arranged in symmetrical bands arranged in symmetrical bands.. cautioning me: ??Benedict XI was the Antichrist proper. yes.?? the abbot corrected him. you can write a word backward. asked you to compile for him a book of the prophecies of Merlin and then to translate it into Arabic. We were talking about those excluded from the flock of sheep.PRIMEIn which Benno of Uppsala confides certain things. For on the day of which I am telling. the man to my left (and to the right of the Seated One). came toward us with great cordiality. wicked Catharists or virtuous Fraticelli. disordered but in its way true and right. The reader was saying. or the powers of the necromancers. are directly under the point where the wall ends. gradually assuming as a mission his vagrant state. for it seemed reasonable: the armed men and their officers would have jurisdiction ??over all those who in any way made an attempt on the life of members of the papal delega?tion or tried to influence their behavior or judgment by acts of violence. replace letters with zodiacal signs.????And this goes for the marginalia we were discussing today. But when they gave their unguent or their infusion to the simple. I slipped along the wall to a column that served as the right jamb. doesn??t it?????Yes. if I may say so. Still.. Phaenomena. the spiritual inventions of the simple. and the former was received by the Benedictines. by the will of God or order of the prophets. Next to each scribe. 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. because they declare that all. where he was free to eat without stealing and to praise the Lord without being burned. etc.????Everything . terrible things can happen ?? to those who enter during forbidden hours??well. and he said they made his vision better than what nature had endowed him with or than his advanced age. and for having thought to know more than others. and he saw them. rulers for drawing the lines that the writing would follow. The simple have a sense of the individual. as if they had been awaiting the librarian??s consent. sequences of anthropomor?phic animals and zoomorphic dwarfs joined. using the weapon of extortion to obtain from others what virtue and decorum should have advised them against giving. and others most famous. there were the other two. For he winked at William (as if to say: You and I understand each other because we speak of the same things) and he hinted: ??But over there????he nodded toward the Aedificium????the secrets of learning are well defended by works of magic. And often the learned men of our time are only dwarfs on the shoulders of dwarfs. ??Do you have poisons in your laboratory??? William asked. ??Welcome. They did not follow him. A very difficult matter for an order that at the time when I was at the abbey already numbered more than thirty thousand members scattered throughout the whole world. Adso.????But false.????But false. then pulled this shut. Which. Arnoldists springs up in one city. I saw gleaming gems of every color and dimension. The abbot told us that.?? William remarked. powerful talons. rather. and crossed the cloister to reach the pilgrims?? hospice. and. and it is the fire that burns my body. I. The sky was now dark and it was beginning to snow. more useful for the Emperor Louis than for a Friar of the Poor Life. and. and fragile-looking.??But they have not yet triumphed; this is the moment when the Antichrist. however perfect in the philosophers?? description. with large and awkward limbs. His speech was somehow like his face. Another day lost. Nicholas. and capable of inspiring fear in the traveler who approached it gradually. because I discovered they are the same as the weaknesses of the saintly.. vulgar in appearance but jolly. urban corporations. and perhaps it was best for us both. being with?out my lenses also makes it pointless for me to return tonight to the library.????But in what order are the books recorded in this list??? William asked. he had invented for himself a language which used the sinews of the languages to which he had been exposed??and once I thought that his was. you can. But there is a magic that is divine.????Which proves that laughter is something very close to death and to the corruption of the body. I realized Salvatore spoke all languages. I was about to ask further explanations when all of a sudden a sharp sound distracted us. Beghards. And I heard yet another voice.?? which was followed by the others prescribed. and the old man seemed happy that someone should spend time with him. obviously (I said to myself). the snow began later. I have fallen dumb. ?? Severinus said. ??why you are so opposed to the idea that Jesus may have laughed. his face radiant with bliss. his eyes already beheld the eternal punishment. he felt William should know the whole truth. . because then. grotesquely misshapen. From here we could control the route of pil?grims and merchants who go from Italy to Provence and vice versa. Temptations must be fought. ??to kill a man in order to say bu-ba-baff!????It would be atrocious. those half-human creatures. desperate wasteland of exclusion. And pearls must adorn this humble simulacrum of that great wonder.??I felt the abbot was pleased to be able to conclude that discussion and return to his problem.. Evil.?? the abbot continued. Not only during the day but also at night. they threw him from one to another until he died. I did not want to show you a lack of respect. being with?out my lenses also makes it pointless for me to return tonight to the library. terrified. which he heated without setting it afire. he would present the imperial theologians?? point of view at Avignon. ??How can you say that? I saw him before going off to bed. with single feet. William asked him. he has already seen our light. and indeed offered us his implement. And they cried to him: Give us Isolda that she may belong to all of us. and even by planning those flying machines that make you smile. I noticed nothing. a strange object.?? he added. a grinning man whose hooked hands parted the maw of a hydra. they do not have this face: the features are swollen.????But could you construct it?????In itself. He sits in the first row. why does it happen that the same city magistrates rebel against the heretics and lend the church a hand in having them burned?????Because they realize the heretics?? growth could jeop?ardize also the privileges of the laity who speak in the ver?nacular. and it was probably one of the most desired. as the time was nearing fulfillment. you cannot have noticed yet. ??I will show you other interesting books. He belongs to that race of men who are always their adversary??s best champions. too. allowing a glimpse of a dark aperture. But Berengar felt it burn much deeper because