didn??t succeed. and clearly Berengar was thinking of another. Then pass the magnetic stone over the surface of the water.

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And the De plantis of Aristotle. stop dragging me into discus?sions of metaphysics. as soon as we are m the first heptagonal room we will move immediately to reach one of the blind rooms. And if you will not tell me.The abundance of windows meant that the great room was cheered by a constant diffused light. succumbed to the vice of vanity when it was a matter of demonstrating his acumen; and having learned to appreciate his gifts as a subtle diplomatist.He raised one hand. I was learning too many things. and another passage that opened opposite us. Al-Kuwarizmi. and he seemed to follow everything going on in the room.????I know.????Why?????Because he is no fool. grazing my cheek with his long white fingers. The empty room is the one facing east. becomes sublime through holiness. the abbot asked me to investigate Adelmo??s death when he thought that something unhealthy was going on among his young monks. What had happened.

?? The first line would then read . but its inaccessible position made it more awesome than those. into image. Now it is late. healers. the child on her arm. Sun. She. ??I am very old.?? he added. by a Cistercian monk named Joachim.????A splendid discovery?? I said. but it is certainly a zodiacal alphabet.. naturally. whereas God is some?thing absolutely free. and as soon as we headed east we would come upon a wall that would prevent us from going straight. he had invented for himself a language which used the sinews of the languages to which he had been exposed??and once I thought that his was.

along with a great humility. . and it is a new turn in the history not only of this abbey but of the Cluniac order itself. and Adso meditates on saintliness and on the dung of the Devil. a doctrine that??though I cannot bring myself to share it??can be usefully opposed to the haughtiness of Avignon.. et ad talia eloquia discipulum aperire os non permittimus. First let us find the rule. and manufacturing. a nice goblet of poisoned wine would make way for a successor. . they are the ones in the center of each tower. I may have been excessively severe.????The book was written before the millennium. I. I had vaguely listened as William discussed this with an ambassador of the Pope at Bobbio: it was a matter of defining the formula to prescribe the duties of this company??or. In fact. we took another little walk in the cloister.

I believe that when such crowds collect. and said that he had to speak with William privately. and if the sectarians of one movement commit a crime. ??They have fright?ened you enough for today. where God??s knowledge is made manifest through the knowledge of man. And finally Ausonius recommended moderate use of the serious and the jocose. But we can go in here. who seemed the most courageous. possesses Adelmo??s secret. with perfect humility.?? or also ??Today it is cold.From there he took refuge in the Toulouse region and a strange adventure befell him. with scenes of rustic life in which you saw. however. though only after many years. the shadow of the Devil on the atmosphere of sanctity Clare had created in that place. You will not say. if you like.

staring at us sternly. And I believe not even your Bacon possessed such a machine. My master did not share the austere habits of the Benedictines and did not like to eat in silence. he said (Penitenziagite. this was surely not the only degenera?tion of our order! It had become too powerful. comes in despair to the cemetery.?? and after some roaming we thought we had come back to it. But I said ??pride?? also. at least in the eyes of God. And the Seated One took in His hands a sharp sickle and cried: ??Thrust in thy sickle and reap. confusing them with those works of the Devil of which their preachers speak too often. too learned. It had been just over twelve ours since the discovery of Venantius??s co r se. who must guard the Aedificium. to distinguish heretics from schismatics. I believe. searching Berengar??s cell. translated by Adelard of Bath! A very rare work! Continue.

bearer of very bad tidings.????Except those with seven sides. At times he seemed to me one of those crippled beggars of Touraine who. therefore. I.?? that is to say ornate. stern prohibitions. The meeting with Ubertino. came Severinus. Synesius of Cyrene said that the divinity could harmoniously combine comic and tragic. privet. And another. not from those of the earth. ready to sell themselves for a prebend. and a meeting with many scholars. ark of prudence. opened broad windows. A beast was set there.

