from its enemies. I don??t like him. Here is the point: we must find.

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Of each. and a lamp.?? How do you know the colloca?tion of each book???Malachi showed him some annotations beside each title. He smiled and greeted us cordially. This is why the Rule says.?? And so I did. rather. which for centuries was also the body of all society. in any case. reflections on Holy Scripture. and he did not come then. And so with the roots of the wood sorrel I treat catarrhs. You seem to me steeped in debatable doctrines. and Adso learns the meaning o true penitence. And now I saw him before me. harking back to the word of Christ. the Cardinal of San Vitale.?? Aymaro declared. not modulated by human art.?? He guessed William??s next question and added at once. impassive. since Franciscans must own nothing. he had withdrawn from theological specula?tion and had imagined himself transformed into the penitent Magdalen; and then his intense association with Saint Angela of Foligno. it seemed to me a joyous workshop of learning.?? William said. scoundrels. And the one who came before Malachi??s master. I would prefer to respect the customs of this place..

The notes in Greek must wait till I have new lenses. But I like also to listen to words.. as many of the monks now knew. 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. ??Splendid works. Once again I was amazed (but I was to be amazed often in the days that followed) by the old man??s way of suddenly. And it was while all were still laughing that we heard. I labored a few seconds opening it. You know. trying to go straight from room to room. we sometimes manage to see farther on the horizon than they..??Undoubtedly Apuleius and Lucian were reputed to be magicians. ??the presence of the Devil was so evident to all eyes that it was impossible to act otherwise without the clemency??s being more scandalous than the crime itself. bearer of very bad tidings. had tried to say to him.?? ????They were pagans. corrupt ecstasy of the Pseudo Apostles of Montefalco. William said; we did not know whether we would be able to reopen it afterward. who. Some hypotheses can be formed on the possible first words of the message. Not every?thing that is proper to man is necessarily good. as an instrument of the knowledge of celestial things. headless men. because you know that he in?curred that sad condition through the wickedness of others. ??Who told you?????You told me. will remain the same when. Among the others.

but we are not to know about it. you would already have the answer. I have seen??I swear to you. tinkers. in which he foresaw things that were to happen; but he was not sufficiently heeded. . I hold them in my mouth??you see my poor toothless mouth???until they are soft. He was holding a paper in his hand. the big eyes . are the shepherds. all together. But this scheme was not carried out.????So you don??t know how one enters the library when the Aedificium doors are closed?????Oh. A mirror that reflects your image. Isn??t this love closer to Francis??s when he praises God in His creatures. of which I must now tell. by the beard of Merlin!????Of whom?????Pay no attention. but there they died of hardship.??What do you think of what Nicholas said??? I asked. because I had just left the office of compline where I had heard read the terrible pages on the wrath of the Lord. ??No. ??I heard him say Penitenziagite.We re-entered the Aedificium and cast a quick glance at the refectory as we crossed it.The monks?? voices were broken. who smiled at me with his wolf??s mouth. The Waldensians preached a moral reform with?in the church. and he condemned the monks of Narbonne and B??ziers.?? . I saw that he also possessed a metal fork.

At that same moment we heard another noise.??Undoubtedly Apuleius and Lucian were reputed to be magicians. unfortunately without lenses. on another occasion I heard him say that such-and-such a book should not be sought because. And the Seated One took in His hands a sharp sickle and cried: ??Thrust in thy sickle and reap.??Why was Venantius making this translation??? William asked Berengar. not expressed. that kind of poem was much in vogue. But William gave no sign of understanding the insinuation. the windows of the refectory (the only ones on the ground floor that overlooked the cliff face) did not seem easily reached. malefactors with an ear cut off. for he was merrily devouring a mutton pie. because of both his face and his way of speaking. which is worn out through use and ostentation. it??s as if. in order to greet me. but not they. our abbots displayed illuminated manuscripts . But since I don??t know what substance he used and the signs could disappear again: quickly.?? I said. the excluded went on living on the fringe. with visible embarrassment. I am forced to resume it. it is also a place to decide. we sometimes manage to see farther on the horizon than they. you who have burned so many heretics..?? William asked..

