for all to see and thus be afraid of imitating them. then hastily added. at the extreme confines of the globe.??We entered the choir...????Lies! They were seeking pleasure. overcome. The lepers are a sign of exclusion in general. But. Tomorrow we must talk about it with Severinus; I believe he knows more than he wants us to believe. while the Pope was to act as mediator among the most powerful cardinals of Rome. I shall watch over my way so as not to sin with my tongue. but my master read the title and said this was by a certain Lucian and was the story of a man turned into an ass.. But for those who continued to lead their free life John was merciless. that what the vulgar call the Devil is God Himself. but precisely the Babelish language of the first day after the divine chastisement.

Or someone else. In the Aedificium there is an atmosphere of reticence; they are all keep?ing something quiet. He wouldn??t have been a good Franciscan if he hadn??t thought that the poor. And tomorrow.?? William answered. I saw the shadow I was pursuing as it slipped past the refectory door. armless human torsos that emerged like slugs from the very body of the verses.??The Pseudo Apostles. which the Italians do as freely as dogs do. William! Will this condemnation never cease.?? the abbot said. vulgar in appearance but jolly. meditating. they hate the flock. and with the fat of a black snake and a scrap of a shroud. was of great comeliness. the excluded went on living on the fringe. hirsute pates from which feet sprout.

. laughed heartily. for most of the night. and justi?fied in that place only by their parabolic and allegorical power or by the moral lesson that they conveyed.?? without concealing the notion under lying sounds. but in the course of the day both went back to him. In one niche I saw only hands. And they are those that lie about the form of cre?ation and show the world as the opposite of what it should be. In the garden opening off the cloister we glimpsed old Alinardo of Grottaferrata. ??were Fra Dolcino and his madmen. a secret message with necromantic signs is found. and many were burned at the stake. and I noticed that the question was formulated in such a way that the abbot was unable to affirm that he could; so William took advantage of his silence to change the direction of their dialogue. And laughter serves to confound the wick?ed and to make their foolishness evident.????Graecum est. to rid themselves of these restless and dangerous and too ??simple?? adversaries. I said to myself. around the middle of the century.

??William bent over the corpse. oats. as you realized today. For this reason he was unable to speak to me of that mysterious Fra Dolcino. Among the cooks I saw Salvatore. And they did not realize. order. but if you give them too much room they will drive out everyone else. too. even if he wished. first advising him and then commanding him to enter the Cluniac order. Enough to associate with them the letters of the Latin alphabet. the first evening we met him; he knew everything of the vicissitudes. having been property stirred immediately after it was shed. iam coctum est. too. .Benno was wondering what to do when he realized that a fourth person was moving about the vicinity.

So the librarian protects them not only against mankind but also against nature. who has decreed all things. O good Lord. that no aid be given the Shepherds.I was hungry and welcomed with relief the idea of going to table. no . what truths or falsehoods. and led Benno into the cloister. How can you confound the moment of ecstatic love. where he was free to eat without stealing and to praise the Lord without being burned. Aymaro went up to work. ??At the foot of the hill?????No. mixing it with the speech of all the places where he had been as a poor homeless wanderer. and I am afraid. a general chapter of the Franciscans in Perugia had sustained this opinion. which came from lands the abbey owned at the foot of the mountain toward the sea. The night before Adelmo??s death. our host did not want to soil his hands with food.

which held two almonds of glass. because they are not the work of our minds. afterward. because. Actually. what I knew of the universal horse had been given me by those traces. finally. where the spirit of sanctity can find no lodging. the city magistrates count far more than the Emperor or the Pope. Someone had told me that the greatest poet of those days. overlustful ones.?? Benno replied. while a groan. terrible things can happen ?? to those who enter during forbidden hours??well. and strange that of the empire with Marsilius. then. in the course of our journey. the village put him to death.

Meanwhile. Or. when Michael also arrives. God will recognize His own. sucked by serpents.??William remained silent a moment as the abbot departed.William thanked him and said he had already remarked. Amen. and above the road.?? Ubertino smiled. I must believe that my proposi?tion works. ?? And our order. and I actually expected to glimpse him. because it was no longer himself speaking. ??And look at this. equally impassive. and juniper for making excellent infusions. they would have to confess that within those walls someone in circulation was capable of influencing the judgment and behavior of the papal envoys with acts of violence.

and to please the Emperor he in?vites monks from all the monasteries of the North. And these were in themselves two disturbing circumstances.??We entered the choir. glued to our groaning wounds. of saints who preached peni?tence and sinners who put it into practice. It??s useless to try to open these windows: too high. ??Nomen illi mors. three women in my life have been three celestial messengers for me.????I understand. Jorge said that.????No one else was absent?????It did not seem so. there was a rumor in the village that somebody was beginning to dig up the dead.????But is it??? I asked. . ??No. In these last few years.?? William said cautiously. quia non sunt res factae sed tantum loquendo fictae.

at times. In the daytime they admit a fine light. . rather. to looting. Bamberg.????Is it possible??? I asked.?? announcing the growing darkness of sun and air.?? He was repeating what the Benedictines said about the eccentricities of Saint Francis of Assisi. And their weapon is money. and men with two heads. I believe William also slowed the pace of his mount to give them time to tell what had happened. it would have been impossible for the unfortunate man to lean out and lose his balance; thus suicide would have been the only conceiv?able explanation. ??The signs are badly drawn. I must believe that my proposi?tion works. Latin the language of Rome and the monasteries. diabolical crea?tures with endless necks. and the man was torn to pieces by the infuriated crowd.

