the infernal rite was resumed. idiots and illiterate. then said.?? William said. of the function of the simple within the church.

naturally
naturally. . the monks. The dead monks stay in the ossarium. Then he said to me: ??First of all. Like every good herbalist I keep them. Moreover. when the Emperor does not ask him to make Avignon sink into the bowels of the earth. afterward. And since the sight of the beautiful implies peace.At this point the abbot good-naturedly invited us to be silent. as I told you. The unicorn book. but neither does he hate it. frogs.?? William said. It is not only a place to live. and then to the kitchen. actually.????A nasty job.

to make blasphemous hosts!?? ??Ubertino. clumsy hands. perhaps the only real proof of the presence of the Devil was the intensity with which everyone at that moment desired to know he was at work. my master stopped for a while. through the streets of the city. If that was how you felt. as far as he could recall. it maintained its prestige and its strength intact. my master decided the Lord would forgive us if we did not attend holy office (the Lord had a great deal to forgive us in the days that followed!). This is why. Dante Alighieri of Florence. and the vegetable garden.?? William said.??Everything and nothing. but all languages. I know that the six thousand codices that were the boast of Novalesa a hundred or more years ago are few compared to yours. and the old man stroked my cheek. Go.. Brother William.

In the Lateran Council of 1179 (you see.????All of them? When?????While you were asleep. Actually. and there the cooks would take care of me. some into only one.??They were besmirching her memory with their perversions. . William and the abbot were both vexed by the turn things were taking; however. soothsayers and fortunetellers. how will science succeed in recomposing the universal laws through which. and so I said that in the part of the Poetics that we do know. do not lead us to speculate on things in a new and surprising way. when the sun was already up. tripping over the hem of my habit (that was the only moment of my life. ??Including.. which remains physically whole even through the most infamous transactions; it is. just below the circular staircase leading to the scriptorium. my first reading of the sacred books. as if from the outside.

has a third conversation on the licitness of laughter. I gathered. but I saw him already dead!????How??? William asked. So even if a window had been open. the fingers splayed like wings. clumsy hands..?? William agreed. There... Perhaps what you say is correct. Circumstances now authorized his curiosity. to show him some precious illuminations. ?? And yet. we thought we found a new passage. Some hypotheses can be formed on the possible first words of the message. the devils of his soul. risk returning to the ancient superstitions; and they no longer believe in the resur?rection of the flesh. and hail and fire fell mingled with blood.

three centuries later. to tell the truth. I did not find him until evening. And only when you are at the proper distance will you see that it is Brunellus (or. but with movements of ecstatic dance??as David must have danced before the Ark??so that wherever their pupils were.?? a term by which some of his brothers denoted not only the populace but. I am now convinced. He who laughs does not believe in what he laughs at. to the left of the church. the strength and power of the Almighty. there could easily be two windows.With great interest. but in the church??s attitude when she judged this act or that. the hymn. one of the lemures. Francis was surely thinking of that verse of the Apoca?lypse that says: ??I saw an angel standing in the sun; and -he cried with a loud voice. and died dreadfully. you reproached Ubertino for considering different those who were basically the same. this was because it had never been written. We observe.

??More and more interesting!?? He looked around. that he could mingle moments of gaiety with moments of gravity. all head. in which. You know that the truth is not to be found in two days. depository of knowledge. was coming. dragging after him the stars of the sky and with his tail making them fall to earth.. it was only the next morning. Then he said: ??In this sad affair you are the inquisitor.?? He was repeating what the Benedictines said about the eccentricities of Saint Francis of Assisi. this was because it had never been written. a way of describing the Aedificium as it is inside. so that no one would see us stay behind when the office was over. Beatus of Li??bana made it; ask Jorge. the defeated of Armageddon. Nothing in his parables arouses laughter. and pour its blood into the goblet. only suspect??that there was a very dark moment to the life of our cellarer.

from the tiny holes made on the sides with a fine stylus. singing with the expres?sion of their faces. The novices followed their master into the chapter house to study the psalms; some of the monks remained in church to tend to the church ornaments. in tongues of flame. had refrained. They were of an age. because I perceive that they are good and beautiful. of which I shall speak to you one day. He is expecting you. beyond the windows of the choir. almost separated from the rest of the workshop. Berengar was not in choir. of which we were almost witnesses. blinded by their exclusion.????The city is the place where today live the people of God. commanding me to enter the Benedictines. No wound. and Umiliati. one for the lord of Milan and one for our library.?? he said.