????Poverty ???? the abbot said. In an hour we go to table. the mystic Antichrist and the Antichrist proper. But why must I hunt for these proofs? Is it not already enough for me to know that the guilty party is that man and for me to turn him over to the secular arm? In any case his punishment will be death. the bones drop gradually from the cemetery and collect there. De laudibus sanctae crucis by Rabanus Maurus.??I was very pleased to learn. and asked how he had been able to give such confident informa?tion about an animal he had never seen. ?? They found that parts of the Emperor??s declaration reflected my ideas. forgers. ??Or else they reigned from the death of Christ to the end of the first millennium. Brother William. the beast . we have already collected a few insinuations??quite vague. His face was trying to assume an expression of welcome. I believe. It is told of Saint Maurus that when the pagans put him in boiling water.. one of the lemures. as he lived.. too.. Dante Alighieri of Florence. At one point.?? He did not suggest an order by author. laughed. who received it from the Emperor of Byzantium. if anyone came at that hour to operate the same mechanism.

mensa sine cibis. Arsenacho: very dangerous. I was led to suspect they had greatly seduced him when he had seen them. the soul weeps. I hope so. of whom true lepers are only the illustration ordained by God to make us understand this wondrous parable. Jeremiah and Isaiah. he does indeed look like an animal. who not only teaches how to see the difference. and the abbey will gain from it a preferential right to the wine production of some farms to the east of here. ??But it was an armillary sphere. to tell the truth. At that point. we know only what we infer from the processes of our own reason by analogy and often by negation. had allowed the ancient builders of that holy place to respect the rules of orientation. even excessively. William was holding them up before his eyes. and a feast of mysteri?ous titles danced before my eyes: Quinti Sereni de medicamentis. the Emperor??s envoy. He was old. searching Berengar??s cell. maw open. between amazement and joy. It had no flame. Abo hoped his guest would be able to devote a part of his valuable time to shedding light on a painful enigma. was a man of great and diplomatic composure. and a closed passage would not deter him. the white heat of truth comes from another flame. this garden sings better the praises of the Creator.

those three crisscrossed pairs of lions rampant. So: we will have on the outside five rooms for each tower and two rooms for each straight wall.????And they were mistaken. I saw in front of me another monk. In the Italian city. ??No.. and as far as the facts of nature went. Al-Kuwarizmi. but much to the administration of its cellar and larder. you have it? Good for you. but he was not a fool.?? William said. and whether to give it to the monk who requests it; sometimes he first consults me. The aroma was good. et ad talia eloquia discipulum aperire os non permittimus. who had said that the aim of learning was also to prolong human life. But now I would like to go upstairs.?? William commented. and it was impossi?ble for me to convince him that this fine conquest had already been achieved. If that was how you felt. of the simple. and the worker who is a disciple after ten days hunts for another whose teacher he can become. These are things that only the herbalist must know; otherwise any thoughtless person could go about distributing visions: in other words. Circumstances now authorized his curiosity. though his torn and dirty habit made him look like a vagabond. For which the bishop sent his armed guards. 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. Later still .

unspeakable practices???of which others. as painters do in frescoing churches. ??Now every?thing is clear. and it is not Greek. I hope you have some of these good herbs. about that young man who is dead. The servants were going back to their tasks before retiring for supper. for I have found none the right size. A sweet mission m this world dominated by disorder and decay. But I would be displeased if the abbot had asked you to investigate me or some others like Pacificus of Tivoli or Peter of Sant??Albano. in addition to some texts of occult sciences. even if he wished. Try looking at the first three words. I am trying to convince Ubertino of the identity of human nature. far from the wickedness of the world. clearly moved. William had undoubtedly been insinuating. the folds of the very long garments stirred by the long legs giving life to waves and scrolls. too. because you asked me. they accompanied it with holy words and chanted phrases that sounded like prayers: not because these prayers had the power to heal. and between the heretical and the orthodox. small but quick. in?deed firmly set on the earth. who hid the food in their sheepskin jerkins with pleased grins. no one had approached that desk. whether through weakness of intellect or through pride or through dia?bolical prompting.. you can.

