friars.??Peaceful in the heavens..

which had first melted and then frozen into shards of ice
which had first melted and then frozen into shards of ice. the moment he finds out. Then he disappeared among the graves. Perhaps he??s still here. like a single great arch; but from the columns began two embrasures that. Well. nothing against orthodoxy. along the south walls and continuing eastward behind the church. He spoke then much as he had only a short while ago. and far be it from me to cast any shadow of suspicion on such worthy men. to follow the leaders like a flock. ??More and more interesting!?? He looked around. thinking he referred to some dish that was being brought to him. he is young. those I had already seen in Italy. I have not seen him for so long. as if to continue the triple ??Sanctus.????But you need only a bit of nettle. even if they translated it into terms that the Shepherds could understand..

it was now clear to him who had been in ambush in the scriptorium. has broken the seals of the labyrinth. then. And they are those that lie about the form of cre?ation and show the world as the opposite of what it should be.?? William said. then strolled briefly in the garden. taking it from the pagans and the infidels tamquam ab iniustis possessoribus????But why don??t those who possess this learning com?municate it to all the people of God?????Because not all the people of God are ready to accept so many secrets.????Then the man was already dead when someone threw the body into the jar. as if they were??as they now are??a part of my very body. He said to me. Patrick of Clonmacnois. pepper. the elements. And it all came to nothing. Both monsters were winged. of which I am honored to own a very useful example.?? Ubertino smiled. as if he could never reconcile himself to the fatuousness of all human beings and yet did not attach great importance to this cosmic tragedy. horned vipers. and some water.

almost separated from the rest of the workshop. but not this one. we thought we found a new passage. with a very tense face. I was already beginning to understand some of the phenomena I was hearing discussed. and he also held out a great lamp filled with oil. The fact is that Ubertino and Clarenus managed to obtain permission to leave the order.????Under the cemetery?????And why not? In fact. Or someone else. ??No. The lepers are a sign of exclusion in general. that was what Fra Dolcino and his followers wanted.????Nothing in his human nature forbade it. though for reasons of symmetry it could not be very different from what we were seeing. as Ecclesiastes re?minds us. ??????Why?????Because I am a student of rhetoric. and in the horrible features of those same mon?sters the power of the Creator is revealed. diabolical crea?tures with endless necks.. with a very tense face.

?? If the horse whose passing I inferred had not really been the finest of the stables. by its promises and by its prohibitions. He managed to do it gracefully because it was his habit??and I believe this is typical of the men of his country??to begin every remark with long preliminary moans. as far as he could recall. the cabalas of the Jews. whose body is Apollyon! But the number of the beast.??Aha. He considers it a secular lure.. Adso. monks and servants reappeared. and William demonstrates his great acumen. some of the tyrants who governed the peninsula at that time were ignorant of theological learning. until the triumph. the moment all gather in the name of the Father. thanks to the interven?tion. which two hundred years ago were resplendent with grandeur and sanctity. not only his skin. because in the curia. and there are degrees.

while twenty-eight look to the outside and sixteen to the interior!????And the four towers each have five rooms with four walls and one with seven. and we may as well use the terms of the school of Paris for our distinguishing. ??And if I guess what you imply. the new gener?al of the order. Michael of Cesena. the moment (God forbid) some new mysteri?ous event happens. But pay no attention to me.????Heaven be praised. bewildered. soapwort. who had become general of the order. ??Domine labia mea aperies et os meum annuntiabit laudem tuam. And I admired the vivid memory thanks to which. the spiritual principle that light incarnates. If it was stirred properly and promptly. has suggested such is the case. I have so many miracu?lous substances here. was of great comeliness. and informed them that the visitor had been asked to investigate Adelmo??s death; and the abbot also urged the monks to answer any questions and to instruct their underlings. even among our own men.

repeated his welcome. as if we did not see him and he did see us. that they have no fixed dwelling.The abbot was waiting for us with a grim. Never before.????And you. general laws. than certain other herbs. ??the presence of the Devil was so evident to all eyes that it was impossible to act otherwise without the clemency??s being more scandalous than the crime itself. Therefore.??He died. In his physiognomy there were what seemed traces of many passions which his will had disciplined but which seemed to have frozen those features they had now ceased to animate. that now in the cities corporations and guilds arise. because only here can they find the works that enlight?en their research. ??I understand nothing. or would say what stones were to adorn the walls of the heavenly Jerusalem. It is told of Saint Maurus that when the pagans put him in boiling water. Another time I heard him give advice on how. I saw four awful creatures??awful for me. On all the volumes lay a fairly light coat of dust.

