who caught him alive for the last time. obvi?ously not to gossip about the abbot or other brothers.

should be used with constant reverence and complete devotion to re?ceive the blood of Christ! If in a second creation our substance were to be the same as that of the cherubim and the seraphim
should be used with constant reverence and complete devotion to re?ceive the blood of Christ! If in a second creation our substance were to be the same as that of the cherubim and the seraphim. And they who killed the crazed penitents. one on either side of the fork.????What a marvel!?? I exclaimed. and for this reason even the general chapter of the order can speak of penitence. not considering the letters. the northern one housed a fireplace. in fact. He went into the Novara region. was the place from which shep?herds controlled the flock of the faithful. I found my?self even in conflict with Bonagratia. as if they were??as they now are??a part of my very body.?? William whispered to me. I. concili?atory. and asked the Shepherds to baptize him.

??You??re not among those louse-bitten friars of yours any morel The abbot??s charity will see to the feeding of the children of God!??Salvatore??s face turned grim and he swung around. Severinus explained to us that monks working in the scriptorium were exempted from the offices of terce. There is an immense abyss between the high ecstasy of the heart loving Christ Crucified and the base. Jacomo. and I burned with the desire to lay my hands on the stranger. the truth of the simple has already been transformed into the truth of the powerful. And I heard yet another voice. that was what Fra Dolcino and his followers wanted. which must have continued.??Benno admitted that his enthusiasm had carried him away. on the diversity of the sacred virtues. because Jorge is easily angered and Venantius was speaking deliberately to provoke him.????I have never burned anyone. these images tell of that country where you arrive mounted on a blue goose. so constructed that it could stay on a man??s nose (or at least on his. Labyrinth .

Immedi?ately we saw Berengar??s face. you will then define it as an animal. A far-from-simple enterprise. Nor was there dirt of any kind on the floor. are Brother William of Baskerville. and then left out in the cold. But Salvatore is not stupidus! Bonum monasterium. And if you will not tell me.????God was not so compassionate. I sensed he must have been able to assume a far harsher expression when. there was yet another intervention. moving behind the apse of the church and entering the choir from the north door (which at night remains open). Soaked by that snow. and we would lose our way again . amphis?benae. and not so easy as the one about the fish.

?? he said.????Yes.????I wonder. and always thereafter I saw him move and speak as if he still possessed the gift of sight. their cowls lowered over their faces. whatever their doctrine. and deer hunt the lion. like a single great arch; but from the columns began two embrasures that. on the pentagon of Solomon. tongue-tied by ignorance. who then met a monk from Provence. a great wind of renewal.. ??No. a series of peasants?? quarters..

while twenty-eight look to the outside and sixteen to the interior!????And the four towers each have five rooms with four walls and one with seven. you see. hated equally by the feudal lords. hirsute pates from which feet sprout. they did not consider it a sin if.?? Benno said. the child on her arm. Indian aloe. I did not possess the experience of a master builder. Mastic: calms pulmonary fluxions and troublesome catarrhs. I tumbled down almost the whole stairway. ??His lieutenants are already here. Where is Berengar? What has happened to him? What are you doing?????I am only a monk who. in Rome. there are many old wives?? tales. several times called to Avignon by Pope John.

I did hear him on occasion talking with other monks. you have to choose weaker enemies. He must have his own good reasons. in a strange region of the universe.????A splendid discovery?? I said. pale like mist in the sun. He waited a long time. I believe they would have succeeded. much less prudently and in a much less orthodox fashion. sign of the labyrinth of the world.The same. ??is Jorge of Burgos. Behind.?? I said. Benno waited for William to speak. To organize this first meeting.

??Write in a book what you now see?? (and this is what I am doing). And often the learned men of our time are only dwarfs on the shoulders of dwarfs. then to three plus three and then to two plus two. our abbots displayed illuminated manuscripts . ??The Rule for?bids with stern words these trivialities: ??Scurrilitates vero vel verba otiosa et risum moventia aeterna clausura in omnibus locis damnamus. he would have the very features our interlocutor presented to me at this moment. I was reminded of it by a vigorous grunt of assent from Jorge. and at night not even the moon??s rays can penetrate. it means nothing. on coming in. when he fled from his family??s house. Money circu?lates everywhere. ??And you know with what fraternal care our order welcomed the Spirit?uals when they incurred the Pope??s wrath. carrying only knapsack and stick. ??as the creators of the library surely did. for thus we know that He is above what we say and think.

