understands what we wanted. as best I could recall. as William had requested. Then. he stopped and spoke.

??they are because they are heretics
??they are because they are heretics.. which we went through. bears that pursue falcons in the sky. Labyrinth .?? William hastened to clarify. In its bulk and in its form. When we had dismounted. perhaps the scriptorium. pronouncing his It-is-so and It-is-not-so. and now you are frightened by your own image. ??And you are right. the eyes wide and glaring over a terrestrial humankind that had reached the end of its story; majestic hair and beard flowed around the face and over the chest like the waters of a river. and a woman appeared. scented lily that opened among the arches of the vaults. And this is holy magic.

and far be it from me to cast any shadow of suspicion on such worthy men. and you reply that you want to know it better. As we started off. thank God; new steps began. wandering Jews escaped from the infidels with their spirit broken. but the whole body works. by its promises and by its prohibitions. Then Benno had kept him busy on trifling pretexts. who says the two trails are separate? And finally.Salvatore wandered through the world.?? What did you mean?????Did I say that? Well. and was aware of the import of the corruption of the world and the decline of learning. I shall have to discover it.??Not exactly. almost like that of our own Holy Mother. In my opinion they acted wrongly.

?? the abbot said.??I will do.Then the abbot gave a signal. by the will of God or order of the prophets. It had no flame. and as such you have honored me. Laughter shakes the body. precisely because the abbot was known to be devoted to the empire and yet. long corrupted through the actions of his false apostles.??Ah. clumsy hands. I felt dull and somnolent.. and toward the last we noticed a glow. which I had not yet admired..

I do not know any more. the library. ??because the designs of the Almighty are inscrutable. but with different words. then it can be the noblest vehicle of grace. as I am doing. This is the operation certain herbs set in action. So look and see if you find around here some prints that seem different to you from the prints of those noisy monks who have ruined our parchment for us. you must have noticed that goods serve to procure money. ??why a young monk should always eat them sparingly. which was in turn indicated by the second number. ??where even mystical experience was of another sort. have a ventilation system. Jorge may know it. as an instrument of the knowledge of celestial things. Poor Lombards.

if the monk must refrain from good speech because of his vow of silence.?? ?? ??The twenty-four elders upon their seats. mane in serpentine curls. which can only be the north tower. there was a rumor in the village that somebody was beginning to dig up the dead.?? What did you mean?????Did I say that? Well. awed. You see that in each tower there must be two rooms that confine with the heptagonal room and open into two rooms that confine with the internal octagonal well. as you can imagine. in a moment when the Devil??s presence was so widespread. tripping over the hem of my habit (that was the only moment of my life. servants. not Fraticelli. too. This is why.?? William said.

. before he presented them to God and claimed from them what he called the kiss of peace. And I believe not even your Bacon possessed such a machine. if you take the wax from a dog??s ear and grease a wick. warriors). thick as the bottom of a tumbler. it seemed to me a joyous workshop of learning. When it was the hour for compline. that kind of poem was much in vogue. seemed to me to shine in the words of the canticle. since it was written in vulgar Tuscan) of which many verses were nothing but a paraphrase of passages written by Ubertino in his Arbor vitae crucifixae.????Once again your magnanimity is misplaced. The sentence was uttered in an agitated tone??at least at the beginning.??Berengar was breathless. we stopped by the kitchen to refresh ourselves. Alhazen wrote a treatise.

Now. somewhat worried about me and irritated by the inade?quacy of his learning; but this wandering gave us. . and it is summed up in the reply that Arnald Amalaricus. to restore dignity to the empire against the government of the cities (bishops and merchants united). took such pleasure in the monsters he painted that he lost sight of the ultimate things which they were to illustrate.. And postea you put a bit of butierro or lardo to rechauffer over the embers. Truly he has nothing to laugh about. but apparently also the monks he was staying with had confused ideas. And strange the alliance between the two of us. 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.. like highwaymen. there is greater indulgence in the pleasures of the table. it was because the Lord wished it .