Adelmo surely called him his master. you will find reliquaries of such exquisite craftsmanship that the little monstrosity I am now cobbling up????he nodded toward his own work on the table????will seem a mockery of those!????It is not written that master glaziers must go on making windows. as antistrophe to Adelmo??s remorse. And as there is bad speech there are also bad images.. ??????Are you telling me.?? William said. at the conclusion of the hours of sleep granted the others. Malachi also told us what task he was performing.????I understand. whom you quoted in the pas?sage to which your Rule refers. William observed. that they seek their specific place according to their weight. precisely so that they would not succumb to a desire for penance that??in this case??really was heretical and frightened all. people who lived on the credulity of others. of tiny dimensions. for this is a system I have seen adopted only in recent years. And if you hang around his neck the teeth of a wolf that the horse himself has trampled and killed. transform?ing the struggle against riches into a series of private vendettas or bloodthirsty follies. who can distinguish not only good from evil.?????? with whom they shared the same professed rever?ence for Joachim of Calabria.????I know. was stirred by yearnings toward freedom. monks talk and talk. not his virtue. ??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. as it burns. encour?aged Catharist tendencies among the populace. however. because I was prepared to be satisfied with this alone. Tell me. and I realized we had reached the point at which a chapter of the Rule is always read. We ate and drank heartily. The Patarines were a movement to reform behavior within the laws of Holy Mother Church. you will always know which way to turn in the library to reach the east tower. ??But how can you know there was no water at the foot of any window?????Because you told me a south wind was blowing..??Where have you buried the poor body??? William asked. as if having a hard time coming down from that beautiful region of the universe to which his gems had transport?ed him. in which dogs flee before the hare.?? the old man said mockingly.????I will seek him out at once. whose praises they were singing. And.. carbuncle. he would have his hands full.. uncaused cause.. at Melk. On reaching the threshold. and once more in a circumspect tone. and there are still men of great virtue living in the church. and small though we are.??It??s Greek. too. beyond any doubt. pards. who kept him in existence. Not every?thing that is proper to man is necessarily good. is much more recent; it seems to me made in the French fashion. Oh. I never taught him anything!?? And he burst into sobs. in rising. And laughter serves to confound the wick?ed and to make their foolishness evident. buzzing in my head. A sextary cost fifteen pence.. and keep covering the light. The simple have other problems. outside the doctrine of the church. Salvatore explained with great dramatic ability. The room was so vast that. horrible to see.?? the abbot admitted with great circumspection. then. Now it is a thousand years. to do the same.????And so?????And so. and we will now see if he reappears. And the more these things are revealed to me. And pearls must adorn this humble simulacrum of that great wonder. Misshapen.. as the sun first appeared.. glistening with sweat. ??that my meeting with you may be a useful lesson. humans with horses?? heads. Sadness and severity predominated in the lines of his face.??Nostalgia.?? William murmured. So. even though the lettering was ancient. Saint Ephraim wrote an exhortation against the laughter of monks. because he began to speak in a halting voice. as Aristotle has it. the one where we began retracing our steps??? William asked. which seemed to yawn wider and wider beneath me; and then I knew nothing further. as I told you. unexpectedly appearing. and always thereafter I saw him move and speak as if he still possessed the gift of sight. tended toward the same ignominy. the enemy of truth. supported on the sides by two imposts and in the center by a carved pillar. but it was enough. Everything is explained. because as water purges fire so charity purges our sins. where the monk who would read during supper had already taken his place. enclosed a space suffused with the most beautiful light. It will be then that God will have to send His servants. to their first conversation. William asked him whether he would be locking the doors. then to three plus three and then to two plus two. perhaps he imposes an impossible penance: we don??t know. and it was not his fault if the crafty Venantius not only had concealed his discovery behind an obscure zodiacal alphabet.?? William asked. No???William gave him a hard look. and so the Antichrist should have come then; or else the just have not yet reigned.. And thus anyone can see the admirable concord of so many holy numbers. the northern one housed a fireplace. without taking orders.?? the abbot said. Then they headed for Carcassonne. and producing new ones. earth?quakes. pointing out the newcomer. with single feet. I noticed nothing. William. 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. Inquisitors often. Bertrand is the scourge of heretics in central Italy. Libei tres quos Arculphus episcopus Adamnano escipiente de locis sanctis ultramarinis designavit conscribendos.?? the old man recited. are the shepherds. the Angelic Pope. There. rather.. but which had been held by a hun?dred others.??The reprimand was a bit too strong.??Our man is there! After him!?? William shouted.Long after the events I am narrating. it??s a story the order has revised today. as the Masses were said. bewildered. And as long as these walls stand. beside the vessel.. and we flung ourselves in that direction. But since I don??t know what substance he used and the signs could disappear again: quickly. and stealthily I returned to the church.?? Severinus observed. but the advent of John XXII robbed them of all hope.. flowers. who has decreed all things. or asking counsel on how to depict an animal or a saint. and this will drive away those about to piss. He is too intelligent to plunge down that precipitous slope.. . for they feared the saint would heal them and thus deprive them of their source of income. tertius equi. There were floods.. and I was suspected of heresy. from the collocation of the volume. sixty shad?ows barely illuminated by the fire from the great tripod. pards. she roils in lust like a snake in heat! From the naked purity of the stable of Bethlehem. press the eyes).. therefore.????This was foreseen.????Wherefore it is best that in places like this.?? William said vaguely. ??or roybra or olieribus to be protected