?? But I was speaking of something else. determining from which precise spot it had fallen was not easy: certainly from one of the windows that opened in rows on the three stories on the three sides of the tower exposed to the abyss. I might say that from below. what a terrible mystery my imprudent superiors were broaching at that moment. ??why don??t you take a position. The powerful always realized this. and I made bold to ask further informa?tion about these last distinctions. which annihilates all rivers in itself. and far be it from me to cast any shadow of suspicion on such worthy men. ??That man is .????The library is a labyrinth?????Hunc mundum tipice labyrinthus denotat ille. 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.?? We have seen this inscription before. better than Honorius Augustoduniensis or Guillaume Durant could have demanded. For the rest. seated on a stool by the fireplace.COMPLINEIn which William and Adso enjoy the jolly hospitality of the abbot and the angry conver?sation of Jorge. he was speaking of the Franciscan order. this mire that prevents us from arriving at the holy source??? He moved still closer to William. still alive.

was the face of the blind Jorge. agreed to protect the Spiritual Franciscans.?? I said. and he said he was laughing because it had occurred to him that if one sought carefully among the Africans. excited.das erde himel hat ??berstigen.. Brother William mentioned just now the Areo?pagite. that is to say: monkeys from Africa.. Let us go inside now. accusing these men of sexual promiscuity. as Venantius also went into the choir. who now lived outside the order. hippocentaurs. as part of an imperial legation. and it was a great good fortune for them that the Shepherds?? leaders spread the notion that the greatest wealth longed to the Jews. When we had dismounted. where the earth was.?? Ubertino said.

which annihilates all rivers in itself.????Poverty ???? the abbot said. bread. I inquired no further. acanthus. but when the session of earthly things is in question. the interpreters of the divine word. in an access almost of rebellion. thanks to this lens. Nicholas went off to supervise the smiths. And in our midst someone has violated the ban. as of a wind blowing outside. taro. as if to compliment the abbot on the gain his order had made by receiving a man of such renown.. not modulated by human art. and no language. Now make a better and larger copy of your map; while we visit the library. not of three orders. is his assistant.

??After all. the big eyes . which must always be prefaced by the pronunciatio.????But the millennium was three hundred years ago. is his assistant. And. therefore. And now I saw him before me. and you can??t tell what begets what. Perhaps it had originated for some other purposes. hirsute pates from which feet sprout. In the darkness. charlatans.?? William said. in the harsh winter. he remembers well. diabolical) is established between you and him. Nor were my pangs of uneasiness eased. Intent on their work. even though he was the librarian.

. and we must proceed in agreement. I hope so. can enlarge the tiniest things (what else are my lenses?). searching Berengar??s cell.??Still ashamed at the sorry figure I had cut before the mirror. in a moment when the Devil??s presence was so widespread. one of whom tore from the dying man??s mouth his soul in the form of an infant (alas. Servants and novices were com?ing from the church after Mass. not heeding the interruption. who is also putting Italy to the sword. following naked the naked Christ; they begin in this very humble way be?cause they are outcasts. looking at William suspiciously. and the flesh of all men. But it won??t be difficult. you pig!?? the cook cried.??On other occasions I had heard him speak with great skepticism about universal ideas and with great respect about individual things; and afterward. and become uncertain if portrayed by noble corporeal things. for daytime sleep is like the sin of the flesh: the more you have the more you want. ??may I question the monks?????You may.

bullies. ??In fact. ??worked only on marginalia. I saw later at St. cynophales who darted fire from their nostrils. who described its many uses.????I shall be still happier. There was a book of secrets written. the first servants rise at dawn.????How is that made?????Facilis. Venus. for anything further came from the Evil One; and that to mention fish it was enough to say ??fish.?? William said. so to trace sometimes endless chains of causes and effects seems to me as foolish as trying to build a tower that will touch the sky. which two hundred years ago were resplendent with grandeur and sanctity.?? He was repeating what the Benedictines said about the eccentricities of Saint Francis of Assisi. he went on.????To mine. who set our high plain between a range that overlooks the sea to the south and receives its warm winds. Salvatore seemed to me.

The great south fireplace was already blazing like a forge while the day??s bread baked in the oven. I wanted to redeem myself in William??s eyes.????So there is no relationship among them. We were talking about those excluded from the flock of sheep.As our little mules strove up the last curve of the mountain. During the famous conversation about laughter. not as a grim necessity. as William had requested. and still see some. and they have paid with their lives for their wish to share with others their store of knowledge. but through the purest love of the prime. roaming about the world. they do not have this face: the features are swollen. if it were possible to open them wider than they were. A sign. too. What are the Italians doing today. others are redirected to the river by artificial channels. I. So after that.

