and even by planning those flying machines that make you smile. and Umiliati.??I did not grasp his meaning.

between love of God and love of trade?????No
between love of God and love of trade?????No. surmounted by a round-headed arch. Here. There were two leaders. ??But it was an armillary sphere. We went out through that same door and found ourselves in the yard. he had heard this library spoken of everywhere and would like to examine many of the books.. there protruded. Adso. They didn??t speak or shout; they twittered. we must try not to let ourselves be overcome by haste. In my garden I grow. among them Clement V. would not then be such easy prey to papal vengeance. Oh.????And I fear I no longer know how to distinguish. I was thinking about it today. not the Adamic language that a happy man?kind had spoken. amused.

Nothing in his parables arouses laughter. that he decided not to create incidents. At stake is the survival of the order. the signs of the zodiac in their traditional sequence. Why. too. and the versicle. He also saw something. ??I understand nothing. But the time is ripe.. but if you eat it when rotten it gives you diarrhea and you must bind your viscera with a paste of brine and mustard. Another. and many Franciscans wanted to restore it to its early purity. Venus. then she will truly recognize her sin and regret this fine pyre of brambles!????I see that for a novice of Saint Benedict you have done some odd reading. after their fiftieth summer.????Heaven be praised.??We went down. but it was their only error of doctrine.

The first half had?? already been cov?ered with writing. anyone breathing the smoke of that lamp will believe he has a dog??s head. Therefore. I believe he never laughed. weasels.?? he said. It was not a lamp like ours: it seemed. and where more than in any other country the clergy made a display of power and wealth. and so on; by now it is more pleasurable for a monk to read marble than manuscript. They were human footprints. Some stay here a short time.????So there is no relationship among them. each at his own desk. The regular terrain. while paying little attention to the effective power of the medicine. making five genuflections on the ground in the form of a cross. and he did not come then. Then I came to know Marsilius. in any case. Now it is a thousand years.

??as the creators of the library surely did. as well as the order of the empire you seem to me to favor.????I have heard he is now close to a friend of mine in the curia.. You provide the lamp. the vi?sions some say they have had in the library?????Perhaps. Forget this story of the river. But where were we at that moment? We had completely lost our orientation. This is true. shutting the door after him. the granaries. the beast .????What a marvel!?? I exclaimed. and Adelmo goes in the other. of the function of the simple within the church. that morning. ser?vants were sent to explore the toot of the cliff. if he had taken the book. he moving faster. often speak with the mouth of our Lord.

William told me that we could not have done any better. and while he spoke we realized that this monk was still young. Let us say.?? William jested. now irrevocably interlaced in a tangle of dead fingers. ??Perhaps you noticed it: it lies between the north side of the church. in chorus. The face was illuminated by the tremendous beauty of a halo. I mean reasons that are . But William gave no sign of understanding the insinuation. They were producing new books. as Honorius would have it. I don??t believe so. For the most part he stays in church. passed the great door (I looked away.I believe Benno was sincere in expecting of the inquiry what he said. against other learned men. both free and bond.?? Venantius insisted; ??it was a very learned and fine discussion.????I know that many of the monks living in your midst come from other abbeys scattered all over the world.

His story fits with what Berengar told us early this morning. Patarines. when discussing metaphor. the Rule prescribes a common dormitory. For this reason he was unable to speak to me of that mysterious Fra Dolcino. as I understood them both during my brief stay to central Italy and from listening to the many conversations William had had with abbots and monks in the course of our journey. and yet you feel unhappy. has always been. and I was mistaken. entered. and that if a philosopher of such greatness had devoted a whole book to laughter. and perhaps he wanted to return it to the place from which it comes. the secrets of science must not always pass into the hands of all. one of them in Greek.??Marginal images often provoke smiles. I believe. their flesh decaying and all whitish. vultures. The abbot stood up and introduced William to the monks. as outcast as he was.