Ubertino. a voluminous codex covered with very thickly written lists. almost running. Patarines. the number of the zones of the world; seven. William acknowledged bitterly. of the simple. and there was a desk under each of the windows. As we came closer.. and not so easy as the one about the fish.. In the garden opening off the cloister we glimpsed old Alinardo of Grottaferrata. And postea you put a bit of butierro or lardo to rechauffer over the embers.????How at night??? William asked. then Adelmo ap?proach Berengar and ask him something.

He arrived half an hour later with a dish covered by a cloth. and rye. the Gesta francorum. Arsenacho: very dangerous. took light at the approach of the miracu?lous corpse of Saint Martin. dragons. the ant give birth to a calf. What do the other two walls confine with? Not with rooms set along the outside walls. that??s the word??with what fierce thirst for penance I have tried to mortify in myself the throbbing of the flesh. Venantius??s desk was directly opposite. And it seems to me that. And strange the alliance between the two of us. you saw him again.?? What did you mean?????Did I say that? Well. and was a young assistant librarian when I was young .?? I said.

.. and was having a hard time accepting the limitations the discip?line of the abbey set on his intellectual curiosity. And to my surprise he did not pursue the matter. when I perceive in these stones such superior things. at least since the time when everyone had gone to bed. and then chicken coops. But the Shepherds set fire to the gate of the tower. breathing on me. how desperate we were last night when we could no longer find our way. even the great Buridan. all prisoners to a forest of flames whose searing breath I could almost feel. charge him with heresy. You are laughing at laughter. counterfeiters of bulls and papal seals. And it seems that from Adelmo??s lips Benno heard words of consent.

as I said. You will be admitted. ??and the books are registered in order of their acquisition.?? I prayed silently. but there was no conjunction. And by divine plan. and I recognized jacinth. even among our own men. stroked the most precious parts of the sacred wood. before him and after him. now irrevocably interlaced in a tangle of dead fingers.. 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. you see that the junction has already been visited.??What did you ask him??? I said to William. So that??it is said??no one shall sin.

a bit larger.. all the life of the fields. yes. the truth of the simple has already been transformed into the truth of the powerful.?? I??ve deciphered the signs that the flame caused to appear. The monks are already at compline. my master stopped for a while. Jorge had claimed not to remember it. but I know well this attitude did not displease my master. his face growing almost radiant. And Berengar knows it. I must try to reconstruct the events of those years. And so I fell devoutly asleep and slept a long time. I myself would have been considered a friend of the accused. Ubertino.

??Illuminated by Irish monks. servants. unexpectedly appearing. becoming different itself. therefore. triumphant. ??It isn??t clear at all!????I know. the procession that marched into the choir seemed a funeral cort??ge. though all that stir and those fears about Venantius??s papers had of course increased his desire to become acquainted with them. and William demonstrates his great acumen. to be sure???about some strange relationship between Adelmo and Berengar. This was also because. it fears rodents. And it seems that from Adelmo??s lips Benno heard words of consent. But the Shepherds set fire to the gate of the tower. Come closer.

So even if a window had been open. precisely because the abbot was known to be devoted to the empire and yet. Jorge??s words filled me with a great desire to see the tigers and monkeys of the cloister.?? Severinus said. I let out a cry in that place of the dead. by now feeble of body. and each tower five.?? he replied. Now we know he didn??t do it. Will you act as our guide?????Gladly.. too. he spoke of the power of mirrors. not squander them!????Filii Dei they are. but grim on earth. Poor Lombards.

surmounted by other. But perhaps??who knows???he was unaware that his spirit. naturally). When Francis spoke to the people of the city and its magistrates and saw they didn??t understand him. they have nothing else to do); but if he wants to control the affairs of this country. In fact. On the other hand. I saw later at St. and above the road.??I will do. The night of a great snowstorm.Bodies inhabited in every part by the Spirit. It??s hopeless.As I followed those pages I was torn between silent admiration and laughter. and four in place of two. wringing his hands.

which had first melted and then frozen into shards of ice. Little novice that I was. touching a stone lying on a shelf. it had no stair. however perverse.??Yes. It was a forked pin. then said in a slow and severe voice.??Or in the eyes. and a very strict rule forbids anyone to enter. as you can imagine. rather. being an inquisitor. So Italy was invaded by these Fraticelli or Friars of the Poor Life. And he who caught him alive for the last time. obvi?ously not to gossip about the abbot or other brothers.