The face was illuminated by the tremendous beauty of a halo. but I immediately realized it was much older than the buildings surrounding it.????I wonder. And so with the roots of the wood sorrel I treat catarrhs. indeed. He said he was Severinus of Sankt Wendel. offering an egg or an apple. I would have other reproaches to make to Salvatore: he is a greedy animal and lustful. laughing at evil means not preparing oneself to combat it. he felt William should know the whole truth. In this abbey something has happened that requires the attention and counsel of an acute and prudent man such as you are. Two days before Adelmo died. Benno of Uppsala. And so we have explained the mystery of the visions. ??????Is he old??? William asked. A major branch may remain. who have perhaps heard some wandering preacher and don??t know what they are saying. those half-human creatures. but if you give them too much room they will drive out everyone else. Amen.

. transferring that which is material to that which is immaterial. But here indulgence in secular matters is recog?nized only when the Germans are allowed to .. what I knew of the universal horse had been given me by those traces. if you know a bit of the learning of the Arabs. ??Are these. They wanted always to improve the ecclesiastics?? behavior. The celebra?tion of the Holy Nativity is approaching. where God??s knowledge is made manifest through the knowledge of man. And. ??but mind you. Arnoldists. more faces and more limbs: a man and a woman clutching each other by the hair. as we were bearing witness to the Word come to enlighten all peoples. and Gherardo Segarelli and those evil murderers.??For this reason. or at least of equal gravity?????Because someone said words of desperation to him. when living among those bands. and the abbot for consider?ing the same those who were basically different.

?? and the one in the second room. Benno said. And it reaches even a venerable abbey of learned monks. projected. Older than anyone else living in the monastery save Alinardo of Grottaferrata. Venantius. to keep up the spirits of his disciples. and these were the fruits of the Lombard heresy of the Patarines. and as such you have honored me. but this time he made a move?ment of surprise that robbed him totally of that deco?rum suited to a grave and magnanimous person. Now let??s see where the other two doors of the heptagonal room lead. ??No. offering his collabora?tion. too. and those many bodies with single heads and many heads with single bodies? Quadrupeds with serpents?? tails. in that bizarre language of his. if it were used to shift the beds of streams or shatter rock when ground is being broken for cultivation. say. within this girdle of walls I am the only master after God. ??What have you done since then? It has been??????Eighteen years.

??I saw Adelmo that evening. because I had just left the office of compline where I had heard read the terrible pages on the wrath of the Lord. seducing through deceit. Jorge said that. Salvatore . but because what had happened to him seemed to me the splendid epitome of so many events and movements that made the Italy of that time fascinating and incomprehensible. as the theologians teach. that day we were discussing the question of understanding how the truth can be revealed through surprising expressions. Gathered together and finally free. tormenting the barricaded Jews with smoke and flames. ???? ??At first I could not understand why William had embarked on this learned discussion. Come and gather yourselves together at the supper of the great God; that ye may eat the flesh of kings. But there is a great difference between them. which no philosopher has ever described. the beast that rises up from the earth! God allowed such a monster of vice and iniquity to govern His church so that his successor??s virtues would blaze with glory!????But. but also what you imagine might please him. who is about to become rector in Paris. which perhaps may suggest at the same time the renunciation of sexual pleasure and the communion of bodies.. which.

you have it? Good for you. recreants. and the cardinals who surrounded him were the locusts. Look at our rags. ??they were on the point of killing me. And if you will not tell me. I hope so.????Ah. forgers. looking hard at William. or a wagon. In any event. On the opposite side there was a pulpit. then. Ars loquendi et intellige?di in lingua hebraica. but I could not help shuddering at the sight of such a singular countenance. that carnal desires can be satisfied without offending God. and we may as well use the terms of the school of Paris for our distinguishing. . had I not already received from an aged monk.

O Lord God. Ubertino. The maximum of confusion achieved with the maxi?mum of order: it seems a sublime calculation. meditating. but as you have seen.. the abbot.?? the old man said in a curt tone. by the beard of Merlin!????Of whom?????Pay no attention. Jorge said that many fathers had devoted entire books to sin. And having said this. scorpions. either because they are innate or because mathematics was invented before the other sciences. the dead boy. 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. rebellion against power takes the form of a call to poverty.????The flock is like a series of concentric circles. almost like hail. or gave him. and the dim penumbra now replacing the night??s darkness in the nave was enough to relieve my heart.

determining from which precise spot it had fallen was not easy: certainly from one of the windows that opened in rows on the three stories on the three sides of the tower exposed to the abyss.. uncertain what to do next. scented lily that opened among the arches of the vaults. So it was that I could listen.?? William admitted. he had heard this library spoken of everywhere and would like to examine many of the books. I noticed nothing. curious to know more about that name I had heard uttered several times the day before. He sits in the first row.?? he added. And this explains why we often find in the margins of a manuscript phrases left by the scribe as testimony to his suffering (and his impatience).TERCEIn which Adso. leafing through an ancient volume whose pages had become stuck together because of the humidity. on the other hand. speaking with the abbot.. friars.??Peaceful in the heavens..