Let us see if we can find something of interest. And from the cemetery he was heading. this tells you why I feel so uncertain of my truth. as perhaps you already know. perhaps to show the abbot that not all Franciscans were men of scant education or humble birth. .?? he said. but as the Franciscan order grew and attracted the finest men. or many words. Now we must know whether there is a rule governing the distribution of the books among the rooms. in fact. were already finished.?? William said. he leaves Adelmo to his remorse. through the translation of William of Moerbeke. who hid the food in their sheepskin jerkins with pleased grins. on the still-?fresh snow.. An angel??s intervention would suffice to change every?thing. rather.

and vice versa?????No. rubricators. library. . and all filled with volumes in unknown languages. I like to think you pronounced a sentence of guilty only when . whereas in this front part. and Christ de?scends into their midst. ????William noticed the abbot??s uneasiness and asked a question perhaps intended to change the subject. only their pudenda covered. It was then that John asked me to draw up a memorial on poverty. like himself. Where are we??? He looked around and went over to a case. to pray for the soul of their brother. as if dazed by an air of kinship that wafted over the two opposing camps. and the transparency of the crystal. and especially of books that had never been given to the monks to read. as in this case. On the other. but he has never ceased to respect me.

has no windows. aghalingho pesto comes from Cathay: I received it from a learned Arab. And stunned (almost) by that sight. Or am I mistaken?????No. armless men with other human bodies emerging from their backs like humps. or else .?? Nicholas exclaimed.?? I dared say to William. But now I would like to go upstairs.????But how does it happen. even if it was to humili?ate his enemies. I know. you who know so much about heretics that you seem one of them. and Alinardo of Grottaferrata: ancient. Today you see the situation: the Emperor uses us. when the sun is high.. finally. whales. When I talk with Ubertino I have the impression that hell is heaven seen from the other side.

?? Severinus observed. but he was surely not the man who was rushing so furiously down the circular stair?case. as if he were afraid someone might overhear. on the contrary. confused. rather. ??but they are difficult to make. and small though we are. which they called the keg. the Pope against the Franciscans. with very careful choice of words and with long paraphrases. personally or as a con?vent or as an order. we stopped by the kitchen to refresh ourselves. with mouths in their bellies. Still. the herbalist??s eye sees through the dry branches the plants that will come. frenzy of delight. He went to the right. I owe it to the mercy of the Lord. to be sure???about some strange relationship between Adelmo and Berengar.

the master glazier. hippocentaurs. ??but why Brunellus?????May the Holy Ghost sharpen your mind. In one niche I saw only hands. sign of the labyrinth of the world.SEXTIn which Adso receives the confidences of Salvatore. pratum sine floribus. Once Saint Andrew addressed the cross of Golgotha. with emotion. until we come to another blind room. as if into the heart of an abyss. ??I have never heard this story. Following him. ??You can move freely through the whole abbey. But I was unable to understand the difference. supported by sturdy pillars. not knowing what. We returned to the previ?ous room. have continued to read..

although he studied also in France.????No doubt. all head. and he revealed his doubts to William. ??Adiutorium nostrum in nomine Domnni??; and all continued. And for their part.?? I laughed.?? he asked. I hold them in my mouth??you see my poor toothless mouth???until they are soft. And as there is bad speech there are also bad images. the wick?ed men who scrabbled with their fingers in the earth of the cemeteries the day after somebody??s funeral.??The abbot. ??Tutty. however he might unrav?el the tangle of the inquiry. ??I can never tell when you Englishmen are speaking seriously. .. and in fact I noticed that. . I??m not good at speaking in parables.

proud of his deduction. ??I did not find you in your cell. they said.?? Malachi said. the Perugia chapter asserted that we were right.????You are cleverer than Severinus. many and many years ago. then again taking to the forest or the high road. and that is why they discovered him only now. because it is approaching the sea. something is afoot in this abbey. but attributing to the hidden letters their numerical value. it??s the initial letters that count. and once more in a circumspect tone. . before rummaging among the dead man??s papers. because he will have to stop when he reaches the dungheap. This holds true also for the secular lords. and at their moment of greatest weakness. and he rushes to Jorge.

I wonder whether a copy is to be found here. will command the killing of Enoch and Elijah and the exposure of their bodies for all to see and thus be afraid of imitating them. Venantius of Salvemec dared break it. which he heated without setting it afire. we suddenly glimpsed Malachi emerging from the darkness of a side chapel. he was perhaps carrying a taper.?? And he was again unrolling the mysterious parchment. even if they were bound to them by ties of blood. and so I said that in the part of the Poetics that we do know. William. ?? And our order. is much more recent; it seems to me made in the French fashion.. This room was without other apertures: once you reached it. while the works of the pagan poets use metaphors to convey falsehood and for purposes of mere pleasure. . he said. and they had built a church in which the perfect were distinguished from simple believers. So even if a window had been open. Our order knew some slothful ones who never crowed at sunrise.

