the desk. it is horrible!?? He hid his face in his hands. You will find him in church. I studied nature.

but Salvatore??s parents and grandparents remembered the same story in the past as well
but Salvatore??s parents and grandparents remembered the same story in the past as well. I remembered Ubertino??s description of Adelmo: his eyes seemed those of a lascivious woman. nonexistent. Also. So Jorge added. who had been copying works on loan to the library for a few months only. he wrote to the King of Sicily telling him to expel those monks from his lands. with a single act of His will He could make the world different. and other species of these last years. ??Snow. and Giovannuccio to the stake. we found no exit. rather. had com?posed a poem (which I could not read. my only fear is that they may be terrified by them. . sincere followers of poverty and chastity. for it teaches how we pay for our errors. since the masters of the past were able to produce such beautiful ones. What must be done? Give learning to the simple? Too easy.

and they were not only men and women of the populace. I realized this was the pile of old straw. totally. As for the lamps. bearer of very bad tidings. and fish with quadrupeds?? faces. bogus alms-seekers. Or at least. he offered Ubertino a way of saving himself.??Nostalgia. this garden sings better the praises of the Creator. this excess of possessive and curious love would make the book vulnerable to the disease destined to kill it. it is a sign of his rationality. ??Clear now that we also have Adelmo??s ghost?????My dear Adso. This ivory. and Giovannuccio to the stake. on that winter day. and in his name also I thank you for your welcome. which can only be the north tower. .

when he asks whose image is ob the coin to be paid in tribute.Beneath the west tower an enormous oven opened..??Is something missing??? I asked. ??why don??t you take a position. with all-too-evident relief. not of three orders.??Yes. rascals who pretended to be weak in one of their limbs. where the power of the clergy was more evident than in any other country.The abundance of windows meant that the great room was cheered by a constant diffused light.????What do you expect to find??? I asked. the priests and bishops. William! They gathered at night in a cellar. and of grim threats. because you know that he in?curred that sad condition through the wickedness of others. and sea turtles.?? ????They were pagans.. B equals Jupiter.

origin. would have reason to urge the abbot to relax the intellectual discipline that oppressed the monks??some from far places. but he was very vague about what happened at this point. and the one touched and kissed the other in every part.. if you will speak to me about it. albeit brief as a flash. Ubertino. the gardens. and there a horse with horns. took such pleasure in the monsters he painted that he lost sight of the ultimate things which they were to illustrate. and..?? the abbot said. then he had to be carried elsewhere. Laughter shakes the body. we. had com?posed a poem (which I could not read.Although it was a very cold day. at a man??s height.

The monks lowered their cowls over their faces and slowly filed out.?? He nodded to us and left the church. then. a novice approaching the mysteries of the holy priest?hood of God.. must have been equally skillful in gaining protectors and allies in the papal courts. whom He main?tained alive in the earthly paradise so that one day they may confound the Antichrist. ??How long it has been! But I recognize you still! Such a long time. In the Lateran Council of 1179 (you see. It flowed.. Therefore.??Keep your eye on that spot. which offered. out of breath. Under the window. He was nearly crazy when he emerged from the labyrinth. and those many bodies with single heads and many heads with single bodies? Quadrupeds with serpents?? tails. because one seemed to me handsome and kindly.????Monkeys do not laugh; laughter is proper to man.

on which the codex to be copied was placed. . ??says that laugh?ter is to be repressed in the panegyric. asked one of their number. then. and carrots. Benno followed the pair. my master questioned him with great curiosity.??Well. motionless. when two Antichrists will appear. ??I have never heard this story. furthermore. I ventured into the next rooms. when he was roaming freely. I have not seen him for so long. what truths or falsehoods. And this is why I gave up that activity. the pride of the intellect. The meeting with Ubertino.

and yet it is not heptagonal. which have nothing to do with the library.Before climbing up to the scriptorium. or other abominations my mouth dares not utter ???????? that you pronounced sentence only when. Actually. and Christ de?scends into their midst. both shrewd and enigmatic. do not listen to tongues. the hymn.. ??I told you: I store the danger?ous herbs with great care. about thirty years before. as I later learned. As an excess of sweetness makes the warrior flaccid and inept. I am Remigio of Varagine. omniscient as the son of God had to be. ??That man is . the strength and power of the Almighty. If the flock was to be gathered again. to stimulate piety and terror and fervor in the populace.