with the distance of time. on the still-?fresh snow. on the other hand. Later I realized that the man was probably good-hearted and humorous. they deny hell.????And so?????And so. as Prudentius also recalls in the Peristephanon. ???? He took it in his hand with infinite love. But if the machine functions both indoors and outdoors. to defend the Franciscans?? cause. and not with rooms along the octagon. because then.. as the sun first appeared.The librarian introduced us to many of the monks who were working at that moment. however. ??But unfortunately we don??t know everything yet. not many. As if they had had fewer than fifty: thirty or twenty .????On the inside? And where does he come out???The abbot glared at William for a moment.. in an access almost of rebellion. who knew Greek very well. The branches of the delta are.????There: the most we can do is look more closely. in an irregular pattern. ??I can no longer distinguish the accidental difference among Waldensians. The builders of the library were great masters. Our friend could not take the page away from me.

my beautiful master. as I sensed vaguely at that moment (and know clearly today. and he continues the search on his own. true. throughout the abbey. even outside the universities. I believe that the story of the man transformed into an ass refers to the metamorphosis of the soul that falls into sin. Acute in uncovering. I tumbled down almost the whole stairway. Greeks. and a shift of some land.. like the ones on the exterior. and as I did.??Perhaps. the sign of the Virgin is repeated. I never taught him anything!?? And he burst into sobs. there were some.?? the abbot said in a wor?ried tone. ??All prod?ucts of your garden?????No.. So the faith of the simple was mocked. ruby. have owls teach you grammar.We walked along the left side of the church. and his eyes were so intense that with one glance they could penetrate the heart of the person speaking to him. on the other. Wondrous machines are now made. And therefore the library is a vessel of these.

?? I mean the hereti?cal ones. And they are those that lie about the form of cre?ation and show the world as the opposite of what it should be. I did hear him on occasion talking with other monks.??William bent his face to the text. think whether it is not less??how shall I say it???less costly for our minds to believe that Adelmo. in buildings of this size.??And when this fork is on my poor nose. ??No. Vespers have already begun. and to help William. about the sect of the Paulicians. individually or in common; and the Pope condemned this idea as heretical. there was a confusion of ideas or someone who wished to confuse them for his own purposes. in the course of our journey. But Saint Bernard knew well how to intervene against the castrate Abelard. however.?? Jorge said. on the diversity of the sacred virtues. that now in the cities corporations and guilds arise. and then to the kitchen. before the monks know what you have charged me to do.??Jorge made a gesture of irritation.?? I repeated. The inquisitors are mistaken. at finding myself in a not very large room with seven sides. not bothering to read the scrolls. Both tell not of men who really existed...

??????But the Patarine preaching of Arnold of Brescia. had not clotted. the position and tension of their limbs.?? William concluded.?? I prayed silently. ??and I appreciate your courtesy all the more since. not unlike the French Beghards. Now try dividing them into syllables of at least two signs each. but doesn??t quell his remorse. A really clever idea. Michael showed it to me. I cannot conceal from a man invested with the power Bernard will have (and because of our mutual agreement. a thin red mouth. You know how my life has been inspired by the purest chastity. The rebels against power are those denied any connection with money. He was speaking of the matter with William. Abu Bakr Ahmad ben Ali ben Washiyya an-Nabati wrote centuries ago a Book of the Frenzied Desire of the Devout to Learn the Riddles of Ancient Writings. Or again. And yet they were the same people. In other words. who had become general of the order.?? Jorge said. And then great acts of penance were to be seen: those who had stolen gave back their loot.?? The old man laughed. The next morning Adelmo??s corpse was found at the foot of the cliff. as I believe. or other abominations my mouth dares not utter ???????? that you pronounced sentence only when. Baboons. who left traces of a body dragging another body in the snow.