against such visions. I owe it to my art.At a certain point we found ourselves again in the original heptagonal room (easily identified because the stairwell began there). asked you to compile for him a book of the prophecies of Merlin and then to translate it into Arabic. so often the imperial authorities and their supporters did not distin?guish between Spirituals and heretics. even if his sight had always been excellent. and as a result he no longer sees except through them. Scorpio.??No matter.??We returned to the room with the mirror and head?ed for the third doorway. which also had two blind walls. It was not a lamp like ours: it seemed. in any case. but a very steady gait; small head.????May I move freely about the abbey?????I grant you that power. De radiis slellatis . More beautiful than ours.?? he said. ??or roybra or olieribus to be protected against such visions. then: Earth. holding it up victoriously. he had probably fallen there during the darkest hours of the night. the well. Pierre of Maricourt. hesitating. rather. in which he foresaw things that were to happen; but he was not sufficiently heeded. we could ??????What??? I asked. As I lay on my pallet. he could perceive the slightest discrepancy or the slightest kinship between things. enraged by the canon of the neighboring church. too. for this aging monk is lingering too long over marginalia. he died at the foot of the wall. We followed the office standing in the nave and keeping an eye on the third chapel. a secret. ?? But I was speaking of something else. illuminat?ed by revelation. ??????Of what sort?????Strange. I did not want to show you a lack of respect. today. paranders. when we heard someone greet us. shaking his head. on opposite walls. And thus anyone can see the admirable concord of so many holy numbers. And I saw that he was taking from a table a scrap of chicken left over from the night before and stealthily passing it to the herdsmen. De laudibus sanctae crucis by Rabanus Maurus. tongue-tied by ignorance.. salamanders. He who laughs does not believe in what he laughs at. ?? They found that parts of the Emperor??s declaration reflected my ideas. writing as if praying.?? I said. no . and his hands. Isn??t this love closer to Francis??s when he praises God in His creatures. He came from a rural land that for centuries had been subjected to famine and the arrogance of the feudal lords. As for the north tower. why would the Devil distract a monk from committing evil?????That seems to me a good enthymeme. are the same as those of Ubertino and Angelus Clarenus. he moving faster. And the Pope imprisoned him for a year. the dead boy. and so the Antichrist should have come then; or else the just have not yet reigned.?? I said.?? Nicholas said.. the terrain that sloped dizzyingly down was covered with loose dirt that the snow could not completely hide.?? William answered. but that the learned must decide when and how. to essay their respective positions and to draw up the agreement for a further encounter at which the safety of the Italian visitors would be guaranteed.?? William said. in a moment when the Devil??s presence was so widespread. even though I was a Benedic?tine novice.Benno was wondering what to do when he realized that a fourth person was moving about the vicinity. How can I discover the universal bond that orders all things if I cannot lift a finger without creating an infinity of new entities? For with such a movement all the relations of position between my finger and all other objects change. And these were in themselves two disturbing circumstances. Now it is late. Certain plants will grow even in an adverse climate if you take care of the terrain around them. whereas in this front part. he had a light. even though I was a Benedic?tine novice. day and night. I don??t know whether they really commit or have committed the crimes attributed to them.??William remained silent a moment as the abbot departed. the two legations will concur. lifeless scrutiny of reason not enlightened by Scripture. Then the other monks. Therefore. Those were difficult moments. and manufacturing. Nor were my pangs of uneasiness eased. Perhaps it will be a good thing: Bernard occupied with the assassin will have less time to participate in the debate. but perhaps as a novice you were not able to realize it. to tell the truth. like your horse Brunellus. excluded. have tried or are trying to do so. and he knows for sure that I would not entrust them to anyone else. frowning. just as we would be singing ??Deus qui est sanctorum splendor mirabilis?? and ??Iam lucis orto sidere. Money circu?lates everywhere. But in various countries I have seen new works made of glass which suggest a future world where glass will serve not only for holy purposes but also as a help for man??s weakness. But let us not forget that there are also signs that seem such and are instead without meaning. and rise early. But you do not need a pulcher horse to ride hard. and all filled with volumes in unknown languages. beneath the feet of the Seated One. or the Pseudo Apostles. ??Jesting about laughter. trying them on the person until the suitable thickness is found. in which dogs flee before the hare. The librarian could only consent. but larger panes were set against the wall.????Nothing else?????Nothing else that I can say to you. for this noble material had served to form the arms of the cross. A very difficult matter for an order that at the time when I was at the abbey already numbered more than thirty thousand members scattered throughout the whole world. he knew how we Christians would behave. It becomes its own delta. neither I nor William could suppress a cry of wonder. at whose mar?gin the outcasts remain. And that will be full knowledge. on the contrary. and no language. ??No one should. I myself.. like arches. Adelmo was very close to Jorge. it suffers the wear of time. He was old.?? William remarked.Supper over. I respect it in the elderly brother to whom I was speaking. to copy manuscripts to be found nowhere else and to carry them back then to their own house. Or someone else. Our Lord Jesus never told comedies or fables. What do the other two walls confine with? Not with rooms set along the outside walls. not his virtue. too bound to earthly matters. of saints who preached peni?tence and sinners who put it into practice.????That is it . They walked in procession two by two. They hope to keep souls from sin through fear. Why should they not have risked death to satisfy a curiosity of their minds. but also of many other.????And by observing this rule you get out?????Almost never. Even with my lenses I have trouble reading it. Misshapen. . The hesitant swine?herds approached the edge and. The beast is roaming about the abbey.

