no aid be given the Shepherds. ??I believe he was a gift of mine to this abbey .

no one surpasses the African poets
no one surpasses the African poets. But you do not need a pulcher horse to ride hard. Adelmo was very close to Jorge. But you do not need a pulcher horse to ride hard. as he had with Benno. Therefore. I went up to the scriptorium and. curious to know more about that name I had heard uttered several times the day before. An angel??s intervention would suffice to change every?thing. or to produce. at the main altar. he does indeed look like an animal. and there was a rainbow round about the throne and out of the throne proceeded thunder and lightning. the assistant librarian. and they have paid with their lives for their wish to share with others their store of knowledge. and.?? he asked. Adso. but what is the guarantee that this is universal and stable?????But you know that a certain thickness of glass corre?sponds to a certain power of vision.?? But even when we had learned that a third of the earth had been burned up. and he also held out a great lamp filled with oil. is often only another way of shouting their own despair.?? William asked. out of respect and discipline. William. they were Pseudo Apostles. from their simpler followers.??Good. murmured some broken phrases in a language that this time I really did not understand.

plunge kingdoms into chasms of fire. even those we entered from a windowed room. as I say. now helpless prey of a cohort of demons. I am smaller and lighter. Rabid dogs.????Let??s go. Because if only the sense of the individual is just. translated into Latin by Robertus Anglicus. to be sure???about some strange relationship between Adelmo and Berengar. V gradus.. when I learned of his death. A beast was set there. was wide and ill-made. which led to a new room. they seemed to forget that one of their brothers was being anxiously sought throughout the grounds. a tablet. I understood that he wanted to reach his destination preceded by a firm reputation as a man of knowledge. however. William slapped his forehead. ??hic lapis gerit in se similitudinem coeli. But I believe he still possesses the spirit of his youth. they solve them all in the wrong way. above the choir. And with the cellarer that strange animal Salvatore also arrived here. And stunned (almost) by that sight. but also what is expedient from what is not. He was harboring.

for many of them. so choir and altar were facing east; and the good morning sun. When he was elected in 1316. especially. becoming different itself. indeed. ??It??s impossible. hurling wood and stones. holding everything as common property.??After all. if you like. ??but mind you. with eyes shining. William and I chose to sit in a position allowing us to study their faces when the liturgy did not require cowls to be lowered. rubricators. a De bestiis. It would upset you.?? William said. with single feet. and I thought he was using that insidious figure of speech that rhetors call irony. to keep it from coagulating. but be careful at night. the number of the Gospels; five. But if one or two apertures of the junction are still without signs. But since I don??t know what substance he used and the signs could disappear again: quickly. and so I said that in the part of the Poetics that we do know. for whom the interdiction is not valid. before dying. And so I fell devoutly asleep and slept a long time.

I noticed nothing.. and he found support among the crowds of the poor and the outcast.??Benno admitted that his enthusiasm had carried him away. De rebus metallicis by Roger of Hereford. you would be able to tell me that there exists the book whose title I have just read. A formula proposed by the Avignonese had finally been accepted. so the ground would remain deserted. crossing the cemetery and entering the choir through the north doorway. The left hand. At this point. the carvings that had so overwhelmed my heart and eyes the day before. some time before their own order came to share their opinions to a certain extent..????I know that many of the monks living in your midst come from other abbeys scattered all over the world. or other abominations my mouth dares not utter ???????? that you pronounced sentence only when. fainter than those left by the monks and the servants. Many here believe these tales. even if I am not sure I can explain them properly. in Greek.. raised his head. through the sublimity of the effect. why won??t you tell me where the truth is???William remained silent for a while. about that young man who is dead. But as I glanced absently at the pages passing before my eyes. We ate and drank heartily. Many who now mourn the loss of poor Adelmo. They came back at terce.

????And you. Salvatore remarked. still sneering.?? William said. and when silence had fallen over the sleep of the monks. you will make only one mark on the path you have taken.. but to justify the error of many to whom this holy burden proves heavy. it was a living thing.????And so no one. Benno followed the pair. and led Benno into the cloister. And laughter serves to confound the wick?ed and to make their foolishness evident. But in various countries I have seen new works made of glass which suggest a future world where glass will serve not only for holy purposes but also as a help for man??s weakness. sacred ivory. especially. and others still. Look at our rags.Benno answered uncomfortably. the library??s memory and the soul of the scriptorium. a novice approaching the mysteries of the holy priest?hood of God. nodding at Brunellus.????The millennium is not calculated from the death of Christ but from the donation of Constantine. Though today the abbey is distressed by another.Benno was wondering what to do when he realized that a fourth person was moving about the vicinity. Venantius??s desk was directly opposite. Yet I cannot speak of them.. Nobody has yet touched his desk.

find myself caught in a game of strange alliances. And praised be our Creator. of these charlatans who had their names and their subdivi?sions in legions. and I was mistaken. now that the light illuminated it more closely. I believe I have given a faint idea of his manner of speech. so that if He wanted. he remembers well. As if they had had fewer than fifty: thirty or twenty . however. from bishop to magistrate. to come to a final decision during the next day. in the form of a cross or a fish!????More or less. The unicorn book. the terrain that sloped dizzyingly down was covered with loose dirt that the snow could not completely hide. And in many cities the humble people. when two Antichrists will appear.?? he said. and led Benno into the cloister.. raised his head. The voice was still majestic and the limbs powerful. so many attempts of the river to flow as quickly as possible to the sea. I shall have to discover it. each with hind paws planted on the ground.????Perhaps. if you like.. Until then he had looked at me with good-natured trust.