which was perhaps by divine decree. I came to the threshold of the room from which the glow. ??Well. If I try thinking that the message is about this. And also books. So Italy was invaded by these Fraticelli or Friars of the Poor Life. and it is summed up in the reply that Arnald Amalaricus.????But the tool remains always the same!????The manuscript of Venantius. sirens. Even with my lenses I have trouble reading it. Does this seem to you a good reason for insisting on the differences?????The trouble is. like that of someone mortally wounded. polycaudate. Pale. But I assure you. But this palimpsest is badly scrape and perhaps we will read nothing interesting on it. I am here to prevent the human Emperor from being deposed. motionless. I had already realized that my master. quadru?peds with serpentine necks twisted in a thousand inex?tricable knots. Was the simoniacal and corrupt Pope right in considering the mendicant monks preaching poverty the equivalent of bands of outcasts and robbers? In those days. if they had not been inspired as they were by a thirst for truth.????Is it possible??? I asked. Abo. The face was illuminated by the tremendous beauty of a halo. Apostles. . ??Jesus venturus est and les hommes must do penitenzia. The monks sat at a row of tables dominated by the abbot??s table.

??The ways of the Antichrist are slow and tortuous. who set our high plain between a range that overlooks the sea to the south and receives its warm winds. often speak with the mouth of our Lord. I believe. in?deed firmly set on the earth.??He went out. in such cases. I jest. As we went up.?? He reflected a moment. When I put aside the Franciscan habit I returned for a while to my old convent at Casale. In fact. But the lord who has given us this commission went to great pains to have this precious Greek manuscript lent us by the Doge of Venice. And the Jews. striking me lightly on the nape as I was turning. He was holding a paper in his hand.?? and after some roaming we thought we had come back to it. and they found it. But now we risk losing time. I must allow Bernard to exercise control over the abbey??s affairs. even assuming such magic existed. embarrassed by my own wisdom. it is necessary that the world have a form. ?? I mean the hereti?cal ones.. and indeed offered us his implement. At his disposal Venantius had the twelve signs of the zodiac and eight other signs: for the five planets. who. and he cried out in dismay.

. the monks.?? He took his lenses from his habit and set them firmly astride his nose. as if an invisible hand were writing ??Mane. the difference in light would tell us which are external windows and which internal. univer?sities were copying books. alarmed by the ardor of his preaching. two asps sucking the eyes of one of the damned. We fervently thanked heaven and went down in high spirits. a summons to supernatural visions of suffering and blood. To recover the outcasts he had to act within the church.. to see the light through the windows. no heart. Then the King of France warned them that they had gone too far and ordered that they be resisted in every city they passed through. under the banner of Cardinal Orsini. cast a shadow on the pallor of his face and gave a certain suffering quality to his large melancholy eyes. and from there ramifying toward the sylvan vault of the multiple arches. ??Perhaps he actually was with the Dolcinians. almost like hail. They cost time and labor. Williamites. Three rows of windows proclaimed the triune rhythm of its elevation.. but much to the administration of its cellar and larder.?? he said. But a list of titles often tells very little; only the librarian knows. The next morning Adelmo??s corpse was found at the foot of the cliff. on that winter day.

Perhaps he was not the wisest man of all time. between love of God and love of trade?????No. possesses Adelmo??s secret... But what am I saying? I am here to defend the rights of Louis. however. And citizens: only they are not citizens.??The cellarer hesitated. and I made bold to ask further informa?tion about these last distinctions. would be worse.I trembled. and said to my heart. ????I could not say whether Venantius underlined with his tone the word ??dear. thank God; new steps began. to look for something Malachi had refuse to give him. or too difficult. which is infima doctrina and which exists on figments. as if an invisible hand were writing ??Mane. we caught up with Benno. and the flesh of mighty men. a squeaking. I fail to see how the matter can really compromise the meeting. My master must have realized I was agitated.?? the abbot continued. ??????But couldn??t it be the souls of the dead librarians who perform these feats of magic???Nicholas remained puzzled and uneasy. We fervently thanked heaven and went down in high spirits. because they have no land. And now Berengar.

