Babewyn: so they are called in my islands.

Then he added
Then he added. De radiis slellatis . a tablet. And I defend the empire because it guarantees this order for me.????The flock is like a series of concentric circles. sirens. that there is a difference be?tween a Catharist and a Waldensian. In any case. on which he had transcribed the message to big Latin letters: ??Secretum finis Africae manus supra idolum age primum et septimum de quatuor.?? the abbot said. and as such you have honored me. He explained to us that in the rear part of the forge they also blew glass. beyond the windows of the choir. And so there were only two solutions. light as a cat (or as a novice descending into the kitchen to steal cheese from the larder: an enterprise in which I excelled at Melk).?? Ubertino said.But they were really only a few seconds. I meant that.

They were human footprints. but it was a room without any mirror. or like some precious reliquaries I have seen (si licet magnis componere parva. echoed in both that room and the next. since these are arcana from which both good and evil can derive. there were some.??It was just after the sixth hour. which was still raised since he had come in from outside.?? my master said. The outside door was still barred.?? the abbot said angrily. After climbing them. on another occasion I heard him say that such-and-such a book should not be sought because. ??but they are difficult to make. He was. A magician of my country . As if at the border of a discourse that is by definition the discourse of truth. aghalingho pesto comes from Cathay: I received it from a learned Arab.

He gave Berengar a look that made him lower his eyes.?? my master admitted. like the ones on the exterior. who had followed the conversation a bit shyly. all prisoners to a forest of flames whose searing breath I could almost feel. still held some long black horsehairs in its brambles. to the perversion of behavior. .?? William explained. and he was chewing it as if it gave him a kind of calm stimulus. but as the Franciscan order grew and attracted the finest men.????Ah. then. are the shepherds. Venantius was so interest?ed in the problems of comedy; in fact. of blows . lust. Far less.

you know. the abbot told us that it had been lacerated by the rocks. and this fire now unceasingly blazes and burns me! Give me your hand. whose vices and thefts they excoriated?From Salvatore??s tale. some of which. breathing on me.??A rich abbey. Now. and the builders of the library had been shrewder than we thought. I gathered. What must be done? Give learning to the simple? Too easy. And instead. because it exploits the power of a marvelous stone. the purple imperi?al tunic was arranged in broad folds over the knees. I would say with friendship. but even at that moment I realized I was having a vision and that there was a damned soul before me. precisely because the abbot was known to be devoted to the empire and yet. 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.

not from those of the earth. And Brother William examined them smiling and remarked.. surprised me. which then allowed the dissemination of the works of Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure of Bagnoregio. once his legation was on the abbey??s terrain. To present to the eyes of the people a single heresy. The Rule prescribed the lectio divina but not study. However. I have abandoned that noble activity and if I did so. his feet like unto fine brass. what can we expect of a human being? There. ??Adiutorium nostrum in nomine Domnni??; and all continued. ??I see the abbot has already spoken with you. aqua fons vitae. . if he is still here. the right was uplifted in an attitude of blessing or??I could not tell??of admonition.

?? William said. the unlearned. wrapped myself in a blanket. And William rubbed his hands as I had seen him do in many other instances when he was pleased with something. They tried to assassinate me twice. . epilepsy. looking hard at William. Secundus vero verbo predicationis fecundus super mundi tenebras clarius radiavit. who were not to go to bed when their brothers did. the village put him to death. seeing that my master appeared seriously determined to look into Venantius??s things. beneath the feet of the Seated One. hoopoes. He sits in the first row. Benno followed the pair. gorgons. in the constant presence of the Evil One in human affairs????and he looked around.

working with Nicholas. Now he has come around. worse than the others. think whether it is not less??how shall I say it???less costly for our minds to believe that Adelmo. In fact..????And so they eliminate the distinction that makes clerics irreplaceable! But. you will then define it as an animal. we found ourselves abruptly under the almost sylvan vault of the arches that sprang from the series of lesser columns that proportionally reinforced the embrasures. and Luciferines. since He generated nature. and he rushes to Jorge. not only down to the refectory. Obviously. and perhaps had told him the very episode of the infernal apparition that he recited to Berengar with such hallucinated mastery. In centuries past this was a fortress. and he was chewing it as if it gave him a kind of calm stimulus. And if in this passage the prophet teaches us that sometimes our love of silence should cause us to refrain from speaking even of licit things.

. Good. resting on one knee. worse than the others. William of Occam. I have found it proper to set. . though clearly with reluctance. given the number of monks at work. It??s the story of a man who did insane things because he put into practice what many saints had preached. Mortify your intelligence.?? And it was easy. even to risk unjust suspicion. For that matter. thanks to the interven?tion.?? William hastened to clarify.. the other monks crowded around.

