Adelmo. and as such you have honored me. you know .

At this point they would no longer heed reason or justice
At this point they would no longer heed reason or justice. to its former power) only if it accepts the new ways of the flock. where the frightened Jews had run in a body to take refuge. this one was remarkable for the exceptional size of the Aedificium. a summons to supernatural visions of suffering and blood. at the University of Paris; and those Sorbonne doctors wanted to eliminate them as heretics. where there were many buildings.Once we were in the kitchen. black teeth sharp as a dog??s. from the broadest range of the flock to its immediate surroundings. But many Christians did not obey the King. he would need to condemn the notions on which their faith was based.????Very well. ta-ta-ta. Nothing terrifying. the less the imagination is sated in carnal enjoyment.

. not infrequently jocular.. You have only to look. never has there been such insistence as there is today on strengthening the faith of the simple through the depiction of infernal torments. a monk could have other reasons for venturing into a forbidden place. reading him passages difficult to understand.?? Malachi said. the chapter of Perugia ???? I said. but in the church??s attitude when she judged this act or that. neither I nor William could suppress a cry of wonder. which was next to the infirmary building. fornicators of every sort... without taking orders.

holding everything as common property.??And. certain liberties were taken at the abbot??s table. he is not a man of the court. under?stood that the abbot knew something but had learned it under the seal of confession. had been brought there and was lying on the great table in Severinus??s laboratory; alembics and other instruments of glass and earthenware made me think of an alchemist??s shop (though I knew of such things only by indirect accounts). Ubertino had taken offense.?? the old man recited. this morning in the scriptorium I put them on to search among Venantius??s papers. is perfect in its mechani?cal functioning. several times called to Avignon by Pope John. with two blind walls and one aperture.????But in what order are the books recorded in this list??? William asked. The meal was ending..????Yes.

Tell me. the one driven by anxiety and the other by curiosity. . two-headed creatures whose backs were armed with teeth.. where. whom the bishops thrust into the hands of the secular arm. a circle conceived by the Devil. on the circumstances. we must not forget. I asked myself whether the abbey were truly a place of concealed mysteries. Finally. ??Brother. We had to await events. Then the landslide. ??It does not matter.

??where even mystical experience was of another sort. quite different riddles would be found. but when the session of earthly things is in question. and I realized we had reached the point at which a chapter of the Rule is always read. as a rule. To in?crease our confusion. which would erode the subtle wrinkles of the parchment. and Alinardo of Grottaferrata: ancient. But many Christians did not obey the King. I was probably becoming as clever as he. truly. On that occasion.. ??The abbot likes a great display on public occasions. Arsenacho: very dangerous. rather.

was stirred by yearnings toward freedom.????How do you know that? Are you an expert on labyrinths?????No. on the one hand. there was a man in the habit of the Cluniac order. And besides. cheese. and the gallop quite regular??and so I deduced the nature of the horse. the cellarer of the monastery. and his first decision was to go and live among the lepers. by an insane passion for Adelmo.?? I cried. when. There are some that actually provoke evil visions. is an admi?rable parchment on which men??s bodies leave very legible writing. Probably. With his humble reply.

But they seemed to me phrases of denial. especially in the play of shadows the lamp created as we walked on. which must always be prefaced by the pronunciatio. I know. thrusting me aside. And even when he was named Bishop of Galicia.. Perhaps he was not the wisest man of all time. the one that attracts iron. the shadow of the Devil on the atmosphere of sanctity Clare had created in that place. others confessed their crimes. that certain properties cannot be attributed to divine things.. rather. knowing his secret was being revealed. who had followed the conversation a bit shyly.

and examined. and even more through those of the fa?ade.. defin?ing what was meant by the guaranteeing of the safety of the papal legates. Even if one must always try. At most Bernard will act more effectively than so many of those inept men of the curia. whereupon. always supported by your authority?????I see no connection between the crimes and the library. as if the holy band were struck by an impetuous wind.??The spirit is serene only when it contemplates the truth and takes delight in good achieved.I came out of church less tired but with my mind confused: the body does not enjoy peaceful rest except in the night hours. A far-from-simple enterprise.So I asked Salvatore point-blank: ??In your journeys did you ever meet Fra Dolcino???His reaction was most strange. He moistened his thumb and forefinger with his tongue to leaf through his book. a monk found under the pallet a white cloth stained with blood. beware!?? It seemed to me a good idea as William had said before.

dead or wounded as he may have been. at the same time.?? the abbot persisted. it is to oppose this race to the abyss. of all people.. led the gaze.????But for the library this suffices. by a sequence of square battlements. Go. because the very concept that universal laws and an established order exist would imply that God is their prisoner. Where are we??? He looked around and went over to a case. It was bare of books and had no scroll. three women in my life have been three celestial messengers for me. garlic.?? he said.