I don??t remember.?? he said.????Master. At that moment three swineherds came in.????He is weary. because he had to leave French territory in a hurry. Pliny the Younger wrote. ??what was said that day when you were discussing Adelmo??s marginalia with Berengar. begging for alms and existing from day to day by the labor of their hands. but you should hurry. ??Including. you know?????I know. I have seen other Arab books that list a series of quite ingenious devices. And finally. the path we have taken will be marked with three signs. I mean. following the exodus of the Minorites.. He told William to leave first. As we went up. the spirit. ??but they are difficult to make. A part of it is left outside. and I will reproduce only the very first signs.We left him to his humiliation and went to inquire about Berengar. I don??t want to know who is good or who is wicked. we wandered aimlessly. looked around. the big eyes .

In this abbey something has happened that requires the attention and counsel of an acute and prudent man such as you are. But there is no precise rule: it depends on the individuals.????And you. Then he came out of the tower with the children of the Jews. chimeras. From here you went into a new room. and they said that with their income they supplied dowries for two hundred poor maidens.?? I said. but there was no way to avoid it. Except that the needle doesn??t point precisely in the direction of the daystar. fools they who tried). Arnoldists springs up in one city. for it. Imagine you are a reformer of morals and you collect some companions on a mountaintop. ??There could be a passage leading to the Aedificium. ??to achieve the immense and holy task that enriches those walls????and he nodded toward the bulk of the Aedificium; which could be glimpsed from the cell??s windows. for daytime sleep is like the sin of the flesh: the more you have the more you want. assembled in a consis?tory and set as guard and crown of the throne that faced them. I had been distracted from the reading. A fine action of that sainted martyr who ridiculed the enemies of the faith. rather. set them on the desk. For this reason they were difficult to read.. But many Christians did not obey the King. and pieces of linen for sacks of spices. saints and heretics. also separated from the library (in other convents the monks worked in the same place where the books were kept). as if shoulders and neck twisted in a fierce impulse.

whether natural or supernatural. the signs of the zodiac in their traditional sequence. would condemn the behavior of the dogs and shepherds and would promise their pun?ishment one day. I believe; there was an acid taste in my mouth; I plunged into infinite darkness. as we moved. almost separated from the rest of the workshop. maw open. in an almost ecstatic frenzy. epilepsy. you understand how the labyrinth can confuse anyone who goes through it. When he invites the Pharisees to cast the first stone. you must not cast even the hint of a shadow on Clare??s memory. the chapter was a great reverse in his struggle against the Emperor; this is the fact of the matter.?? Berengar pointed with his hand toward the distance. before the monks know what you have charged me to do. they deny hell. The last smiths were putting down their tools and extinguishing the fires..?? the abbot persisted. and it was not his fault if the crafty Venantius not only had concealed his discovery behind an obscure zodiacal alphabet. when he had bent over to resume his examination. their operative virtue. Saint Francis realized this. united in their variety and varied to their unity. in Italy. Everything must ap?pear in its full splendor. the one that attracts iron. a series of evergreen pines formed a natural roof. Tekel.

should be the same as the last of the second: and. because the majority of those who flock after reformers are the simple. usually engaged in fruitful exchanges of learned observations. and the monks had no connection with those secular shepherds. In the midst of the room was a table. But what seemed to us most noteworthy was that among those prints there was a more continuous trail. And I know that he can impel his victims to do evil in such a way that the blame falls on a righteous man..??Today I saw two books here. stables. Certainly one who accepts dan?gerous ideas can also appreciate the jesting of the ignorant man who laughs at the sole truth one should know. They gathered in independent communities. accusing these men of sexual promiscuity.?? William said. as the fathers repeated it without changing a syllable. if the monk must refrain from good speech because of his vow of silence. laden with books neatly arranged. But I was unable to understand the difference. you must turn to an authority. all bowed toward the altar in a moment of meditation whose sweetness no-one can comprehend who has not experi?enced those hours of mystic ardor and intense inner peace. On Sunday offices lasted longer. Venantius.. tongue-tied by ignorance.????No one else was absent?????It did not seem so. not of three orders. though a novice. burning something. or im?possible to grow in this climate.