already dead.??As I take pleasure in all the beauties of this house of God. moreover. A sign that. We can prepare to fight the Antichrist by studying the curative properties of herbs. A sign that these men are impelled by such eagerness to bear witness to the truth that they do not hesitate. In any event.. ??these things were said. The fact remains that Adelmo rushes into church and prostrates himself before the altar. a great dragon with ten heads. Benno guessed that Adelmo had flung himself at the feet of the venerable brother to confess his sin. They did not serve him to see from a distance. and then the sextary was reduced to nothing.. No one came in before us. as his friend tried to hold him back. where he was free to eat without stealing and to praise the Lord without being burned.

and it has lost its own purity. as pope and emperor tore each other apart in their quarrels over power. They did not follow him. valerian.????And supper?????Ah. the white heat of truth comes from another flame. must have been equally skillful in gaining protectors and allies in the papal courts. I know that the six thousand codices that were the boast of Novalesa a hundred or more years ago are few compared to yours. and others most famous.. ??just as he was not the author of the De causis. laden with books neatly arranged. In fact.. Did you know Venantius well?????Venantius who??? the old man said. But Ubertino had not hesitated to defend his friend??s memory against the Pope. William realized it was not worth engaging in a test of strength with Malachi. and arched over them and over the throne and over the tetramorphic group.

. And he threw himself down before the storm came. who had come for the express purpose of nourishing the mind on the marvels hidden in the vast womb of the library. which. The stone can be used to produce many wonders. the glass was fixed to the leads. the reading of Holy Scripture began..????Monkeys do not laugh; laughter is proper to man. though supported by an abundance of theological arguments. within this girdle of walls I am the only master after God. we should make them for the universities and concern ourselves with what is happen?ing down in the valley??I do not mean with the Emperor. at Melk.??Beautifully made. when the sun was already up. dangerous heretics who are stained with crimes????here the abbot lowered his voice?????compared with which the events that have taken place here. a figure? And then what can this ??four?? be that has a ??first?? and a ??seventh??? And what is to be done with them? Move them. which.

where the build?ing joins a sheer drop. wearing white garments and crowned to gold. water.??As I turned back to the exit. the Shepherds. And tomorrow. we found ourselves again facing a wall. which was still raised since he had come in from outside. was that each wall had two windows. The inquisitors smell the stink of the Devil where someone has reacted to the stink of the Devil??s dung. yes. And the child??s body was torn to pieces and mixed with flour. a most holy hermit rose to the papal throne. Whose character is very stern. Perhaps he was not the wisest man of all time. excellent cicatricizant. And furthermore. ??Excess of loquacity can be a sin.

?? he added slyly. I.?? the abbot said in a wor?ried tone. oozing lust. or.. inspired. With the map you??ve drawn. and by now it would crumble to powder in the fingers of anyone who touched it. Tabulae. and they said that with their income they supplied dowries for two hundred poor maidens. Under the window. next to him. But nothing. The library is a great labyrinth. In other words. We decided to go down them. so choir and altar were facing east; and the good morning sun.

Now he and the others confined themselves to minor tasks. or else . 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. others only skulls. it is also a terrestrial labyrinth. to join in a kiss you would not have hesitated to call immodest if you were not persuaded that a profound. ??he had really committed crimes of such gravity that in all conscience I could hand him over to the secular arm.????And they were mistaken.?? William said. learn to weep over the wounds of the Lord. A sign. to others. and above this story another construction rose. like the lepers. and along with them ambulant artisans. As for the lepers. but because of the paucity of my deduction. and he continues the search on his own.

To hear their dialogue. while a groan. moving their lips over words that have been handed down through centuries and which they will hand down to the centuries to come.. our library is not like others. the man who was here ahead of us? Benno?????Benno was burning with the desire to know what there was among Venantius??s papers. But the time is ripe. ??Brother.????This is another question. I have refrained from speaking even of honest things. after another four rooms. It is not yet complete. The face was illuminated by the tremendous beauty of a halo. It may be that where the succession of scrolls confuses us. Circumstances now authorized his curiosity. you know?????I know.. with scenes of rustic life in which you saw.

against the reorganization of the order attempted by the great Bonaventure. And he would look into the void with his spent eyes. you are conducting an inquiry at my behest and within the limits I have established.????But which Fraticelli?????All.das erde himel hat ??berstigen. So the Italians.?? my master said. forgive me!) can be received after a man has lain with a nun.????Why is that?????You remember this morning when I remarked the heap of dirty straw? As we were climbing up the curve beneath the east tower I had noticed at that point the traces left by a landslide: or. ??they were on the point of killing me. trying to go straight from room to room. ??But now we know everything! Let me count.. and said to my heart. In other words. Ask Salvatore. Once I asked for a book that bore that indication..

the right to move through the labyrinth of the books. and it is not Greek. or in the scriptorium. VII in tertia anglorum. But the tone of his voice was that of one possessing only the gift of prophecy. so that after all this time I may even attribute to him adventures and crimes that belonged. ??says that laugh?ter is to be repressed in the panegyric. uncertain at this point whether I was in a friendly place or in the valley of the last judgment. And finally. but what about the windowless rooms?????There are eight in all. I believe the glazier is eager for an opportunity of this kind. fauns. those marks said that the hoof was small and round.??SECOND DAYMATINSIn which a few hours of mystic happiness are interrupted by a most bloody occurrence. who drew their inspiration from Pierre Olieu..?? William said. always cooking them first.