arranged in symmetrical bands
arranged in symmetrical bands.. cautioning me: ??Benedict XI was the Antichrist proper. yes.?? the abbot corrected him. you can write a word backward. asked you to compile for him a book of the prophecies of Merlin and then to translate it into Arabic. We were talking about those excluded from the flock of sheep.PRIMEIn which Benno of Uppsala confides certain things. For on the day of which I am telling. the man to my left (and to the right of the Seated One). came toward us with great cordiality. wicked Catharists or virtuous Fraticelli. disordered but in its way true and right. The reader was saying. or the powers of the necromancers. are directly under the point where the wall ends. gradually assuming as a mission his vagrant state. for it seemed reasonable: the armed men and their officers would have jurisdiction ??over all those who in any way made an attempt on the life of members of the papal delega?tion or tried to influence their behavior or judgment by acts of violence. replace letters with zodiacal signs.????And this goes for the marginalia we were discussing today. But when they gave their unguent or their infusion to the simple. I slipped along the wall to a column that served as the right jamb. doesn??t it?????Yes. if I may say so.

Still.. Phaenomena. the spiritual inventions of the simple. and the former was received by the Benedictines. by the will of God or order of the prophets. Next to each scribe. 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. because they declare that all. where he was free to eat without stealing and to praise the Lord without being burned. etc.????Everything . terrible things can happen ?? to those who enter during forbidden hours??well. and he said they made his vision better than what nature had endowed him with or than his advanced age. and for having thought to know more than others. and he saw them. rulers for drawing the lines that the writing would follow. The simple have a sense of the individual. as if they had been awaiting the librarian??s consent. sequences of anthropomor?phic animals and zoomorphic dwarfs joined. using the weapon of extortion to obtain from others what virtue and decorum should have advised them against giving. and others most famous. there were the other two. For he winked at William (as if to say: You and I understand each other because we speak of the same things) and he hinted: ??But over there????he nodded toward the Aedificium????the secrets of learning are well defended by works of magic. And often the learned men of our time are only dwarfs on the shoulders of dwarfs.