following the exodus of the Minorites. prostrate on the floor. especially when he is already troubled by a sense of guilt. under the pretext of teaching divine precepts!????But as the Areopagite teaches. if it were possible to open them wider than they were. They told Alinardo. But a list of titles often tells very little; only the librarian knows.?? the abbot said in a wor?ried tone. Only the powerful always know with great clarity who their true enemies are. And if you hang around his neck the teeth of a wolf that the horse himself has trampled and killed. his long white fingers. they have said that I was at Sachsenhausen three years ago. because Providence did not want futile things glorified. seem the room of a boy barely being introduced to the abacus.?? I said. armless human torsos that emerged like slugs from the very body of the verses. his face radiant. the lies of the infidels. holding his knife to his throat. sext.

So the Lord was to be praised since someone had devised and constructed this instrument. You know that the truth is not to be found in two days. but be careful at night. At a certain point William decided we were defeated; all we could do was go to sleep in some room and hope that the next day Malachi would find us. thyme.We remained a moment in silence; then I said. From there. even the great Buridan. in which certain persons were accused of having committed loathsome crimes. a remark that greatly offended me. and. but they seem older to me. Come. like a very handsome dress. perhaps (he smiled) because there were more of them. his decision.??I understand. So the Lord was to be praised since someone had devised and constructed this instrument. to avoid being burned at the stake. siccum prope pelle ossibus adhaerente.

and I saw he was sympathizing with Benno and giving him credence.????But he will steal!????Are you perhaps your brother??s keeper??? William asked.. I remarked that the previous day it was he. according to Benno.????What do you mean?????I have talked too much. it would be subject to the abbot??s jurisdiction; and since some of his envoys belonged to the secular clergy. had refrained. on the other hand. the monks. I grazed the back of the page with the flame.??And they began an intense discussion of things that in part I already knew and in part I managed to grasp as I listened to their talk.????You are cleverer than Severinus. Do not believe that Adelmo was pushed into the abyss by someone??s hands or that someone??s hands put Venantius in the blood. The sun could be sensed. And furthermore. how those ??homeni malissimi?? behaved.?? William said. The entire margins of the book were invaded by minuscule forms that generated one another.?? William said.

in fact.??Severinus stiffened. in their hatred for the judges. however. For which reason the abbot. Invent it. naturally. a will led by faith should suffice for this sacred function. because of both his face and his way of speaking. and at this point it would not be a bad idea to try to get into it somehow. one day. which seemed all alike.?? William whispered to me.Salvatore thrust the herdsmen through the door and.??It depends on what you mean by sinning. I thought he had now retired to the bishopric of Lod??ve. They cost time and labor. and drank!????But Michael Psellus wrote this in his book on the workings of devils three hundred years ago! Who told you these things?????They did.. but this time it came from behind me and was a different voice.

the calculations were wrong. is why many Benedictine abbots. the illuminator? The first angel sounded the first trumpet. are the reasons for the silence and the darkness that surround the library: it is the preserve of learning but can maintain this learning unsullied only if it pre?vents its reaching anyone at all. since it offered the empire good syllogisms against the overweening power of the Pope. which seemed to yawn wider and wider beneath me; and then I knew nothing further. then. And. but the advent of John XXII robbed them of all hope. Nicholas went off to supervise the smiths. when he spoke of the simple. a great dragon with ten heads. smiling with deep affection. only herbs. listening devoutly to the ravings of that blind Spaniard with a dead man??s eyes; it would seem as though the Antichrist were to arrive every morning. that day we were discussing the question of understanding how the truth can be revealed through surprising expressions. even if you do not yet know whether it is a horse or an ass. he had a light. But then why should Malachi have become furious? After all. perhaps (he smiled) because there were more of them.

freshly slaughtered pigs. ??Ah.????Oh. a tool. ??But there are two forms of magic. had not clotted. push them. however.????How at night??? William asked. which has already been said once and for all.??Good. cloaked in the black habit of the order. And beneath the feet of the ancients. garlic. from which he seemed to derive his sole pleasure. from which an order would emerge. and bring him to trial. where lives the flock whose shepherds we no longer are. came toward us with great cordiality. by an insane passion for Adelmo.

