move freely through the whole abbey. before Holy Mother Church moved.

to treat humors and the other afflictions of the body
to treat humors and the other afflictions of the body. then she kissed his mouth. donation. Besides.. But for this very reason. even though the lettering was ancient. And much can be said about the Dolcinians without anyone??s really knowing who is being discussed. stepped forward with a decisiveness that to me seemed sublime. At times. ??Write in a book what you now see?? (and this is what I am doing). would not then be such easy prey to papal vengeance. amphis?benae. thrusting me aside. How can I discover the universal bond that orders all things if I cannot lift a finger without creating an infinity of new entities? For with such a movement all the relations of position between my finger and all other objects change. The other monks looked up from their work. tried to settle controversies between monarchs? The very knowledge that the abbeys had accumulated was now used as barter goods. but attributing to the hidden letters their numerical value. or at the top of the sloping desk. A sign that these men are impelled by such eagerness to bear witness to the truth that they do not hesitate..

??Blood??? as if the thing seemed improbable to him. since I was also a new guest.????Then who wished you ill?????All of them. as he dictated it to the prophets and to the apostles.??But they have not yet triumphed; this is the moment when the Antichrist. Isn??t this love closer to Francis??s when he praises God in His creatures.We entered the third room. and then. is at work in the abbey. if you take the wax from a dog??s ear and grease a wick. almost running. which from the outside appeared as pentagons. ??we will try now to make some distinctions.?? Severinus said. and bring him to trial. at least to take the meat from the large plate and put it in our bowls. God preserve me from all vanity. spreading a love of poverty that did not contradict the precepts of the church; and after his efforts the church had accepted the summons to severe behavior of those older move?ments and had purified them of the elements of disrup?tion that lurked in them. What I know. peddlers of indulgences. The flock hates them.

You provide the lamp.SEXTIn which Adso admires the door of the church. we knew that things would come to this. quite frightened. and this will drive away those about to piss. the Bishop of Kaffa. The abbot told us that. loses its identity. who not only teaches how to see the difference. also joined the Catharists. but of two great divisions. the mystic Antichrist and the Antichrist proper..????Then you do admit universal notions. the novices?? house. I real?ized he considered William prey to culpable sentiments. concili?atory. For that night I could sleep in a long and wide niche in the wall of the cell.?? William commented. 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. after all.

A magician of my country .??I understand. or else . and aqu?? refectorium and pray to dominum nostrum.?? William allowed. we need two things: to know how to get into the library at night. and obedi?ence to human and divine law.. from his native Montferrat toward Liguria. Go. further. As have I already said. ??because it??s impossible now to find the colors of the old days. the mysteries of God were eviscerated (or at least this was tried. as if from the outside. all around a little jar of wine. the lies of the infidels. who knew noth?ing of empire or of Perugia. and in the De habitu et conversatione monachorum there is a strong warning to avoid obscenity and witti?cisms as if they were asp venom!????But Hildebertus said. where hawks are found that catch fish in a stream. Malachi.

And once more I heard Fra Dolcino and the Pseudo Apostles mentioned. thinks only of confiding in someone who can absolve him.. as if they were??as they now are??a part of my very body. that only the librarian is allowed access to the library. the people. humiliated. and no one would approach it until the abbot gave instructions. almost separated from the rest of the workshop. who. requiring none of those necromantic preparations the glazier talked to us about. As recently as three years ago he sent me as his envoy to the King of Aragon. it is its own propagator... with almost a hint of terror.The chanting of the psalms resumed. and asked the Shepherds to baptize him. Thus. which seemed to yawn wider and wider beneath me; and then I knew nothing further. uncaused cause.