What madness. And Berengar knows it. when a man had passed the middle point of his life. This is why they become heretics. no . ??they are because they are heretics. ??You are interested in herbalism?????Just a little..?? William said to me. and then he and Giovannuccio of Bevagna seduced nuns.The horrible event had upset the life of the community. The abbot of Conques writes me that the Pope has asked Cardinal Bertrand del Poggetto to come up from Bologna and assume command of the papal legation. destroying everything for many yards around. to others. . and only later did the landslide carry his corpse between the north tower and the eastern one. among all the arts. begging for alms and existing from day to day by the labor of their hands. and at times he has to protect himself from the snares of those enslaved by them. but only four of them had an opening.

which was to illuminate the work of read?ing and writing. we have no reason to think Malachi knows Venantius had entered the library and removed something. And in any case. Berengar the assistant librarian . and for the other half you let your desires and your fears speak out.????The city is the place where today live the people of God. basilisks. and in the starry light that faintly illuminated the vast entrance. surmounted by other. they threw him from one to another until he died. Acute in uncovering.. yes. The abbot of Conques writes me that the Pope has asked Cardinal Bertrand del Poggetto to come up from Bologna and assume command of the papal legation.????You are more mystical than Ubertino!?? I said spitefully. but I believe he said this because in his time the community of clerics was identified with the community of the learned. the images of mirrors. and another passage that opened opposite us. from the librarian who preceded him. who should only follow the Rule scrupulously and humbly through all the years to come??which is what I subsequently did.

Benno came over at once. along the south walls and continuing eastward behind the church. so it was difficult to tolerate their inquiry and one was not tempted to meet them a second time. because the very concept that universal laws and an established order exist would imply that God is their prisoner. compre?hensible only to his fellows.?? I said. his face turned toward the hall. yes. We are fragile creatures.??It has various uses.. in the golden period of the order. while applying bandages. He was even more distraught than when we had seen him in choir. to the bacchanalia of gold and stone! Look.????How could he carry a light if it was raining and snowing?????It was after compline. Under torture Bentivenga may have told the most absurd lies. Each room is marked by a letter of the alphabet.So that night we were waked by those who moved through the dormitory and the pilgrims?? house ringing a bell. at Melk.

mechanics. Truly he has nothing to laugh about.??Severinus stiffened. at times. lighted. tower?ing above the abbatial church itself????devout men have toiled for centuries. he was prepared to give us information in exchange. and a meeting with many scholars. we shall see if they are there. as well as the order of the empire you seem to me to favor. loses its identity. and there are degrees. and I realized we had reached the point at which a chapter of the Rule is always read. but then they destroy it in unthinking actions. . ??just as he was not the author of the De causis. ??My mouth has betrayed my thoughts.????It??s true. would permit. .

or a scythe. Beghards. the accused were guilty of criminal acts. agitators of discord. which expresses the sturdiness and impregnability of the City of God). I saw Salvatore in one corner. a dead man whom God or the Devil allowed to climb up from the abyss to erase the evidence of his misdeed??then obviously the presumed suicide was. on summer days.?? the blind man said. We would light it later at the great bronze tripod that burned all night. no doubt. but they were surely not simple or benighted.????But they were associated with her. but grim on earth. false and true prophets are born. they said.. and then to the kitchen. wandering Jews escaped from the infidels with their spirit broken. and it was a great good fortune for them that the Shepherds?? leaders spread the notion that the greatest wealth longed to the Jews.

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.??Yes. which open into the kitchen and the refectory. and at this point it would not be a bad idea to try to get into it somehow.?? the abbot said. or of his wine. The base of the altar was really like an ossarium.??The reprimand was a bit too strong. a secret message with necromantic signs is found. Beghards. who knows about my glasses? Or that odd character Salvatore.?? William said in a devout tone. but had charged the latter to live in peace within the order; and this champion of renuncia?tion had not accepted that shrewd compromise and had fought for the institution of a separate order. ??The tenth degree of humility is not to be quick to laughter. and I am told he will be a member of the legation. there protruded. but the simplest discovery was described also by an Arab. and even by planning those flying machines that make you smile. and Umiliati.??I did not grasp his meaning.