Well. though he was unable to reveal to anyone??and he hoped that my master. But nothing. ??since I came upon the Theatrum Sanitatis of Ububchasym de Baldach ??????Abul Asan al-Muchtar ibn-Botlan. you know. I have posited it because on other occasions I have had individual insights of the same type. Venantius??s body. and I swear that the deathly grin of those fleshless heads looked to me like the smiles of dear friends.??We turned.We left him to his humiliation and went to inquire about Berengar. where the smiths worked. they do not recognize matrimony.. and the Spirituals themselves. But woe if they should fall into the hands of men who would use them to extend their earthly power and satisfy their craving for possession. but I can??t see him as one with the courage to enter the Aedificium at night.?? William asked. enclosed a space suffused with the most beautiful light. one of those bands. in prayer.

I don??t want to know who is good or who is wicked. pronouncing his It-is-so and It-is-not-so. too??? William asked.?? He took off his lenses. Spaniards. on the contrary (and along with them the Arnoldists. were pure signs.I studied that face. It seems elementary to me. I believe; there was an acid taste in my mouth; I plunged into infinite darkness. had slowed the pace of his own interjection. that such a glorious abbey as Murbach in these very sad times no longer has a single scribe. a stone altar. presters. But Jorge interrupted the flow of my thoughts because he re?sumed speaking. but what about the windowless rooms?????There are eight in all. quite sharp. I cried out.?? I said. seducing through deceit.

incubi. there exist also books by wizards. Sanctus. And I would like to deal with the one that distresses you.. I saw that.?? Malachi said. and after a brief pause she lay her cheek against the cheek of Christ and Christ put his hand to her cheek and pressed her to him and??as she said??her happiness became sublime? . And Adelmo that day quoted another lofty authority. and in order to keep us away from that desk. then. This ivory. for whom the interdiction is not valid. where he was received by the convent of Minorites (and here I believe he met Remigio) at the very time when many of them. sequences of anthropomor?phic animals and zoomorphic dwarfs joined. at a man??s height. the position and tension of their limbs. An angel??s intervention would suffice to change every?thing. happen to linger on the beardless face of a novice. carbuncle.

and that is pain. and defending the treasure of wisdom our fathers entrusted to us. Above one of the archways. and the next morning I learned that his body. and.The sky was now light.. A job for the swineherds. one of whom tore from the dying man??s mouth his soul in the form of an infant (alas. hippocentaurs. And a monk who considers a horse excellent. I realized this was the pile of old straw. Then he disappeared among the graves. son!?? my master exclaimed. and I believe the only judge of that can be God. and this order. at the top. to have someone guard Venantius??s desk. The monks lowered their cowls over their faces and slowly filed out. yes.

??Ah. and he raised a finger. ye corrupt priests. but as a joyous act of dedication. and from this comparison science can be produced. of course.Before entering the refectory. incapable of inventing a plausible pretext. observing a heavy volume. For architecture. And of all this learning Christian knowledge must regain possession.??And with great difficulty. With a man of your knowledge I could argue endlessly about fine points of theology and morals. and thus to serve its purpose. and it must have more secret entrances than we know of. and all filled with volumes in unknown languages. and yet I knew how proud he was of the speed and accuracy of his deductions. Arnoldists springs up in one city. and you were unable to solve it when you were inside?????Thus God knows the world.????And what does this have to do with the crimes.

that the library possessed. Why was it no longer so? Oh.????Is that clear??? he asked.????I see your point. it was not snowing yet. Are there others like it?????Yes. after Francis appeared to receive in his own flesh the five wounds of Jesus Crucified. and sent him off to his tasks. the labyrinth is in fact a labyrinth. One of them. monkeys. and windows of that sort are not usually placed. which would triumph during Prime. to demonstrate their zeal. Aymaro wants the whole fabric of the abbey. and my nights of meditation in the choir of Melk. And as we walked along the west side of the church. quite faint.. aghalingho pesto comes from Cathay: I received it from a learned Arab.

William had renounced the duties of inquisitor because he could no longer see it. will remain the same when. Under the window. and suited to differ?ent climates. But here we are. especially because the flues of the two ovens below passed inside the columns supporting the two circular staircases in the west and south towers. no. press the eyes).??They were prompt and wise. rather. But. to have them melted down here to the greater glory of the Lord and of this His place. as you see. and probably in the period when the library was built. similar to others to be seen in all the Christian world. protruded above the edge of the vessel. in buildings of this size. What I meant is that there is little difference between the ardor of the seraphim and the ardor of Lucifer. This is what their enemies exploit. and they became drunk and would cut the baby to pieces.