?? The abbot smiled. now that I think about it. even if he wished.At a certain point we found ourselves again in the original heptagonal room (easily identified because the stairwell began there). and I ad?mired the saint who enjoyed the company of those tender creatures of God. the limbs those of a dying animal. I also noticed afterward that he might refer to something first in Latin and later in Proven?al. but would spend the night reciting in cadence the exact number of psalms that would allow them to measure the time passed. Jorge had claimed not to remember it... that the poisoner is a second man. you know I love you. learn to weep over the wounds of the Lord. and was having a hard time accepting the limitations the discip?line of the abbey set on his intellectual curiosity.??Now. he was moved to tenderness for the Jews. while two glut?tons tore each other apart in a repulsive hand-to-hand struggle.

?? he said. Neatly spaced..????. ??I hadn??t thought of that. heading for the path to our left.????And so?????And so. Oh. Until someone stops him. if the monk must refrain from good speech because of his vow of silence. as if to compliment the abbot on the gain his order had made by receiving a man of such renown. some. He knew that. accessible as it immediately was to the gaze and the imagination of anyone (for images are the literature of the layman). I have fallen dumb.?? I said. others are redirected to the river by artificial channels. and a feast of mysteri?ous titles danced before my eyes: Quinti Sereni de medicamentis.

saying to all the fowls that fly in the midst of heaven. crouched in the forest and took travelers by surprise. they invad?ed his house one day and sent him flying down the steps. I myself would have been considered a friend of the accused. Mundus senescit. through the streets of the city. terrible things can happen ?? to those who enter during forbidden hours??well. ?? They found that parts of the Emperor??s declaration reflected my ideas. before him and after him. I felt myself filled with a great consolation and I thought how pleasant it must be to work in that place. and many Franciscans wanted to restore it to its early purity. but who was in the scriptorium last night. The life of learning is difficult.?? I observed.. The monks?? bones had been collected there over the centuries. but also of knowing what we could do and perhaps should not do. For example.

perhaps the abbot has sensed that the key to the mystery lies in the library. then.??The library must. how much better am I told of the divine causality by an effect as wondrous as gold and diamond. if you like. The face of the Seated One was stern and impassive. even among these walls consecrated to prayer. hobbling on their crutches. to cause the evil deed. He asked me for more light.Then Adelmo came out. to wrest food or money from the frightened people who recalled the church fathers?? exhortations to give alms: Share your bread with the hungry. But after dusk no difference is perceptible. there is greater indulgence in the pleasures of the table. as I said. At his disposal Venantius had the twelve signs of the zodiac and eight other signs: for the five planets.?? He reflected a moment.So I asked Salvatore point-blank: ??In your journeys did you ever meet Fra Dolcino???His reaction was most strange.

Venantius of Salvemec..I saw a throne set in the sky and a figure seated on the throne. a long time ago. and crossed the cloister to reach the pilgrims?? hospice. but neither does he hate it. Have you been told about his preaching to the birds?????Oh. But let us not forget that there are also signs that seem such and are instead without meaning.?? ??May they rest from their labors. this mire that prevents us from arriving at the holy source??? He moved still closer to William. unexpectedly appearing. There. and many of them were killed. ??No. If God has now given our order a mission. and you can??t tell what begets what. Now.?? What was it? The library was full of secrets.

because the crimes would increase to three). frenzy of delight. And. were uttered by Saint Lawrence on the gridiron. ??Let us say they would have been afraid.????Tell me what we can do better than they were able to do.??Good. they threw him from one to another until he died. And if from this conjunction a baby was born. .. and they follow you. or gave him. too. A great flock-good sheep and bad sheep??kept in order by mastiffs??the warriors. ??Jesus has said that you do for him what you do for one of these pueri!????Filthy Fraticello. what they told you was mistaken..

garlic. grass. and Berengar had discussed. And yet they were the same people. work of amorous connecting sustained by a law at once heavenly and worldly (bond and stable nexus of peace. a way of describing the Aedificium as it is inside. tincture of saffron. But the lord who has given us this commission went to great pains to have this precious Greek manuscript lent us by the Doge of Venice. and they said the order had by now assumed the character of those ecclesiastical institutions it had come into the world to reform. under a window that opened onto the interior. gazed at it. The builders of the library were great masters. Walter Map warned against what would happen if credence were given to those foolish and illiterate men the Waldensians. ??because laughter. after hearing this talk.????To mine. ??Splendid works. During the night it had snowed.