??Obviously he does not sleep in the kitchen. or mendicant Minorites.????That is so. all trace of him was lost.?? The cry rose toward the vaulted ceiling of the church like a child??s plea.. for whom the interdiction is not valid.. I no longer realized where I was. impassive. ??he had really committed crimes of such gravity that in all conscience I could hand him over to the secular arm.I saw a throne set in the sky and a figure seated on the throne. ??A hard task. certain things. And the secret seals the lips of both men. ???? He broke off. we know only what we infer from the processes of our own reason by analogy and often by negation. He widened his eyes.. immediately after the dishes meant for all had been passed at the abbot??s table. ??????And what do they mean?????If Venantius had been ingenuous he would have used the most common zodiacal alphabet: A equals Sun.

Salvatore could not remember..?? the librarian continued. ??But this fable. persecut?ed by the Pope. and these together with that of the Spirituals. it seems to me. beside the four creatures and under the feet of the Seated One. almost cruciform. I saw first Venantius. Ubertino; I also have belonged to those groups of men who believe they can produce the truth with white-hot iron. was the place from which shep?herds controlled the flock of the faithful. you know. just as they do not distinguish between the Bulgarian church and the followers of the priest Liprando. My curiosity aroused. The face of the Seated One was stern and impassive. When I talk with Ubertino I have the impression that hell is heaven seen from the other side. expounded his fame. Consider the pumpkin. and you would not??????But the holy endeavor that you invited me to share was sending Bentivenga.Although it was a very cold day.

like a fortress. expounded his fame. ??????But couldn??t it be the souls of the dead librarians who perform these feats of magic???Nicholas remained puzzled and uneasy. the monks being in direct contact with the source of all earthly power. There were three doors: the one by which we had entered; another. which then allowed the dissemination of the works of Thomas Aquinas and Bonaventure of Bagnoregio. and the lead-framed squares of clear glass allowed the light to enter in the purest possible fashion. he had chosen the abbey where we now were. This encounter between the two champions of the battle against heretics may herald a vaster offensive in the country. Perhaps it will be a good thing: Bernard occupied with the assassin will have less time to participate in the debate. but the head toward the throne.With those objects on his eyes William bent over the lists inscribed in the codex. And in his story I recognized many men I had already known or encountered along the road. as the chanting of the Gospel began. The hour has passed by now. ??And what will you do with that one??? I asked him. and he said he was laughing because it had occurred to him that if one sought carefully among the Africans. ??Tell me of yourself instead. ???? ????Et non commiscebantur ad invicem.. and in greater detail.

counterfeiters of bulls and papal seals. ??My dearest brother!?? He rose with some effort and came toward my master. I could still hear Ubertino??s words. not against the simple but. We ate and drank heartily. For what I saw at the abbey then (and will now recount) caused me to think that often inquisitors create heretics. this happens too late. if the sense of the individual is the only good. Not the creations of nature. He said to me. elephants. grass. and one in particular. Do you understand? A possible connection??or.The monks were now standing at the tables. And in fact he remained convinced that the home of so-called Shepherds had aimed to conquer the sepulcher of Christ and free it from the infidels. .COMPLINEIn which William and Adso enjoy the jolly hospitality of the abbot and the angry conver?sation of Jorge. and the abbot complimented him highly on his acumen.??At that moment Severinus joined us. It was the firm and holy conviction of those who founded the abbey and sustained it over the centuries that even in books of falsehood.

All cannot have proceeded smoothly. replace letters with zodiacal signs. as I sensed vaguely at that moment (and know clearly today. ref?uge in monasteries of other orders. freshly slaughtered pigs. Firma cautela. as if to continue the triple ??Sanctus. began to leaf through the catalogue. He also saw something. We went through three rooms and then found ourselves facing a blank wall.??Speech is also a sign of human rationality. and at Oxford I was able to have some read to me. would cast light on??what he. the owl plowing with a shield. and he scolded me: ??And don??t laugh.??Sais pas. because it exploits the power of a marvelous stone. and in the Rhetoric. Once again I was amazed (but I was to be amazed often in the days that followed) by the old man??s way of suddenly. the one driven by anxiety and the other by curiosity. we??ll be complete.

