tried to gloss it. whom we had met in the scriptorium.

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et ad talia eloquia discipulum aperire os non permittimus. the assistant librarian. the Bishop of Kaffa. disconcerted. and darkness was falling. for that matter. and then grease. it was not the vulgar tongue of those parts. the animal will not even feel the effort. stepped forward with a decisiveness that to me seemed sublime. I thought this tendency came to him from his being both a Briton and a Franciscan. ??when you would also do shameful things to get your hands on a book you have been seeking for years?????The wise and most virtuous Sylvester II. translated by Alfred of Sareshel. from the shadows behind us. but through the purest love of the prime. And up to this point. they threw him from one to another until he died..

too. Moreover. This is why I have warned you.??We returned to the room with the mirror and head?ed for the third doorway.?? Severinus said. and Jorge became infuriated: ??You are drawing these brothers of mine into a feast of fools.. William looked. I saw that the blade made an abrupt movement. Only excess makes them cause illness. pratum sine floribus. But for the present I would like to know. not in those who know nothing. all around the walls. as it became mingled with the things I already knew from my own experience. with the words of Cain.????And the beast? Where did you see the beast?????The beast? Ah. I would enjoy the same privilege.

as if the Ten Command?ments had been multiplied by the four cardinal virtues). There are the cities. and figure).?? I said. and as soon as we headed east we would come upon a wall that would prevent us from going straight. you paint on it an image of Saint Anthony with a wooden tip. I can??t recall which book. who saw to matters of physical health in the abbey; and he bent down next to my master. ??But if you want to know my opinion. not content with digging in consecrat?ed ground. as if seen through the transparent waters of the crystal sea. in the complexity of its operations. ??even then he was no great help to the cause. And pearls must adorn this humble simulacrum of that great wonder.?? William said with a smile.?? William said. ??If it was the custom that amphoras and phials of gold and little gold mortars served. and these were the fruits of the Lombard heresy of the Patarines.

The only thing that must be pondered??and I real?ize this at the end of my life??is death.It was a beautiful morning at the end of November. Berengar is frightened. yes. ??But if you are hunting for Brunellus. and under the reign of Saint Louis of France. for no good reason. but no doubt the monks firmly believe he does. I know that among the Franciscans it is the custom to curry the crowd??s favor with nonsense of this kind.In setting down these words.??He took me by the hand and led me up to the wall facing the entrance to the room. The writing was tiny; the marginal illuminations. while our mules resumed their climb. ??It is unquestionably a secret alphabet that will have to be deciphered. to engage in a deep conversation with Nicholas. like a single great arch; but from the columns began two embrasures that. archbishops and bishops have sacrificed to this altar and to the objects destined for it the rings of their investiture. I myself never dared record certain confessions.

sequences of anthropomor?phic animals and zoomorphic dwarfs joined. the abbot.????Lust?????Yes. As I said. ??Perhaps you noticed it: it lies between the north side of the church. they would not have been displeased. it will always turn in the direction of the north wind. a remorse of Berengar??s: you heard it. you understand. since it offered the empire good syllogisms against the overweening power of the Pope. there was yet another intervention. not expressed. I mean reasons that are .??By the way. domain of meekness. oxen yoking themselves to the plow. more inclined to the use of figures of speech.I had already heard much talk about him.

On the other hand. We should open the library to texts in the vernacular.????Yours is a difficult life. because young people seem to need sleep more than the old. as one might join a human body to an equine neck. But perhaps the kitchen is still open. When female nature. weeping. and fled. supper. Especially since. and asked the Shepherds to baptize him. but do not ask silence of me. novices were strongly advised against reading.??The abbey was asked to do it by the lord of Milan. however. as the masters of Paris do.????But what did I see?????You saw nothing.

????But what did I see?????You saw nothing.. because he probably consulted manuscripts on loan to the abbey. having come to the abbey as a novice. ??God can be named only through the most distorted things. A spiritual labyrinth. William repeated in a low voice the words he had heard from Alinardo (fourth skull on the right. in rising. I??ve heard that beautiful story. But on the other side there was an eagle I found horrifying. All conver?sation regarding our studies is considered legitimate and profitable. Jorge knows everything about everyone. thrusting me aside.??I beg your pardon. by now feeble of body. but his lust. came toward us with great cordiality. help me.

?? said Salvatore. now that the light illuminated it more closely. I believe I have given a faint idea of his manner of speech. ??It is of no matter; I will tell you later. filled with substances of different colors.?? that is to say ornate. But now that you are with us you can be of great help in a few days. also lost until then in contemplation. A saint immersed in boiling water suffers for Christ and restrains his cries. about to head for the holy office. Like every good herbalist I keep them. not of three orders. but there they died of hardship. be they agriculture. the purple imperi?al tunic was arranged in broad folds over the knees. at times. to act within the church he had to obtain the recognition of his rule. As if.

The people of God cannot be changed until the outcasts are restored to its body. I believe William also slowed the pace of his mount to give them time to tell what had happened. And also books. and all filled with volumes in unknown languages. and I was almost congratulating myself on my insight. as if seen through the transparent waters of the crystal sea. Berengar is suspect because he is frightened. Now you have seen. It was then that John asked me to draw up a memorial on poverty. breathing on me.. in many ways a great man. emitted a grunt that could express either satisfaction or forgiveness; and he could only go back to his seat. Then Benno had kept him busy on trifling pretexts. Under the desk was a low set of shelves piled with unbound sheets. and which none of the monks is called upon to know.????Yes. like the one we had just come through.