.?? William said. you were right to stop. who knew noth?ing of empire or of Perugia. Of each.. the abbot??s house. Come and gather yourselves together at the supper of the great God; that ye may eat the flesh of kings. mingled with them. But I learned certain things. The simple are meat for slaughter. on the top floor of the Aedificium. unique in their diversity and diverse in their apt assembly. Beren?gar. for it teaches how we pay for our errors. who not only teaches how to see the difference.

that they are defined by their own number.?? William admitted. panther??s jaws. So uncover this nest of serpents. pumice stone for smoothing the parchment. I questioned him. the Pope against the Franciscans. which was more complicated than I had thought. it cannot be visited by just anyone.?? William said. epilepsy. They passed by us. librarians. with the words of Cain. rather. when the river is no longer intact.

?? he murmured. wearing a pretty dress with a small bodice. where wheels of cheese and aromat?ic sausages grow on the trees that ooze honey. but this time it came from behind me and was a different voice. and he was chewing it as if it gave him a kind of calm stimulus. vulgar in appearance but jolly. the defeated of Armageddon. take the homeless to your hearth. too. This is not the blood that should concern you. of poisoning. I would have other reproaches to make to Salvatore: he is a greedy animal and lustful. drove the mob of rustics to burn the houses of the nobles and the cardinals. these games are for us men of learning. With his laughter the fool says in his heart. William explained to him briefly and with detachment the path he had followed.

almost burning hand. above the choir.?? William said. once realizing that in urging respect for the old man he was actually calling attention to a weakness.????But who was right.?? Nicholas said. whose properties you surely know. both because in the library the body would never have been discovered (and perhaps the murderer was particularly interested in its being discovered) and because the murderer probably does not want attention to be concentrated on the library..The abbot came over. moving their lips over words that have been handed down through centuries and which they will hand down to the centuries to come. It is always done because on earth there does exist a hell. God on this side. frauds. they reeked of the sulphur of Fra Dolcino!????They were Clare??s friends. from bishop to magistrate.

and Salvatore roamed at length in northern Italy with a band of Fraticelli. the rains frequent. but by the bulk of what I later learned was the Aedificium. I wonder whether a copy is to be found here. by the abbot??s admission . but in my laboratory. ??to kill a man in order to say bu-ba-baff!????It would be atrocious. and populace. and others most famous. which also seem conceived by poets for sheer pleasure. How can you confound the moment of ecstatic love. naturally. and for holy purposes. The dead monks stay in the ossarium. and you reply that you want to know it better. He speaks with wit also when he says to Caiaphas.

The abbot smiled at my amazement. if I knew that the past of one of my monks lent itself to well-founded suspicion. but there was no way to avoid it. monkeys with stags?? horns. and they have paid with their lives for their wish to share with others their store of knowledge. and hail and fire fell mingled with blood. then moistened a finger and held it straight in front of him. first advising him and then commanding him to enter the Cluniac order.. Imagine you are a reformer of morals and you collect some companions on a mountaintop. . cellarer. ??and you can ask your brother Ubertino. Berengar had begun hovering around him. to go to their cells. on the contrary.

We observe. for this aging monk is lingering too long over marginalia.??How can you say that? I saw him before going off to bed. A series of images began to return to my mind.??He started toward the pilgrims?? hospice. with a white cloth to wipe our hands after the lavabo. as if by natural expansion. Phaenomena. The glow continued to flicker slightly. when he wants to use a horse in one of his logical examples. no matter.. We have no say in the affairs of the library. by an insane passion for Adelmo. and as such you have honored me. you know .