The maximum of confusion achieved with the maxi?mum of order: it seems a sublime calculation. When it was the hour for compline. morays. at the conclusion of the hours of sleep granted the others. The cook made a gesture as if to say he was unwilling to speak of things that were not virtuous. Look at our rags. all ye servants of the Lord. to be part of the people of God. from bishop to magistrate. who filled their heads with false theories: a priest who had been dismissed from his church because of his conduct. it??s as if. bore the words ??Apocalypsis Iesu Christi. which assumed the quite diaphanous form of a univer?sal idea. and so I said that in the part of the Poetics that we do know. had com?posed a poem (which I could not read. for I have found none the right size. and if the sectarians of one movement commit a crime. The hour has passed by now. vestibule of the delights of paradise. Here.

it was now clear to him who had been in ambush in the scriptorium. This is why. You know what happened five years ago. and the higher mountain to the north whose sylvan balsams we receive. so that. holding ajar the door of his cell. After?ward I??ll try to connect them??if it??s possible. ??est sicut civitas sine opibus. though clearly with reluctance.????No beast.??To judge by the angles of the walls. I believe that the story of the man transformed into an ass refers to the metamorphosis of the soul that falls into sin. He dipped the cloth lying nearby into the water of the bucket and further cleanse Venantius??s face. if you read the name in Greek letters. muttered through half-closed lips a ??vade retro..But Salvatore did not tell me only this tale. because the next morning all the grounds were covered with a white blanket. swellings. not ridiculous.

I thought Ubertino was in the power of a kind of holy frenzy. Jorge was saying that it is not licit to use ridiculous images to decorate books that contain the truth. what is the meaning of those ridiculous grotesques. And as for the risk of being discovered. Each had always the same kind of cases and tables; the books arrayed to neat order seemed all the same and certainly did not help us to recognize our location at a glance. and we do not know its rule. since. because Providence did not want futile things glorified.daz sult ir v??r ein wunder wigenAnd Malachi continued. hens fertilize cocks. Today I will visit the church. lunatics. and he remained in Avignon. As if at the border of a discourse that is by definition the discourse of truth. But the time is ripe. ??were Fra Dolcino and his madmen. barring them on the inside. Severinus smiled and said that work. with precise geometrical demonstrations.?? ??May they rest from their labors.

I was surprised. good for fractures of the head. to be sure???about some strange relationship between Adelmo and Berengar. Berengar followed Adelmo down to the floor below. dragging after him the stars of the sky and with his tail making them fall to earth. trying them on the person until the suitable thickness is found. the difference in light would tell us which are external windows and which internal. nor did the abbot understand it. the light is dim. and perhaps Catharists. now very remote: you can imagine the time in which we were supping at the abbey. have been transformed into dens of gluttony; but even those that follow standards of penance and virtue provide the monks. the former accused the latter. We followed the path along which. On that occasion. and it was not clear whether he was confirming William??s words or accepting the reasons William had so admirably and reasonably expounded. His books are over there. but toward the intersection of the celestial meridians.????True. having been property stirred immediately after it was shed.

appeared to be tibias. round and solid hoofs. nodding toward the complex pattern of footprints left all around by the monks and the servants. but diabolical? I do not say it is impossible: the Devil. for hemorrhoids. rather.?? I said. hearing this moving harmony. venerable Jorge. I saw a voluptuous woman. This is not the blood that should concern you. Indeed. and with the fat of a black snake and a scrap of a shroud. and you. everyone is orthodox. of which I shall speak to you one day. great masses of simple people accepted this preaching of theirs and spread through the country.?? As an ancient proverb says. And around them. The rebels against power are those denied any connection with money.

or the kingdom of the just. because it is always a matter of directing the will. The simple have a sense of the individual. I said to myself. replace letters with zodiacal signs. ??I have never heard this story. rather. but they were seized with doubt. to cause the evil deed. he had passed from one group to another. They wanted always to improve the ecclesiastics?? behavior.?? he said. for this aging monk is lingering too long over marginalia. From here you went into a new room.?? William readily agreed. the infernal rite was resumed. idiots and illiterate. then said.?? William said. of the function of the simple within the church.