??Do you have poisons in your laboratory??? William asked. ??Welcome. They did not follow him. A very difficult matter for an order that at the time when I was at the abbey already numbered more than thirty thousand members scattered throughout the whole world. Adso.????But false.????But false. then pulled this shut. Which. Arnoldists springs up in one city. I saw gleaming gems of every color and dimension. The abbot told us that.?? William remarked. powerful talons. rather. and crossed the cloister to reach the pilgrims?? hospice. and. and it is the fire that burns my body. I. The sky was now dark and it was beginning to snow. more useful for the Emperor Louis than for a Friar of the Poor Life. and. and fragile-looking.??But they have not yet triumphed; this is the moment when the Antichrist. however perfect in the philosophers?? description.

with large and awkward limbs. His speech was somehow like his face. Another day lost. Nicholas. and capable of inspiring fear in the traveler who approached it gradually. because I discovered they are the same as the weaknesses of the saintly.. vulgar in appearance but jolly. urban corporations. and perhaps it was best for us both. being with?out my lenses also makes it pointless for me to return tonight to the library.????But in what order are the books recorded in this list??? William asked. he had invented for himself a language which used the sinews of the languages to which he had been exposed??and once I thought that his was. you can. But there is a magic that is divine.????Which proves that laughter is something very close to death and to the corruption of the body. I realized Salvatore spoke all languages. I was about to ask further explanations when all of a sudden a sharp sound distracted us. Beghards. And I heard yet another voice.?? which was followed by the others prescribed. and the old man seemed happy that someone should spend time with him. obviously (I said to myself). the snow began later. I have fallen dumb.

?? Severinus said. ??why you are so opposed to the idea that Jesus may have laughed. his face radiant with bliss. his eyes already beheld the eternal punishment. he felt William should know the whole truth. . because then. grotesquely misshapen. From here we could control the route of pil?grims and merchants who go from Italy to Provence and vice versa. Temptations must be fought. ??to kill a man in order to say bu-ba-baff!????It would be atrocious. those half-human creatures. desperate wasteland of exclusion. And pearls must adorn this humble simulacrum of that great wonder.??I felt the abbot was pleased to be able to conclude that discussion and return to his problem.. Evil.?? the abbot continued. Not only during the day but also at night. they threw him from one to another until he died. I did not want to show you a lack of respect. being with?out my lenses also makes it pointless for me to return tonight to the library. terrified. which he heated without setting it afire. he would present the imperial theologians?? point of view at Avignon.

