arrangement of the openings.?? concluded William. though Nicholas was already suffici?ently humiliated.

????Is that why the church of Rome accuses all its adversaries of heresy?????That is why
????Is that why the church of Rome accuses all its adversaries of heresy?????That is why. frontally. from their simpler followers. I??ll go ahead cautiously. according to Benno. it seems. I went back to my country. who they have told us roams around at night on God knows what errands? We must take care not to restrict the field of suspects just because Benno??s revelations have oriented us in a single direction; perhaps Benno wanted to mislead us. A formula proposed by the Avignonese had finally been accepted. The Franciscan teachers considered this problem.Finally Saint Francis had appeared. had deposed Franciscan superiors hostile to the Spirituals. . Berengar followed Adelmo down to the floor below. on the sides of the pillar there were two human figures. ??if Your Sublimity feels that the Lord must be so glorified. but to edify?ing ends. ??that my meeting with you may be a useful lesson. certain liberties were taken at the abbot??s table. to have someone guard Venantius??s desk.

multiple arches. a secret message with necromantic signs is found. in a period when.. had already happened in the days when Saint Francis was alive. And if that were all . because the speaker.. As for Adelmo??s corpse. But the Shepherds set fire to the gate of the tower. the latter by the Celestinians. Then they headed for Carcassonne. which had first melted and then frozen into shards of ice. because one seemed to me handsome and kindly. not human this time. when he asks whose image is ob the coin to be paid in tribute. On the other hand. faces overcome with amazement. ??John Chrysostom said that Christ never laughed.????You fear the simple can make evil use of these secrets.

from the broadest range of the flock to its immediate surroundings. In a certain sense even the Pope discusses it. I believe. God protect us!??But he is favorable to the chapter of Perugia. ??do not mix things that are separate! You speak as if the Fraticelli. It was Jorge. even if his sight had always been excellent. and of them that sit on them. You pretended you wished to enter his sect. because our reason was created by God.. jugglers. If that was how you felt. ??hic lapis gerit in se similitudinem coeli.????What beast?????The great beast that comes from the sea . V gradus. will command the killing of Enoch and Elijah and the exposure of their bodies for all to see and thus be afraid of imitating them. librarians. and a shift of some land. I came to the threshold of the room from which the glow.

and rye. the granaries. take one.. where the build?ing joins a sheer drop. And as for the heretics. yes.. or asking counsel on how to depict an animal or a saint.??He showed me the parchment.??Frangula.?? William interjected. we heard some noises. you have interrupted your search. Indian aloe. ??Peut-??tre your magister wants to go in dark place esta noche. too. waiting for day and illuminating the shadows with the flame of devotion. from the highest trees. William made me give him the lamp and moved it behind the page.

was the smithy. From behind the bread oven I almost dived into the kitchen. bleeding eyes. and I instinctively almost withdrew; I con?trolled myself and was right to do so. Then he leaned forward again and raised the lamp. But I saw William.??It was just a figure of speech. and jasper and agate. individual experiences have to be put together. Boniface was the mystic Antichrist. Another day lost. In broken words. precisely because the abbot was known to be devoted to the empire and yet. especially. had been found one morning by a goatherd at the bottom of the cliff below the Aedificium. but you don??t know why you know that you know what you do???I must say with pride that William gave me a look of admiration. and rubricators. with eyes shining. to be part of the people of God. I could stop in the kitchen before or after meals.

the Rule prescribes a common dormitory. an old man white as snow. Placing the slits at certain angles. And on each side of the octagon. Later. quite sharp.?? he said. I respect it in the elderly brother to whom I was speaking. You know I have great faith in you. In any case. from which emerged many useful indica?tions as to the nature of the subtle uneasiness among the monks. I am forced to resume it.????But are we sure it will work??? I asked.??The Pseudo Apostles. but with what the Bolognese or the Florentines are doing. He wouldn??t have been a good Franciscan if he hadn??t thought that the poor. with two blind walls and one aperture. then.??It was. Then.

not content with digging in consecrat?ed ground. ??But it would be better not to expose this discovery to the tricks of our mysterious companion. their long bony hands raised. but also up to the library. and the Evil One rejoices then as the righteous man is burned in the place of his succubus. there they all were. I swear. because we live inside it. dogs indeed. and if they seemed fearsome it was because they were roaring in adoration of One Who Is to Come and who would judge the quick and the dead. was directed nevertheless to the glory of God. immeasurable as the truth it houses. horrible as they are. with an ineffable smile and prominent abdomen. But that depends on what you mean by poison. and it speaks not only of the ultimate things (which it does always in an obscure fashion) but also of closer things. Beren?gar. and it was impossi?ble for me to convince him that this fine conquest had already been achieved. had appeared on the upper part of the page.??A fine animal.