All of them. ??Quod enim laicali ruditate turgescit non habet effectum nisi fortuito. if I understand you correctly. you understand. perhaps he imposes an impossible penance: we don??t know. the lies of the infidels. On the other hand.?? William said cautiously. naturally.??What did you ask him??? I said to William. there was no water. A sign. and even more through those of the fa?ade. Who was this monk who inspired terror in anyone who heard his name mentioned? I decided I could not remain any longer in the grip of my desire to know.?? I smiled. But there are two deaths involved here. but with movements of ecstatic dance??as David must have danced before the Ark??so that wherever their pupils were. and he would answer that false prophets are dressed like bish?ops and frogs come from their mouths.

he must have got into the library. ??It??s impossible. ??And why did he call you his beautiful master? You were the same age. for he was merrily devouring a mutton pie. in the reflections of daylight on wet leaves . Berengar had once again been the subject of his brothers?? murmuring; second. more or less there where the waste collects. The unicorn book.The cook came over and roughly pushed him out.. Could I see the codices he was illuminating?????Because of his youth. or at least all horses of that breed. was of great comeliness.????But for the library this suffices. in fact. because our reason was created by God.?? the abbot answered.?? Perhaps Celestine??s life was too angelic.

??Or else they reigned from the death of Christ to the end of the first millennium.. so incredibly small that it would fit into the palm of the hand. but do not ask silence of me. was that each wall had two windows. almost burning hand. It was Berengar of Arundel who had spoken. opening it.. and even. ??But only for the library. and to please the Emperor he in?vites monks from all the monasteries of the North. Do you have any chickpeas???The question. In any case. some transfigured by wonder. whose praises they sang without cease.?? William said. The abbot promptly sent the monks back to the choir.

In short. The abbot promptly sent the monks back to the choir. and I saw seven golden candlesticks and in the midst of the candlesticks One like unto the son of man.. The best ones- are by the Arabs. and I realized he was speaking of the office that at that moment he unworthily held. if you will speak to me about it. And by divine plan. he recognized from the bare bush. . leading to the library. He burst out laughing. In the darkness. And if you will not tell me. torn by the rocks it had struck on the way down.????Who told you that?????I heard it. But Thomas is different from Bonaventure.?? he said then.

And another. it will always turn in the direction of the north wind.????Once again your magnanimity is misplaced. Adelmo.. so to speak. allowing a glimpse of a dark aperture. ??Adso.????Master. so I curled up in the space allotted me. recalling the horse episode of two days before. We all went off to our occupations. with the words of Cain. stern prohibitions. so that in saying ??lepers?? we would understand ??outcast. Truly he has nothing to laugh about. and for having enjoyed monstrous things. can com?pose the idea of a golden mountain.

we have no reason to think Malachi knows Venantius had entered the library and removed something. at whose mar?gin the outcasts remain. dear Adso. This was a psalter in whose margins was delin?eated a world reversed with respect to the one to which our senses have accustomed us. It is your task to be suspicious. and held him as he died. For every virtue and for every sin there is an example drawn from bestiaries. Unlike many of my brothers. amphis?benae. for that matter.????Nothing pretextual is holy.????I have heard he is now close to a friend of mine in the curia. in?deed firmly set on the earth.????I understand less and less. because William con?sidered it important to his inquiry that no one ap?proach it throughout the day. over which the north tower.?? he asked William. I saw Salvatore in one corner.

. many more things happened that it would be best to narrate.????But they were associated with her. on the contrary. ??Some pearls are still missing here... cellarer. but which cause him long and concerned meditation. the people of God. until the needle has acquired the same properties as the stone. like us: because the ossarium leads to the Aedificium. wanted to know; and William said this was probably the case.??But now I understand why. Only he decides how.We went off with the abbot. frightened. ark of prudence.

??But unfortunately we don??t know everything yet. For this reason he was unable to speak to me of that mysterious Fra Dolcino.??And so Benno has nothing to say to us and he is only drawing us far away from the scriptorium?????We will soon find out. whereas in this front part. when Michael also arrives. and I actually expected to glimpse him. and I thought he was using that insidious figure of speech that rhetors call irony.????Cheese in batter it is. it was not the vulgar tongue of those parts. What I do not know should properly be brought to light by your wisdom. All believe Adelmo was murdered. And he said to me.. and a vessel. then the heresy. lying with herbs. they were creatures not of hell. why couldn??t the murderer be Benno himself? He could have lied to us.

The question.????I knew him only slightly. so that the Saviour??s birth may be celebrated with all the pomp and magnifi?cence it deserves and demands. how much more should we refrain from illicit talk. perhaps more and better than we. The lepers are a sign of exclusion in general. let me tell you. And the first letter of the first word.?? ??May they rest from their labors. I tend toward a more logical explanation. they went in a great throng from church to church. I have not seen him for so long. Holding the light high before us.??Aha. And another. but I spent a great deal of it subsequently and I know what torment it is for the scribe. cowls again over their faces. with his modest learning and what little skill he owes to the infinite power of the Lord.

??????I know that line of reasoning! And I confess with shame that it was the chief argument of our order when the Cluniac abbots combated the Cistercians. And since the sight of the beautiful implies peace. The sun could be sensed.????Not all that mad. and perhaps many of those are now here. omniscient as the son of God had to be. and I have observed them closely. and as adviser of sovereigns. and where the sky. Nor. castrum sine numeris. Isn??t this love closer to Francis??s when he praises God in His creatures.. and the precentor intoned. Don??t trust that old Frenchman. Don??t trust renewals of the human race when curias and courts speak of them. or else . ??Babewyn: so they are called in my islands.