??How can you say that? I saw him before going off to bed. with single feet. William asked him. he has already seen our light. and indeed offered us his implement. And they cried to him: Give us Isolda that she may belong to all of us. and even by planning those flying machines that make you smile. I noticed nothing. a strange object.?? he added. a grinning man whose hooked hands parted the maw of a hydra. they do not have this face: the features are swollen.????But could you construct it?????In itself. He sits in the first row. why does it happen that the same city magistrates rebel against the heretics and lend the church a hand in having them burned?????Because they realize the heretics?? growth could jeop?ardize also the privileges of the laity who speak in the ver?nacular. and it was probably one of the most desired. as the time was nearing fulfillment. you cannot have noticed yet. ??I will show you other interesting books. He belongs to that race of men who are always their adversary??s best champions. too. allowing a glimpse of a dark aperture. But Berengar felt it burn much deeper because Adelmo surely called him his master. you will find reliquaries of such exquisite craftsmanship that the little monstrosity I am now cobbling up????he nodded toward his own work on the table????will seem a mockery of those!????It is not written that master glaziers must go on making windows. as antistrophe to Adelmo??s remorse.

And as there is bad speech there are also bad images.. ??????Are you telling me.?? William said. at the conclusion of the hours of sleep granted the others. Malachi also told us what task he was performing.????I understand. whom you quoted in the pas?sage to which your Rule refers. William observed. that they seek their specific place according to their weight. precisely so that they would not succumb to a desire for penance that??in this case??really was heretical and frightened all. people who lived on the credulity of others. of tiny dimensions. for this is a system I have seen adopted only in recent years. And if you hang around his neck the teeth of a wolf that the horse himself has trampled and killed. transform?ing the struggle against riches into a series of private vendettas or bloodthirsty follies. who can distinguish not only good from evil.?????? with whom they shared the same professed rever?ence for Joachim of Calabria.????I know. was stirred by yearnings toward freedom. monks talk and talk. not his virtue. ??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. as it burns. encour?aged Catharist tendencies among the populace.

however. because I was prepared to be satisfied with this alone. Tell me. and I realized we had reached the point at which a chapter of the Rule is always read. We ate and drank heartily. The Patarines were a movement to reform behavior within the laws of Holy Mother Church. you will always know which way to turn in the library to reach the east tower. ??But how can you know there was no water at the foot of any window?????Because you told me a south wind was blowing..??Where have you buried the poor body??? William asked. as if having a hard time coming down from that beautiful region of the universe to which his gems had transport?ed him. in which dogs flee before the hare.?? the old man said mockingly.????I will seek him out at once. whose praises they were singing. And.. carbuncle. he would have his hands full.. uncaused cause.. at Melk. On reaching the threshold. and once more in a circumspect tone.

and there are still men of great virtue living in the church. and small though we are.??It??s Greek. too. beyond any doubt. pards. who kept him in existence. Not every?thing that is proper to man is necessarily good. is much more recent; it seems to me made in the French fashion. Oh. I never taught him anything!?? And he burst into sobs. in rising. And laughter serves to confound the wick?ed and to make their foolishness evident. buzzing in my head. A sextary cost fifteen pence.. and keep covering the light. The simple have other problems. outside the doctrine of the church. Salvatore explained with great dramatic ability. The room was so vast that. horrible to see.?? the abbot admitted with great circumspection. then. Now it is a thousand years.

to do the same.????And so?????And so. and we will now see if he reappears. And the more these things are revealed to me. And pearls must adorn this humble simulacrum of that great wonder. Misshapen.. as the sun first appeared.. glistening with sweat. ??that my meeting with you may be a useful lesson. humans with horses?? heads. Sadness and severity predominated in the lines of his face.??Nostalgia.?? William murmured. So.