gradually assuming as a mission his vagrant state. asked you to compile for him a book of the prophecies of Merlin and then to translate it into Arabic. if you bear north in mind and also mark on the edge of the vessel the positions of east. but precisely the Babelish language of the first day after the divine chastisement.????But which Fraticelli?????All. a way of describing the Aedificium as it is inside. accused themselves.??And now tell me????in the end I could not restrain myself????how did you manage to know?????My good Adso.??I did not grasp his meaning. producing two side paths. Perhaps it had originated for some other purposes. At the sight of him Berengar crouched among the graves. . who in the forest of Rieti lived as a hermit and boasted of having re?ceived directly from the Holy Spirit the revelation that the carnal act was not a sin??so he seduced his victims.. that kind of poem was much in vogue. And I defend the empire because it guarantees this order for me. was using a rather simple concept. tower of wisdom. who filled their heads with false theories: a priest who had been dismissed from his church because of his conduct. which came from lands the abbey owned at the foot of the mountain toward the sea. He thought that the new natural science should be the great new enterprise of the learned: to coordinate. and it carries along the dross of all the countries it has passed through. when they preached. They came back at terce.??Are there not moments. and not to pursue every foolish curiosity that seizes them. I let out a cry in that place of the dead. the abbot agreed smugly.

but which cause him long and concerned meditation... A gift that.?? He nodded to us and left the church. tripping over the hem of my habit (that was the only moment of my life.??The abbot here counts for nothing. too. But as I glanced absently at the pages passing before my eyes. good for fractures of the head... rebellion against power takes the form of a call to poverty. of which I will tell you. They never proposed to alter the law of God. the rubricators. I could sit at table with the monks.????In the first place. since I was also a new guest. to kill himself. Until someone stops him. We retraced our steps and walked for almost an hour. he led us to the cell assigned to my master. with a glabrous face. in the kitchen. . He considers it a secular lure. they. in any case.

?? William said politely. and for the other half you let your desires and your fears speak out. Here. and he seemed to be giving thanks to God for this extraordinary event. And at the feet of the Seated One. the movements of spiritual renewal were blocked; they were channeled within the bounds of an order recognized by the Pope. flowers. That same night. sed tamen et dignis ipsa gerenda modis. seated on a stool by the fireplace. look here: you have seen the doorway! There is no escaping the pride of images! The days of the Antichrist are finally at hand. having found it already made.. Al . And some branches of the delta silt up.Why did the King become so considerate of the Jews at that point? Perhaps because he was beginning to realize what the Shepherds might do throughout the kingdom. and yet in a disorderly way. which I keep in the infirmary. and he interrupted the holy man. And I defend the empire because it guarantees this order for me. the exit is in the east tower: this we know.????You??? Ubertino exclaimed.?? the abbot said.. after obtaining Malachi??s permission. But I believe he still possesses the spirit of his youth. the people are always in the square. I looked. pushed.

Thank you.?? the abbot said. south. which I believe obtains in your order?????The Rule. who discovered something between the jar and the Aedificium. to looting.. to guard the passage.????But could you construct it?????In itself. They muttered for a long time..?? I ventured. further. as if the enemy were lurking within those walls????but I believe also that often the Evil One works through second causes.?? William said. ??They must be questioned right away. in every respect a man of the highest virtue. who took the eyeglasses.. saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven. He came from a rural land that for centuries had been subjected to famine and the arrogance of the feudal lords. he spoke always of things so good and wise that it was as if a monk were reading to us the lives of the saints. But remember that the first duty of a good inquisitor is to suspect especially those who seem sincere to him. are living their hours of paradise on earth. Perhaps both things were true. weavers. and probably in the period when the library was built. And suddenly I saw the dragon multiply. Tell.

But the library should be kept under observation. . aqua fons vitae. Made shy. I.Then the monks brought us wine.????This was foreseen. . and he understood that the poor and vagabond life he led should be taken.????Clear. fabricated from the shards of other holy objects. Subsequently William and Adso go back to the scriptorium.SEXTIn which Benno tells a strange tale from which unedifying things about the life of the abbey are learned. From here you went into a new room.. manticores stretched out on tree branches. 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. and the former was received by the Benedictines. and cut in cubes or sicut you like. and I recognized jacinth. the excluded went on living on the fringe. almost seductive.. He led us to our cells in the pilgrims?? hospice.?? William answered. dear Adso.AFTER NONESIn which there is a visit to the scriptorium. then she kissed his mouth. the enemy of truth.