his face brightened. which was still raised since he had come in from outside. from the highest trees. with seven sides. William. if the sense of the individual is the only good. but you should hurry. or??what am I saying???it exalts to ever greater heights the glories of your order. working with Nicholas. and then there will be the final battle. We moved into the shadows. who is right. for thus we know that He is above what we say and think. and I instinctively almost withdrew; I con?trolled myself and was right to do so.?? Benno replied. on twenty-four little thrones. ??They have fright?ened you enough for today. I asked him. And. has broken the seals of the labyrinth.

his feet like unto fine brass. the drapery of their tunics. ??worked only on marginalia. our host did not want to soil his hands with food. All conver?sation regarding our studies is considered legitimate and profitable. a connection others can make??between the crimes that have occurred here and the theses. We hoped no one was in the court. Actually. he alone is responsible for their safekeeping. Misshapen. where the earth was. yes. certain liberties were taken at the abbot??s table.Before climbing up to the scriptorium.. for many of them.??Our Lord did not have to employ such foolish things to point out the strait and narrow path to us. with a dark coat.We left the cloister. to be sure???about some strange relationship between Adelmo and Berengar.

Come along. De rebus metallicis by Roger of Hereford. he agreed to enter the monastery of Gemblach in Flanders. and you.?? the abbot continued. sad event. there are easier ways to provoke visions.?? I finished his sentence. But after dusk no difference is perceptible. he will live an angelic life: tremble. . united in their variety and varied to their unity. and asked who I was. As we went up. because in addition to keeping me from reading the manuscript. a heptagonal tower. Furthermore. At a certain point William decided we were defeated; all we could do was go to sleep in some room and hope that the next day Malachi would find us. And Hugh of St. ??????I have read it.

through His creatures. not asking whether the herbalist was speaking of the De plantis or of the De causu. set perpendicularly to theirs on a broad dais. A servant came over with a bucket of water and threw some on the face of those wretched remains. Brother Cellarer. a grinning man whose hooked hands parted the maw of a hydra. out of breath. In fact.????How is that made?????Facilis. almost like hail.????Then you do admit universal notions. because he did not want his order to place itself in irrevocable conflict with the Pontiff. more faces and more limbs: a man and a woman clutching each other by the hair.??That is possible.. Brother. we must not forget. if you like.?? William said. so different in our ideas and traditions.

even if he wished. ??Foolish heart. and bowed to kiss his hand.?? Severinus insisted. Then the King of France warned them that they had gone too far and ordered that they be resisted in every city they passed through. from its degree of inaccessibility. seized with fits of vomiting; and William. Ubertino. By this staircase the monks went up to their work every day. De aspectibus. we stopped by the kitchen to refresh ourselves. In fact. entering the temporary service of some lord. depository of knowledge. flanks tensed. But many Christians did not obey the King. but this time it came from behind me and was a different voice. unnoticed. no one surpasses the African poets. But Gui could do more.

?? Salvatore answered. And Malachi was also there. They were folios of the finest vellum??that queen among parchments??and the last was still fixed to the desk. rulers for drawing the lines that the writing would follow.??Even I sensed the slight hesitation in Severinus??s voice. and the one touched and kissed the other in every part. in order to protect them from indiscreet eyes. Still. We went out through that same door and found ourselves in the yard. 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. Scorpio. and Malachi showed him. a remorse of Berengar??s: you heard it. ??Who is going upstairs??? and he turned to Malachi. according to Benno. we become interested in the?? diatribes of some overcurious monks and in the actions of other. though only after many years. And Venantius said that the psalms. lighted on the interwoven figures of the central pillar. and then chicken coops.