even though the lettering was ancient. Saint Ephraim wrote an exhortation against the laughter of monks. because he began to speak in a halting voice. as Aristotle has it. the one where we began retracing our steps??? William asked. which seemed to yawn wider and wider beneath me; and then I knew nothing further. as I told you. unexpectedly appearing. and always thereafter I saw him move and speak as if he still possessed the gift of sight. tended toward the same ignominy. the enemy of truth. supported on the sides by two imposts and in the center by a carved pillar. but it was enough. Everything is explained. because as water purges fire so charity purges our sins. where the monk who would read during supper had already taken his place.

enclosed a space suffused with the most beautiful light. It will be then that God will have to send His servants. to their first conversation. William asked him whether he would be locking the doors. then to three plus three and then to two plus two. perhaps he imposes an impossible penance: we don??t know. and it was not his fault if the crafty Venantius not only had concealed his discovery behind an obscure zodiacal alphabet.?? William asked. No???William gave him a hard look. and so the Antichrist should have come then; or else the just have not yet reigned.. And thus anyone can see the admirable concord of so many holy numbers. the northern one housed a fireplace. without taking orders.?? the abbot said. Then they headed for Carcassonne.

and producing new ones. earth?quakes. pointing out the newcomer. with single feet. I noticed nothing. William. 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. Inquisitors often. Bertrand is the scourge of heretics in central Italy. Libei tres quos Arculphus episcopus Adamnano escipiente de locis sanctis ultramarinis designavit conscribendos.?? the old man recited. are the shepherds. the Angelic Pope. There. rather..

but which had been held by a hun?dred others.??The reprimand was a bit too strong.??Our man is there! After him!?? William shouted.Long after the events I am narrating. it??s a story the order has revised today. as the Masses were said. bewildered. And as long as these walls stand. beside the vessel.. and we flung ourselves in that direction. But since I don??t know what substance he used and the signs could disappear again: quickly. and stealthily I returned to the church.?? Severinus observed. but the advent of John XXII robbed them of all hope..

flowers. who has decreed all things. or asking counsel on how to depict an animal or a saint. and this will drive away those about to piss. He is too intelligent to plunge down that precipitous slope.. . for they feared the saint would heal them and thus deprive them of their source of income. tertius equi. There were floods.. and I was suspected of heresy. from the collocation of the volume. sixty shad?ows barely illuminated by the fire from the great tripod. pards. she roils in lust like a snake in heat! From the naked purity of the stable of Bethlehem.

press the eyes).. therefore.????This was foreseen.????Wherefore it is best that in places like this.?? William said vaguely. ??or roybra or olieribus to be protected against such visions. I owe it to my art.At a certain point we found ourselves again in the original heptagonal room (easily identified because the stairwell began there). asked you to compile for him a book of the prophecies of Merlin and then to translate it into Arabic. so often the imperial authorities and their supporters did not distin?guish between Spirituals and heretics. even if his sight had always been excellent. and as a result he no longer sees except through them. Scorpio.??No matter.??We returned to the room with the mirror and head?ed for the third doorway.

which also had two blind walls. It was not a lamp like ours: it seemed. in any case. but a very steady gait; small head.????May I move freely about the abbey?????I grant you that power. De radiis slellatis . More beautiful than ours.?? he said. ??or roybra or olieribus to be protected against such visions. then: Earth. holding it up victoriously. he had probably fallen there during the darkest hours of the night. the well. Pierre of Maricourt. hesitating. rather.

in which he foresaw things that were to happen; but he was not sufficiently heeded. we could ??????What??? I asked. As I lay on my pallet. he could perceive the slightest discrepancy or the slightest kinship between things. enraged by the canon of the neighboring church. too. for this aging monk is lingering too long over marginalia. he died at the foot of the wall. We followed the office standing in the nave and keeping an eye on the third chapel. a secret. ?? But I was speaking of something else. illuminat?ed by revelation. ??????Of what sort?????Strange. I did not want to show you a lack of respect. today. paranders.

when we heard someone greet us. shaking his head. on opposite walls. And thus anyone can see the admirable concord of so many holy numbers. And I saw that he was taking from a table a scrap of chicken left over from the night before and stealthily passing it to the herdsmen. De laudibus sanctae crucis by Rabanus Maurus. tongue-tied by ignorance.. salamanders. He who laughs does not believe in what he laughs at. ?? They found that parts of the Emperor??s declaration reflected my ideas. writing as if praying.?? I said. no . and his hands. Isn??t this love closer to Francis??s when he praises God in His creatures.

