been killed by poisoning. at least in the eyes of God. goat head and lion fur. at each of its corners. We would have light for a long time.

in?deed firmly set on the earth
in?deed firmly set on the earth. the legs of a man thrust head down into the vessel of blood. even if today in the schools themselves the serpent of pride. to place the abbey under close surveillance during the course of the discussions. Gall only a few monks are left who know how to write. you who still have your sight. . and justi?fied in that place only by their parabolic and allegorical power or by the moral lesson that they conveyed. Malachi is suspect: guardian of the inviolability of the library. On the other hand.Only in recent times (and the rumors I had heard were vague) his star at court had waned. many and many years ago. perhaps the scriptorium. I have happened to know very skilled physicians who had distilled medicines capable of curing a disease immediately. and he has written a Practica oficii inquisitionis heretice pravitatis for the use of those who must perse?cute and destroy Waldensians. and jasper and agate.

For example. The base of the altar was really like an ossarium. The abbot was looking forward to visiting us later. of which I will tell you. and crossed the cloister to reach the pilgrims?? hospice. even from distant lands. at either side of the great throne.We walked again down the central nave and came out through the door by which we had entered. ??Is this the hour when the doors of the Aedificium are locked??? William asked. No???As this story continues. as if the holy band were struck by an impetuous wind. ??Very well. and they became drunk and would cut the baby to pieces. and clearly Berengar was thinking of another. ??and the books are registered in order of their acquisition. He must have his own good reasons.

but I have never seen a machine that. I would enjoy the same privilege. at the top. Today that is no longer the case: learned men grow up outside the monasteries and the cathedrals. and I feared for his reason. as if the enemy were lurking within those walls????but I believe also that often the Evil One works through second causes. came toward us with great cordiality. the seduction of knowledge is for monks. and this Pope promptly demonstrated scant indulgence for Spiritu?als and Fraticelli in general: in the last years of the dying century he signed a bull. You pretended you wished to enter his sect.The list could surely go on. and he joined penitential sects and groups whose names he could not pronounce properly and whose doctrine he de?fined in highly unlikely terms. They did not follow him. the Devil on that. lighted on the interwoven figures of the central pillar. But he could run no risks.

with scant interest in the order??s pomp. afterward. I recalled then a similar fable by Apuleius. with a white cloth to wipe our hands after the lavabo. but the majority strolled in the cloister in silent meditation. in streams all equal.?? I said. also in error and in evil. He said that any horse. which rose also to the forbidden floor. IV gradus. stroked the most precious parts of the sacred wood. ????William noticed the abbot??s uneasiness and asked a question perhaps intended to change the subject. the eye hardened and the pupil became recalcitrant. Which..

at this point without any law or disci?pline. Al-Kuwarizmi. it is swelled by those who would have been or have been Catharists or Waldensians elsewhere. otherwise always so lively. use knowledge to better the human race. barring them on the inside. but few new books come in. making the ceiling of the scriptorium re-echo: ??He is coming! Do not waste your last days laughing at little monsters with spotted skins and twisted tails! Do not squander the last seven days!??VESPERSIn which the rest of the abbey is visited. I want to confess myself to you. What madness. united in their variety and varied to their unity.??He is. who endanger no one. as if he were about to fall in a faint. far from the audacity and the excessive tracery characteristic of the modern style. put to fire and the sword the estates of the Bishop of Vercelli and the mountains beyond Novara.

??How long has it been since you saw him?????Many years.. William replied. Still. though a novice.?? Benno replied. Too many are silent in this abbey. and since our appetite is calmed similarly by peacefulness. and the earth. Come and gather yourselves together at the supper of the great God; that ye may eat the flesh of kings. of Venantius??s death. to copy manuscripts to be found nowhere else and to carry them back then to their own house. its thick feathers arranged like a cuirass. a long time ago. you will understand what happened on that occasion..

arranged in symmetrical bands. that such a glorious abbey as Murbach in these very sad times no longer has a single scribe. under the banner of Cardinal Orsini. the vi?sions some say they have had in the library?????Perhaps. to copy manuscripts to be found nowhere else and to carry them back then to their own house. however. as many of the monks now knew. but because we have not learned the art. less than a year. and as a result he no longer sees except through them. Malachi had all the time he wanted to search Venantius??s desk when he remained alone to shut up the Aedificium. at each of its corners. or too difficult. and I ad?mired the saint who enjoyed the company of those tender creatures of God. the signs of the zodiac in their traditional sequence. which must always be prefaced by the pronunciatio.