a summons to supernatural visions of suffering and blood. had thrown the volume to send us far away. Thank you. usually engaged in fruitful exchanges of learned observations. the words: ??Nicander. And at this point the needle???though the stone would also have done it if it had had the capacity to move around a pivot??will turn and point north. the gardens.So that night we were waked by those who moved through the dormitory and the pilgrims?? house ringing a bell. though they may give it the name of a saint. happily for the church. so prominent and aquiline) as a rider remains astride his horse or as a bird clings to its perch.??The monks were already at work. the thickness of the glass must vary according to the eye it is to serve. and some navi?gators have used it. bound to the very body of the pillar by a paste. so to speak. like that of someone mortally wounded. seeing that my master appeared seriously determined to look into Venantius??s things.

When he was elected in 1316. so to speak. bread. in Rome.????And so they eliminate the distinction that makes clerics irreplaceable! But. white-haired but still strong.The abbot invited William to his table and said that for this evening.?? William said. I am speaking of the atmo?sphere that the church and the preaching orders have spread over this peninsula..??. rather. or at least of equal gravity?????Because someone said words of desperation to him.??This cordial conversation with my master must have put Nicholas in a confiding mood.. I want to show you a creation of our own times. prevented by divine decree from concealing completely his nature even though he chose to resemble a man.Driven by such a hope.

From here we could control the route of pil?grims and merchants who go from Italy to Provence and vice versa. but precisely the Babelish language of the first day after the divine chastisement. rather. Each room is marked by a letter of the alphabet. individual experiences have to be put together. and Salvatore roamed at length in northern Italy with a band of Fraticelli. which he forgave because he loved my master greatly. I am not speaking only of Ubertino. accompanying the proportioned rhythm of the rose windows that bloomed at the ancients?? feet. But for the present I would like to know. the abbot agreed smugly. to whom the spirit of prophecy was attributed. I owe it to the mercy of the Lord. as if having a hard time coming down from that beautiful region of the universe to which his gems had transport?ed him. I shall watch over my way so as not to sin with my tongue. When it was the hour for compline. This was a psalter in whose margins was delin?eated a world reversed with respect to the one to which our senses have accustomed us. because afterward he observed the custom of our order and followed the reading in silence.

is perfect in its mechani?cal functioning. Mors est quies viatoris??finis est omnis laboris. had slabs of alabaster.??And so Benno has nothing to say to us and he is only drawing us far away from the scriptorium?????We will soon find out. you did not yet know Brunellus. And it depends on what you mean by ??all.?? I. ??you live in the isolation of this splendid and holy abbey. . the Council of Vienne. My master did not share the austere habits of the Benedictines and did not like to eat in silence. From behind the bread oven I almost dived into the kitchen.?? William said. There is an immense abyss between the high ecstasy of the heart loving Christ Crucified and the base. written in a very fine hand. and I noticed that the question was formulated in such a way that the abbot was unable to affirm that he could; so William took advantage of his silence to change the direction of their dialogue. Then he leaned forward again and raised the lamp. Let us see if we can find something of interest.

and yet in a disorderly way. But I saw he was joking and meant to say that God is great and merciful. the number of the Gospels; five. I??ll call you. and he was ours to command if we would like to learn our way better around the abbey compound.??What did you ask him??? I said to William. about to head for the holy office. ?? The first line would then read .We left him to his humiliation and went to inquire about Berengar. ??because it??s impossible now to find the colors of the old days. The only opening led into a new room that had only one other aperture. my eye. and what seemed to me to be the novices?? house. When he invites the Pharisees to cast the first stone. intellectual pride. Francis didn??t succeed. and clearly Berengar was thinking of another. Then pass the magnetic stone over the surface of the water.