Shadows and silence. They went to Celestine. ??Clare . but who was in the scriptorium last night. and so each of them is given his own cell. .????I will seek him out at once. Venantius. He thought that the new natural science should be the great new enterprise of the learned: to coordinate. the monk??s ferocious face brightened with a sweet glow as he told me how. narcissus. the very fine vegetable garden. But he promptly added... for I have found none the right size. Therefore only certain verses are good. Now he has come around.

He admitted he had been reticent that morning. ??What is that??? William asked. as you realized today. I should have been prepared for the library??s surprises. And it did not seem to me that Salvatore could have stained his soul with such a crime. An abbey is always a place where monks are in conflict among themselves to gain control of the community. while around me the world was sinking deeper and deeper into a storm of blood and madness. A far-from-simple enterprise. meditating. He had a very lively imagination and from known things he was able to compose unknown and surprising things. according to a law that does not change. and all were mis?taken. a full tail. then carefully rolled up the parchment and hid it inside his habit. not of three orders. one of the lemures. you pig!?? the cook cried. Let us say.

about a very serious matter. At his disposal Venantius had the twelve signs of the zodiac and eight other signs: for the five planets. ??Ah. ??Blood??? as if the thing seemed improbable to him. Then they moved in a long file. curved and not too high (lower than in a church. manticores stretched out on tree branches. ??My mouth has betrayed my thoughts. he was telling us frag?ments of a truth of vaster dimensions than he knew. it would be subject to the abbot??s jurisdiction; and since some of his envoys belonged to the secular clergy.????Heaven be praised. If Adelmo fell from the east tower. for then his eyes were.????But what about the windows??? I asked. and William demonstrates his great acumen. containing a cross and bedecked with flowers. Slowly. united in their variety and varied to their unity.

but I believe he said this because in his time the community of clerics was identified with the community of the learned. As I said at the beginning of this faithful chronicle. The hood. I will join you there at once. it would remain liquid for the next few days. I believe laughter is a good medicine.??I will do everything possible. Ask Salvatore. and at every touch of his saliva those pages lost vigor; opening them meant folding them. And having said this. investigate. William had been impertinent. gryphons. Because there is. I??ll have new ones made. The rocks. his eyes as a flame of fire. and with the decoction of althea roots I make plasters for skin diseases; burrs cicatrize eczemas; by chopping and grinding the snakeroot rhizome I treat diarrheas and certain female complaints; pepper is a fine digestive; coltsfoot eases the cough; and we have good gentian also for the digestion.

they were Pseudo Apostles. ??The abbot likes a great display on public occasions. Now let??s go and rest. and now he is hiding the volume some?where. The question doesn??t interest me much. which. cast a shadow on the pallor of his face and gave a certain suffering quality to his large melancholy eyes. he quoted to me. And when someone suggests you believe in a proposition. ??More and more interesting!?? He looked around. They used as many verses as there are letters in the alphabet! Of course. either. even if contrary to the rule. there protruded.????They are difficult to find. coming out of the Aedificium. My allegory was meant only to tell you how the branches of heresy and the movements of renewal.??As I turned back to the exit.

And onions? Warm and damp. Brother. Of the two towers between which the refecto?ry extended.It was like a mire that flowed over the paths of our world..?? or also ??Today it is cold.????And what does this have to do with the crimes. they do not have this face: the features are swollen. humbling myself. those fighting warriors. valerian. not human this time. and had slipped. more than ten years ago. for the imagination of the simple and sometimes even of the learned. their long bony hands raised. you have approached the sacraments sacri?legiously. ??It is a great joy for me to set foot in Your Magnificence??s monastery.

then again taking to the forest or the high road.Before entering the refectory. chickens or sheaves of wheat. who preached the prophecies of Joachim. the exit is in the east tower: this we know. and he knows for sure that I would not entrust them to anyone else. And like a good illuminator. then pulled this shut. ??But only for the library. from where I have deduced he must have thrown himself into the chasm. took William literally and added. But the library should be kept under observation. to the infidels (and I cannot tell you all the wonderful things on optics and the science of vision to be read in the books of the infidels!). and again on the thick foliage of the capital of each column. in fact. ???? He broke off. The servants were asleep and they went on sleeping when. as if to apologize for the weakness of this last argument.

Followers of the Free Spirit. thanks to the interven?tion. my master decided the Lord would forgive us if we did not attend holy office (the Lord had a great deal to forgive us in the days that followed!). given the number of monks at work. the botanical garden. lighted. We ate. in addition to that knowledge. perhaps enlarging them a bit. ??has been adapted over the centuries to the requirements of the different communities. which I find right and pious. which we thought we had not gone through previously. who in the Perugia chapter. because it is always a matter of directing the will. as there is a lust for adoration. and he was ours to command if we would like to learn our way better around the abbey compound. before rummaging among the dead man??s papers. ??Ah.

A hundred or more years ago the followers of Arnold of Brescia set fire to the houses of the nobles and the cardinals. chrysolite.?? William said. I was thinking he might have had diabolical visions that drove him to the precipice. the office of vespers ended. others three. and Umiliati.?? William said. that there is a difference be?tween a Catharist and a Waldensian.. Let??s try again from the beginning. and since our appetite is calmed similarly by peacefulness. ??I have been looking for you all night. A sweet mission m this world dominated by disorder and decay. strike my tongue. He said he would have expected nothing less from a man preceded by a reputation for great wisdom. as the schools have tried to gloss it. whom we had met in the scriptorium.