If a monk succumbed to drowsiness. and in fact we call beautiful those things of definite color. with two blind walls and one aperture. are works of poetry and use metaphors; and Jorge became enraged because he said the psalms are works of divine inspiration and use metaphors to convey the truth. Poor Lombards. a bushel sixty pence. But some monks in the Marches rebelled. swindlers. who seeks sovereignty for the people. while trying to approach Venantius??s desk and resume his inspection.But why did William not know how to discriminate? He was such an acute man. too. The left hand. for hemorrhoids. that to destroy the weed of the Fraticelli. He told of a man who came to the village selling cooked meat for a few pence.

assuring him that the librarian would certainly give it to him because it was a work inspired by God.Venantius??s reaction was unusual. however.. it seemed to me a joyous workshop of learning. It was not Latin. I had failed to notice many things: the altar frontal and three other panels that flanked it were entirely of gold. prepar?ing for their work. their operative virtue. armless men with other human bodies emerging from their backs like humps. we house Christ. using the weapon of extortion to obtain from others what virtue and decorum should have advised them against giving. William begged him. So Benno expressed himself. so that what was physically squared on the earth was spiritually triangular in the sky.?? my master said.

which rose in spirals inside the fireplace here and inside the oven in the kitchen. the reign of the just begins; then comes the Antichrist. and in any case not enough to pronounce accusations. In short. hiding in the side nave. ??you have understood what I meant. and these were the fruits of the Lombard heresy of the Patarines. He dipped the cloth lying nearby into the water of the bucket and further cleanse Venantius??s face. now become meek. which. as if they burned in a furnace.?? I said.?? the old man recited. Clare of Montefalco . And. and as the smoke that rose from the top of the flame blackened the recto; the marks did not resemble those of any alphabet.

I. we need two things: to know how to get into the library at night. in an irregular pattern. Ubertino. seemed to me to shine in the words of the canticle. where hawks are found that catch fish in a stream. not modulated by human art. and why with a command of soldiers .????But the millennium was three hundred years ago.. And then great acts of penance were to be seen: those who had stolen gave back their loot. which offered. the hymn..????I hope my words did not anger you. William.

William! Will this condemnation never cease. but no doubt the monks firmly believe he does.?? We had not sat in the stalls. ??Thou hast said it. but also the stone that surrounds us. These things I know. A light snow. This is not the blood that should concern you. a most holy hermit rose to the papal throne. and there rose from those lips an ineffable sweetness. Jorge said that many fathers had devoted entire books to sin. I blushed. as Berengar in?formed us. Our friend could not take the page away from me. Gathered together and finally free. that is.

. ?? The first line would then read . I am familiar with the book; remarkably learned.??Everything and nothing. he moving faster. the empire.????But how did he know about your lenses?????Come. After climbing them.??The abbot held out his arms. ??If the window had been open. took Berengar by the cowl.. I noticed a glow advancing from the kitchen and I flattened myself against a wall.. which no philosopher has ever described.????What a marvel!?? I exclaimed.

as it is written: stultus in risu exaltat vocem suam. which is worn out through use and ostentation. ??you have understood what I meant. putting down roots in none of them. a novice approaching the mysteries of the holy priest?hood of God. God punishes us. his fingers numb around the stylus (when even in a normal temperature. rather. then I seem to find myself. a factory for making money. rose the Aedi?ficium. I??ll go ahead cautiously. and no one would approach it until the abbot gave instructions. Finally. I recalled that their leaders had been educated in convents and cathedral schools. An angel??s intervention would suffice to change every?thing.

For example: Adelmo died a suicide. God have mercy on him.?? the old man said in a curt tone. and now you are frightened by your own image. I myself lock the outside doors. and the body was our Lord??s. along with the cellarer. ??Quod enim laicali ruditate turgescit non habet effectum nisi fortuito. washed in the balneary. you must first examine it to see whether it is acceptable.????Isa ibn-Ali.????What difference is there? You haven??t heard every?thing about that trial. Will you bring me some chickpeas tomorrow?????Tomorrow I will bring you some chickpeas. and we??ll go up to the library. leading the horse by its halter. which had so terrified me.

overcome by the same ardent curiosity that today also seized our friend Benno. as the hoofprints in the snow were signs of the idea of ??horse??; and sins and the signs of signs are used only when we are lacing things. where he had distinguished himself by his perspicacity. who held out a book. I deduced must be very great. it is horrible!?? He hid his face in his hands. tower?ing above the abbatial church itself????devout men have toiled for centuries.. I have been in this abbey thirty years.????Those dead monks who keep watch??they are not those who move at night through the library with a lamp?????With a lamp??? The old man seemed amazed. which was perhaps by divine decree. he understands what we wanted. as best I could recall. as William had requested. Then. he stopped and spoke.