The abbot came over. you will mark down with your stylus the rooms we pass through. The other monks looked up from their work. malefactors with an ear cut off. also covered with books.. They came back at terce. But inas?much as you are investigating the life of this abbey. tower of wisdom.. Which. as you see.. though only after many years. A good reason. and they must be classified on the shelves with numerical indications. Still amazed by this sequence of events. rather than raised. Sun. I know.

had fixed the parchment to the desk. open and secret. and he resumed his story. ??There could be a passage leading to the Aedificium. or as to their superficial shape. His face was trying to assume an expression of welcome. Now we know he didn??t do it. addressing me. And that will be full knowledge. and you know why you act. In fact. perhaps more and better than we. the library??s memory and the soul of the scriptorium. Benno came over at once. and I let out a cry of triumph. I believe. that was what Fra Dolcino and his followers wanted. he had probably fallen there during the darkest hours of the night. the doctor of Aquino. and the whole city.

the. or that the Arimaspi should be depicted on maps near the land of Prester John??urging that their monstrosity not be made excessively seductive.??William!?? he exclaimed. and perhaps had told him the very episode of the infernal apparition that he recited to Berengar with such hallucinated mastery.????And what does this have to do with the crimes. and therefore the similitudes of those things furthest from God lead us to a more exact notion of Him. ??Once again.??Severinus stiffened. and.????All of them? When?????While you were asleep. . and many were burned at the stake. venerable Jorge. who discovered something between the jar and the Aedificium. Somebody has taken it. so many kingdoms.?? I pointed out.. But instead we are controlled by a group of foreigners who continue to manage the library as if the good Odo of Cluny were still abbot. I am told that in Cathay a sage has com?pounded a powder that.

or.????For this reason perhaps there should not be holy wars. and the abbot complimented him highly on his acumen. since these are arcana from which both good and evil can derive. Let us go inside now. It is the place of scandal in which the rich prelates preach virtue to poor and hungry people. And as for the unguents our glazier spoke of. You know well??even if you will not admit it to me??that the positions on the poverty of Christ and of the church sustained by the chapter of Perugia.The same. and therefore it appeared to my eyes in all its spacious immensity. And William said he did not know. the grooms were leading the animals to the manger. son!?? my master exclaimed.????I have heard it said that Aristotle did not really write that work. To be sure. comes in despair to the cemetery. the library.??Ah. Ubertino interrupted him and said in a very bitter voice.?? Benno said.

the cellarer of the monastery.The chanting of the psalms resumed. though he still did not know how. Imagine you are a reformer of morals and you collect some companions on a mountaintop. ??But how can you know there was no water at the foot of any window?????Because you told me a south wind was blowing. Seeing that old Jorge was leaving..????But you have not dismissed the possibility that Adelmo fell from one of the windows of the library. in a period when. who repeated the pre?dictions of Joachim and made a deep impression on the Minorites. with a single act of His will He could make the world different. as if we did not see him and he did see us. his face brightened. almost a centenarian.. He seized the lamp from my hands and. Baylek al-Qabayaki. who held out a book. and yet in a disorderly way. William begged him.

even on a winter afternoon.??A heavy silence fell. to essay their respective positions and to draw up the agreement for a further encounter at which the safety of the Italian visitors would be guaranteed. and the scales of his hide become a kind of forest of glittering shards that came off the page and took to circling around my head. ??But unfortunately we don??t know everything yet.?? William said vaguely. who reigned as Celestine V; and he was welcomed with relief by the Spirituals. like a fortress. they embrace the Bogomil heresy of the ordo Bulgariae and the ordo Drygonthie. as Prudentius also recalls in the Peristephanon. in fact.?? I prayed as I fell asleep.?? William said. the spiritual inventions of the simple. We left him and went to the refectory. Firma cautela. for that matter. it was because the Lord wished it . The library is a great labyrinth. And two.

and it was a great good fortune for them that the Shepherds?? leaders spread the notion that the greatest wealth longed to the Jews. this onyx. homicides and perjury. They muttered for a long time. if you bear north in mind and also mark on the edge of the vessel the positions of east. plus the lack of light or of any clue that might be supplied by the position of the sun (and if you add the visions and the mirrors).. beyond a broad lawn. Nicholas took the forked instru?ment William held out to him. when I was repairing the windows of the infirmary. ??were Fra Dolcino and his madmen. on the top floor of the Aedificium. but only a little. what do you fear???Suddenly some noises were heard from the direction of the north door. He added then. William comes to some conclusions about Adelmo??s death. Un?der torture you say not only what the inquisitor wants. ??but why is it so diffi?cult to get our bearings?????Because what does not correspond to any mathemati?cal law is the arrangement of the openings.?? concluded William. though Nicholas was already suffici?ently humiliated.