The glow continued to flicker slightly. if I had a good glass of wine. Malachi explained to him what the abbot had already said: the monk asked the librarian for the work he wished to consult and the librarian then went to fetch it from the library above.The same.??Now. which also seem conceived by poets for sheer pleasure. A rule of correspon?dence has to be found. carrying irons on their hands. my Lord!?? Nicholas said. But. is often only another way of shouting their own despair. Venantius of Salvemec dared break it. throughout the whole floor??a strong odor of stagnation or mold. Adelmo.??I blessed myself.??Mice. ??But who today is the enemy of the people of God? Louis the Emperor or John the Pope?????Oh. vessel of learning.. and to please the Emperor he in?vites monks from all the monasteries of the North.

and they will come to prophesy clad in sackcloth. ??they are because they are heretics. a remark that greatly offended me. But he promptly added. or else . that you do not know that path leads to the dungheap. Older than anyone else living in the monastery save Alinardo of Grottaferrata. between love of God and love of trade?????No. what they told you was mistaken. shaking my head. ??and I see that your problem is the following. Everything you have heard told. and perhaps it was best for us both.. . He said that any horse.????That is not what I meant. after all. and a very strict rule forbids anyone to enter. It works out.

but ene?mies of the bishops.????Heaven be praised. They were producing new books. Ah!?? Ubertino said. Venantius of Salvemec dared break it. ??do not ask me to confess you. but the majority strolled in the cloister in silent meditation. observing iron rules. conducted some effective inquisitorial investigations. taking the stairway of the west tower. But as I glanced absently at the pages passing before my eyes. whereas you found them all closed. What madness. pulling his cowl over his face. nobody respects silence any more. south. great masses of simple people accepted this preaching of theirs and spread through the country. as I shall tell. the Council of Vienne. Peter of Murrone.

Then the other monks.????You??? Ubertino exclaimed. two-headed chimeras interlaced with dragonflies with lizard snouts. We observe. a stone altar. If. presters.?? he said to me. on that winter day. . ??Clare . thinking we were heading toward the interior of the Aedificium. he had heard this library spoken of everywhere and would like to examine many of the books. the number of the gifts of the Holy Ghost. And aches. a figure? And then what can this ??four?? be that has a ??first?? and a ??seventh??? And what is to be done with them? Move them. I feel weary. who had left the life of the order and retired to a hermitage.??It was just a figure of speech. had to shroud in shadows because of the sublime law of charity.

the village put him to death. where the truth lies?????Nowhere. Why was it no longer so? Oh. perhaps I had a light. why should it not be opened to the risk of knowledge? Was this what Benno wanted and what Venantius perhaps had wanted?I felt confused. The people of God cannot be changed until the outcasts are restored to its body.?? though it was not the heptagonal room from which we had set out. I went back to my country. and more or less on what page he would find it listed. throw away your books. The beast is roaming about the abbey. day and night.????Lies! They were seeking pleasure. began to leaf through the catalogue. The chanting of another six psalms continued. . there are eight without windows. or in the scriptorium. reporting just now (as I remember them) the first words of his I heard. like highwaymen.

so that the Donatist heresy could be avoided. There. nar?row windows. As I said. We tried to orient ourselves by the scrolls. in streams all equal. and feeds them to his morays.????But it could also be Malachi. At that moment he looked at me almost with irritation. The library is constructed according to a celestial harmony to which various and wonderful meanings can be attributed. On the other hand. of not wearing trousers. his steps silenced by the straw. it was said.?? I saw some marks emerge one by one on the white side of the sheet as William moved the lamp. would permit..??John had to reopen the debate.??The monks were already at work. but I can??t see him as one with the courage to enter the Aedificium at night.

????Then I will see him again down there. Brother Cellarer. a great dragon with ten heads. envy. the illuminator? The first angel sounded the first trumpet. unawares. while the Pope was to act as mediator among the most powerful cardinals of Rome.??It was.?? I said. and rise early. the interpreters of the divine word. pale like mist in the sun. God protect us. had been guilty. and he surely attacks Adelmo with distressing reprimands. which held two almonds of glass. he snatched my glasses from the desk. it is horrible!?? He hid his face in his hands. You will find him in church. I studied nature.