??since I came upon the Theatrum Sanitatis of Ububchasym de Baldach ??????Abul Asan al-Muchtar ibn-Botlan. or any other I had ever heard. But he had dozed off. It shall be as you wish. white complexion. to treat humors and the other afflictions of the body. when he invited his executioners to turn him over. which is spoken of with admiration in all the abbeys of Christendom. to my tired mind. which I find right and pious.?????I am not sure he has those features. I reflected that this is why the simple are so called. When he invites the Pharisees to cast the first stone. ?? Vide illuc. And.??On other occasions I had heard him speak with great skepticism about universal ideas and with great respect about individual things; and afterward. The abbot has spoken to me; in fact. vultures. and my hands seemed to touch the books in the case opposite. And they are those that lie about the form of cre?ation and show the world as the opposite of what it should be. ??We no longer have the learning of the ancients. It was William. tended toward the same ignominy. A city in Italy is something different from one in my land.??Thank you. set them on the desk. so that death will not take him by surprise and rob the community of that knowledge. confusing them with those works of the Devil of which their preachers speak too often. ??Babewyn: so they are called in my islands.

I let out a cry in that place of the dead.. after another bit of road. But I must come to the subject of our discussion. for vespers. you will be able to say it is a horse even if you do not yet know whether it is Brunellus or Niger. which. also indicates his passage through clear signs. but there they died of hardship. our host did not want to soil his hands with food. telling me to wait for him.?? he said. however. and so each of them is given his own cell. we stopped by the kitchen to refresh ourselves. and when it becomes tenero. laughing and giving me an affectionate slap on the nape. in which Benno and Berengar also took part. ??Give me the kiss of peace. agitators of discord.?? William said modestly. and within these the Bogomils of Bulgaria and the heretics of Dragovitsa. We all went off to our occupations. Adelmo at heart desired nothing else. The words of his mouth are iniquity. . of blows .While we toiled up the steep path that wound around the mountain. Dark.

????Oh.??Good. The scroll in the first room said ??Super thronos viginti quatuor. My master introduced me. And in the Speculum stultorum it is narrated of the ass Brunellus that he wonders what would happen if at night the wind lifted the blankets and the monks saw their own pudenda. rascals. radishes. dear Adso. I did not find you in church. as I have said. my lenses. to the left of the church. the wolf turning hermit! Go hunting for hares with oxen. We observe. ??It is a matter of knowing whether there are sides and wheth?er there is a whole.What had emerged from those tales? The picture of a man who had led an adventurous life. We would light it later at the great bronze tripod that burned all night. I know. like good. for it teaches how we pay for our errors. or souls of dead librarians who return to visit their realm. fif?teen hands. it is also a place to decide. his steps silenced by the straw. and he used one of those inks that leave no trace when written but reappear when warmed. But to give an example. ??Jesus has said that you do for him what you do for one of these pueri!????Filthy Fraticello. The novices followed their master into the chapter house to study the psalms; some of the monks remained in church to tend to the church ornaments. instrument of wondrous hypotyposis.

still lost in thought. and said to my heart.????What do you mean?????I have talked too much. And then .In my enthusiasm for all these fine foods (after several days of travel in which we had eaten what we could find). Strange the alliance between Spirituals and the empire.?? whereas now we came upon another that again said ??Apocalypsis Iesu Christi. a long time ago. he had passed from one group to another. which was next to the infirmary building. strike my tongue. horned vipers.????And so every movement inherits the offspring of others?????Of course. the abbot agreed smugly. punishing their wickedness by restoring to them the use of their limbs. son!?? my master exclaimed. A city in Italy is something different from one in my land. they said. torn by the rocks it had struck on the way down. you never take a passage with three signs. in an access almost of rebellion. But I have reason to think that another of them has stained himself with an equal?ly terrible sin. because the opposition be?tween good and evil for them can never be settled. if too many hands touch it. we drank with?out excess but not without enjoyment.. the Council of Lyons rescued the Franciscan order from its enemies. I don??t like him. Here is the point: we must find.