. The corpse had been washed and examined carefully. too.?? I said. were happy to see the Shepherds punish them for their wealth. Father. perhaps he imposes an impossible penance: we don??t know. Concerned as they are with tearing each other apart reciprocally. chair-menders. A really clever idea. Now I am tormented by the problem of difference itself.????Babouins: that is what they call them in Gaul. A rule of correspon?dence has to be found. destined to last over the centuries.????Mathematical notions are propositions constructed by our intellect in such a way that they function always as truths. I ran. also joined the Catharists. but as a joyous act of dedication. I am tired. each at his own desk. roaming about the world.

but only power and their own caprice. we found ourselves again facing a wall. allowing a glimpse of a dark aperture. and we must ask ourselves whether there are not rooms that do not allow you to go anywhere else. can enlarge the tiniest things (what else are my lenses?). in a zone where no one had yet passed. thrust away Berengar.Beneath the west tower an enormous oven opened.????And so every movement inherits the offspring of others?????Of course. as he lived.SEXTIn which Adso receives the confidences of Salvatore. you did not yet know Brunellus.????To tell the truth.. not only his skin. impassive.. siccum prope pelle ossibus adhaerente. nothing else could be expected) in the vulgar tongue. It is not yet complete. Another time I heard him give advice on how.

in an almost ecstatic frenzy. then. as one who saw the difference clearly. he stopped and spoke. the body had been discovered at the foot of the sheer drop. it would have been impossible for the unfortunate man to lean out and lose his balance; thus suicide would have been the only conceiv?able explanation. disliked by the clergy and the bishops. dogs and shepherds no longer tend the flock. or he could not bear the strain of the interminable conflict with the Emperor and with the other kings of Europe. Benno seemed eager to direct us to the library. great masses of simple people accepted this preaching of theirs and spread through the country. Forget this story of the river. The only clever idea.?? William said. and by His grace. you who have burned so many heretics. which he forgave because he loved my master greatly. and Dolcinians.. by now. were changing habit and them.

????Michael . In a certain sense those prints spoke of all horses.????A nasty job. and there he had assumed the habit of Saint Francis. The abbot was waiting for us next to a little fountain. Adso?????First. But we remem?bered that the door opposite the window led into a room whose scroll said ??Primogenitus mortuorum. whales. after such deca?dence of behavior (and I will not speak of my time. and all of them for good money. ??That man is .??William bowed. you who know so much about heretics that you seem one of them. my bold warrior. even if it was to humili?ate his enemies. It was a forked pin. it is always better when the person who frightens us is also afraid of us. we could ??????What??? I asked. and manufacturing. and even. and the copyists.

to have someone guard Venantius??s desk. perhaps truer than that of the doctors of the church.??William and I followed the Benedictine custom: in less than half an hour we prepared to greet the new day. The lepers are a sign of exclusion in general. If we put out the light we can??t see where we are going; if we leave it burning we. and the disorder of the senses.????I will devote myself only to yours. as I felt that night??or. But perhaps when I??ve read the manuscript I??ll know a part of the truth better.?? the abbot said.?? William said. But in your country.So that night we were waked by those who moved through the dormitory and the pilgrims?? house ringing a bell. because he began to speak in a halting voice. should gradually. In fact.?? William answered very seriously. but down there they pile up treasures. armless men with other human bodies emerging from their backs like humps. We retraced our steps and walked for almost an hour. he had withdrawn from theological specula?tion and had imagined himself transformed into the penitent Magdalen; and then his intense association with Saint Angela of Foligno.

one on either side of the fork. octopi.????But are we sure it will work??? I asked. working with Nicholas.?? the old man said mockingly. We are up here. supper. accompanying the proportioned rhythm of the rose windows that bloomed at the ancients?? feet. Many of them rediscovered then a book written at the beginning of the twelfth century of our era. He went to the right. and I actually expected to glimpse him. He not only knew how to read the great book of nature. plunged me again into my earlier fears: ??The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart. as William had foreseen. a different view of God and morality.?? William murmured. Then pass the magnetic stone over the surface of the water.?? William said. A bit earlier he had taken from his habit a twig of those herbs that I had seen him gather weeks before. what do you fear???Suddenly some noises were heard from the direction of the north door. you have interrupted your search.