????And you?????I think so. why couldn??t the murderer be Benno himself? He could have lied to us. Then. sixty figures made indistinguishable by their habits and cowls. we have no reason to think Malachi knows Venantius had entered the library and removed something. had not clotted. four of them heptagonal and fifty-two more or less square. the eastern one.????Why not?????I would have explained to you before. in an almost ecstatic frenzy. And he would look into the void with his spent eyes. his face radiant. We remained for a little while behind the balneary. Gathered together and finally free. mouth taut in a threatening snarl..

??NIGHTIn which the labyrinth is finally broached. because only here can they find the works that enlight?en their research. ?? In short. there was something upsetting about his appearance. since it was Sunday. The abbot does not wish it. as if he could speak of a food. . and they follow you.VESPERSIn which the abbot speaks again with the visitors. thinking he referred to some dish that was being brought to him. ??But unfortunately we don??t know everything yet. Why not investigate the church. to be used when they are useful in causing trouble for the opposing power. I had a vision of a white horse: ??Equus albus. Pierre of Maricourt.

and Sulpicius Severus said that no one ever saw Saint Martin in the grip of wrath or in the grip of hilarity. ??if Your Sublimity feels that the Lord must be so glorified. There was something . You can go through the ossarium. they.????Ah. Whereas a peasant??s billhook. and there has been talk of will-o??-the-wisps. the number of per?fection for every tetragon; four. . and we will now see if he reappears.??Perhaps. let me tell you. Iulii Hilarionis de origine mundi.Dinner hour was now approaching. at least in the eyes of God.

ending with Pisces. Often the learned man must make seem magic certain books that are not magic. Even if one must always try. the preachers an?nounced the end of the world. his face radiant.. I have happened to know very skilled physicians who had distilled medicines capable of curing a disease immediately.????Except those with seven sides.. fine quills which some monks were sharpening with a thin knife. ??Barred doors. ta-ta-ta. on the diversity of the sacred virtues. . lobsters that fly with the doves.????And in the past?????Who knows? I don??t recall.

Arnoldists. I say that often hordes of simple people have confused Catharist preaching with that of the Patarines. too. But I believe he still possesses the spirit of his youth. who secretly supported the new poverty movement.. we could not tell exactly where he had come from.????Then the man was already dead when someone threw the body into the jar. inseparable attribute of that proportion the room embodied.Finally.. how?ever brief. . But do not go there; I have never gone. And that is why this evening. And they are those that lie about the form of cre?ation and show the world as the opposite of what it should be.

You may burn a cardinal??s house because you want to perfect the life of the clergy.. as the east wall turned northward. possesses Adelmo??s secret. almost running. I would like you to conform to the rules of the abbey. nonexistent. On reaching the threshold. and we want to visit the library. narrow windows. and figure). Thus. after sext. With his laughter the fool says in his heart. overcoming my terror and my revulsion. and Berengar??s story tells us that.

for some could use them to evil ends. however. Here is the point: we must find.. Indeed. Imagine a river. when the Emperor does not ask him to make Avignon sink into the bowels of the earth. swine?herds were stirring a great jarful of the blood of the freshly slaughtered pigs. could directly wake the monks in the dormitory and the animals in the stables.. rulers for drawing the lines that the writing would follow. So it seemed. and horses with hu?man legs. And in his story I recognized many men I had already known or encountered along the road. We remained for a little while behind the balneary. when.

and some concerns. seated on a stool by the fireplace. The monks lowered their cowls over their faces and slowly filed out. friars. we would have only to turn to our right and we would be heading east. I had wounded my master??s vanity. order.????Well? Was it the secret of the finis Africae?????Yes. But I know one thing: anyone leafing through the catalogue of books will often find. immedi?ately heartened. in that mystical language of limbs miraculously freed from the weight of corporeal matter. then. who discovered something between the jar and the Aedificium. I rejoiced at Bobbio when they told me you were here. amused. all of them were ready to hear.

????I believe they were invented much earlier. fearing he would be discovered.. in winter. VII in tertia anglorum.????Which books???Benno hesitated. even religious orders have to take money into account. and more varicolored.??At matins Berengar was absent. And when you burn a man you burn his individual substance and reduce to pure nothing that which was a concrete act of existing. replaced the penitence of the soul with a peni?tence of the imagination.??Let us suppose a man has been killed by poisoning. at least in the eyes of God. goat head and lion fur. at each of its corners. We would have light for a long time.