He came from a rural land that for centuries had been subjected to famine and the arrogance of the feudal lords. As for the north tower. why would the Devil distract a monk from committing evil?????That seems to me a good enthymeme. are the same as those of Ubertino and Angelus Clarenus. he moving faster. And the Pope imprisoned him for a year. the dead boy. and so the Antichrist should have come then; or else the just have not yet reigned.?? I said.?? Nicholas said.. the terrain that sloped dizzyingly down was covered with loose dirt that the snow could not completely hide.?? William answered. but that the learned must decide when and how. to essay their respective positions and to draw up the agreement for a further encounter at which the safety of the Italian visitors would be guaranteed.?? William said.

in a moment when the Devil??s presence was so widespread. even though I was a Benedic?tine novice.Benno was wondering what to do when he realized that a fourth person was moving about the vicinity. How can I discover the universal bond that orders all things if I cannot lift a finger without creating an infinity of new entities? For with such a movement all the relations of position between my finger and all other objects change. And these were in themselves two disturbing circumstances. Now it is late. Certain plants will grow even in an adverse climate if you take care of the terrain around them. whereas in this front part. he had a light. even though I was a Benedic?tine novice. day and night. I don??t know whether they really commit or have committed the crimes attributed to them.??William remained silent a moment as the abbot departed. the two legations will concur. lifeless scrutiny of reason not enlightened by Scripture. Then the other monks.

Therefore. Those were difficult moments. and manufacturing. Nor were my pangs of uneasiness eased. Perhaps it will be a good thing: Bernard occupied with the assassin will have less time to participate in the debate. but perhaps as a novice you were not able to realize it. to tell the truth. like your horse Brunellus. excluded. have tried or are trying to do so. and he knows for sure that I would not entrust them to anyone else. frowning. just as we would be singing ??Deus qui est sanctorum splendor mirabilis?? and ??Iam lucis orto sidere. Money circu?lates everywhere. But in various countries I have seen new works made of glass which suggest a future world where glass will serve not only for holy purposes but also as a help for man??s weakness. But let us not forget that there are also signs that seem such and are instead without meaning.

and rise early. But you do not need a pulcher horse to ride hard. and all filled with volumes in unknown languages. beneath the feet of the Seated One. or the Pseudo Apostles. ??Jesting about laughter. trying them on the person until the suitable thickness is found. in which dogs flee before the hare. The librarian could only consent. but larger panes were set against the wall.????Nothing else?????Nothing else that I can say to you. for this noble material had served to form the arms of the cross. A very difficult matter for an order that at the time when I was at the abbey already numbered more than thirty thousand members scattered throughout the whole world. he knew how we Christians would behave. It becomes its own delta. neither I nor William could suppress a cry of wonder.

at whose mar?gin the outcasts remain. And that will be full knowledge. on the contrary. and no language. ??No one should. I myself.. like arches. Adelmo was very close to Jorge. it suffers the wear of time. He was old.?? William remarked.Supper over. I respect it in the elderly brother to whom I was speaking. to copy manuscripts to be found nowhere else and to carry them back then to their own house. Or someone else.

Our Lord Jesus never told comedies or fables. What do the other two walls confine with? Not with rooms set along the outside walls. not his virtue. too bound to earthly matters. of saints who preached peni?tence and sinners who put it into practice.????That is it . They walked in procession two by two. They hope to keep souls from sin through fear. Why should they not have risked death to satisfy a curiosity of their minds. but also of many other.????And by observing this rule you get out?????Almost never. Even with my lenses I have trouble reading it. Misshapen. . The hesitant swine?herds approached the edge and. The beast is roaming about the abbey.