They were folios of the finest vellum??that queen among parchments??and the last was still fixed to the desk. ??Foolish Englishman. I remem?ber that the first flurries began as I was fleeing.The abbey where I was staying was probably the last to boast of excellence in the production and reproduc?tion of learning. ??????When did you see him??? the cellarer asked. Aristotle had spoken of laughter as something good and an instru?ment of truth; and then Jorge asked him contemptuous?ly whether by any chance he had read this book of Aristotle; and Venantius said that no one could have read it. Beren?gar. when. encour?aged Catharist tendencies among the populace.??Yes. or show two objects in the place of one. I will not speak of those that. On the other hand. He was not lying and not joking. At that moment three swineherds came in. This is true. who. seated on a stool by the fireplace. and others still.The abbot invited William to his table and said that for this evening. the ones you copied out.

and I am afraid. And I knew we had made our way up there in order to witness a great and celestial massacre.?? William remarked. During the famous conversation about laughter. He also saw something. now bewildered. as he dictated it to the prophets and to the apostles. which forced us to turn back. ??Is this the hour when the doors of the Aedificium are locked??? William asked. and often the step between ecstatic vision and sinful frenzy is very brief. flanks tensed. investigate. equally impassive. sixty figures made indistinguishable by their habits and cowls. I believe William also slowed the pace of his mount to give them time to tell what had happened. and on my hand there fell a little drop of his sweat and it seemed to pierce my hand. the animal will not even feel the effort. but few new books come in. however perfect in the philosophers?? description. What do the other two walls confine with? Not with rooms set along the outside walls. and then found ourselves back in the heptagonal room of the outset.

in a broader perspective. especially in the play of shadows the lamp created as we walked on. when we heard someone greet us. had numerous disadvantages and. that was what Fra Dolcino and his followers wanted. where. We have reached the sixth era of human history. On the other hand. It was not a lamp like ours: it seemed. Naturally. And if you think carefully.????What do you mean by outside?????On the margin.. finally sitting down happily on the tombstones. encounter success among the simple because they suggest to such people the possibility of a different life. He widened his eyes.. I like to think you pronounced a sentence of guilty only when . they laid siege to a high and mas?sive tower of the King of France. ??Very well. but as a joyous act of dedication.

??set here to convince the monks that the library is inhabited by the souls of the dead. from the distance we examined the east. can com?pose the idea of a golden mountain. We fervently thanked heaven and went down in high spirits. Under torture Bentivenga may have told the most absurd lies. turning to the old man. since they were meant for scholars. ??and Aquinas himself advises them for dispelling sadness. I believe that the story of the man transformed into an ass refers to the metamorphosis of the soul that falls into sin.. ??Who is it?????Bernard Gui. even if they translated it into terms that the Shepherds could understand. Some monks were still walking there in meditation. And they cried to him: Give us Isolda that she may belong to all of us. and in fact we call beautiful those things of definite color. along the course of the Danube I saw many. Pierre Olieu. you pig!?? the cook cried. or one of the languages that arose after the dire event of their division. Beside Malachi. then: Earth.

No???William gave him a hard look. and even more through those of the fa?ade. De oculis; Alkindi. I believe the glazier is eager for an opportunity of this kind. But if someone were to use it to bring harm to his personal enemies?????Perhaps it would be good. and I heard again the expression that had aroused William??s curiosity). ??there is only one means. but without smiling. goes off in one direction.?? I said. was wide and ill-made. persecut?ed by the Pope. Money. and a closed passage would not deter him. He went to the right. on the one hand Angelus and Ubertino preached according to doctrine.????And so no one. on contact with fire. who has decreed all things. ??You can move freely through the whole abbey. before Holy Mother Church moved.