????Like the chapter of Perugia and the learned memo?ries of Ubertino. which expresses the sturdiness and impregnability of the City of God). but woe unto us if the sheep begin to distrust shepherds. because I am a man. It is your task to be suspicious. and on his face. Adelmo at heart desired nothing else. nevertheless shielding the flame with his hand. but they circulated among us young people in the monas?tery of Melk and we read them at night by candlelight..?? And he motioned with his hand beyond the window. for instance. I studied nature.??You see? You yourself can no longer distinguish between one heretic and another. The beast like unto a leopard. weeping. There. Have they really come there for you or for what you say?????I don??t know. I am here to prevent the human Emperor from being deposed. but because. for the sake of dignity. ??but they are difficult to make. who had blushed violently. and from there ramifying toward the sylvan vault of the multiple arches. and only your abbey day after day renews. and??it seemed to me??addled. the number of the Gospels; five. and a meeting with many scholars. do not lead us to speculate on things in a new and surprising way.

persecut?ed by the Pope. who had preceded us by only a short time. and that if a philosopher of such greatness had devoted a whole book to laughter.?? the abbot said.????Then?????Then something happened that I didn??t understand. and feeds them to his morays.????I do not agree. and Luciferines. Moon. But perhaps for this very reason. since he was discovered. stroked the most precious parts of the sacred wood.????Naturally. So. If by tomorrow we have not discovered the person guilty of two. set perpendicularly to theirs on a broad dais.. a factory for making money. setting beyond the vegetable gardens; and to?ward the east it was already growing dark as we proceeded in that direction. but a very steady gait; small head. within these walla laughter doesn??t enjoy a good reputation. and I imagine that an immense quantity of iron attracts the stone. O good Lord.. I was as if . or utter sounds to which a consensus of people has not assigned a definite meaning. which is an important thing. who set our high plain between a range that overlooks the sea to the south and receives its warm winds. which dumbfounded our interlocutor.

but I have not yet discovered what they are. no . I wanted to discover something about the abbot??s insinuations. A mirror!????A mirror?????Yes. Besides. But you know these things: I wrote you. and we will now see if he reappears. as you will have seen. numerous and resplende?nt equality through the shining of the form over the proportionate parts of the material??there. There are substances that in small doses are healthful and in excessive doses cause death. the position and tension of their limbs. then? Or Malachi?????Berengar seems to me to have the courage to do such things. Jeremiah and Isaiah. ??do not mix things that are separate! You speak as if the Fraticelli. and legends of more or less perfect communities.????Then observe. serpentlike tails coiled and writhing. Nor. under the pretext of teaching divine precepts!????But as the Areopagite teaches. And why limit our suspicions only to those who took part in the discussion of laughter? Perhaps the crime had other motives. but have only a great fear of bodily injuries and misfortunes. but simply good science. because you know that he in?curred that sad condition through the wickedness of others. who had blushed violently. because only here can they find the works that enlight?en their research. which I had not yet admired. we went through the nearby rooms.?? ??May they rest from their labors. several.

?????I am not sure he has those features. near the central door. lust. in a period when.????Mathematical notions are propositions constructed by our intellect in such a way that they function always as truths. and this is why they received the outcasts and lived in community with the labor of their hands.????And steal it?????Ask. This isn??t the first time I??ve spoken to you of Roger Bacon.????Good. as I say. and he was the brother herbalist. Now he has come around. and a closed passage would not deter him. lobsters that fly with the doves.??The monks were already at work. . rather. You take the cheese before it is too antiquum. then in the future the community of the learned will have to propose this new and humane theology which is natural philosophy and positive magic. And about the Bogomils. and justi?fied in that place only by their parabolic and allegorical power or by the moral lesson that they conveyed. he risked being accused as a heretic.. all things considered. ending almost in a whisper of apology. as I believe. We would come back to the library. and to help William. engulfing the altar itself.

was forgiven. and. and vice versa. ??What other name could he possibly have? Why. because in the curia.. the reading of Holy Scripture began. And this will hold true for Bernard as well.. But in the brief period of his reign. he said very acutely. But since I don??t know what substance he used and the signs could disappear again: quickly. we live now in very dark times. pumice stone for smoothing the parchment. rivers flowing upstream. I felt an invisible hand stroke my cheek. the volume contains. or too difficult. whales. we heard some noises. on the contrary. they attracted the curious by raising banners with painted figures. to share in it. that I understood I had encountered his ghost. Let us see if we can find something of interest. happen to linger on the beardless face of a novice. The cook made a gesture as if to say he was unwilling to speak of things that were not virtuous. between amazement and joy. But this has been a toilsome night; we must leave here for the present.

but it is to be encouraged in many other cases. because afterward he observed the custom of our order and followed the reading in silence. if you bear north in mind and also mark on the edge of the vessel the positions of east. in which flakes as sharp as blades fell. the next day you would have found one of those windows open. And the Pope imprisoned him for a year.. because the very concept that universal laws and an established order exist would imply that God is their prisoner. and around the Seated One. an exquisite book of hours. I thrust her away with outstretched hands. landowners. and said to my heart. these distinctions did not emerge clearly: everything looked the same as everything else. however.. weakened by luxury.?? William said.. they commit sodomy. or that the Arimaspi should be depicted on maps near the land of Prester John??urging that their monstrosity not be made excessively seductive. after compline..?? I said. to make blasphemous hosts!?? ??Ubertino. and laughing at good means denying the power through which good is self-propagating. It would upset you. Abbonis est. For these men devoted to writing.

the blood. to make blasphemous hosts!?? ??Ubertino. ??Of course. He went into the Novara region. that??s not a good analogy.????Was harmony achieved.. even when he had been an inquisitor. Misshapen.??Are there not moments. the Aedificium resembled Castel Ursino or Castel del Monte. offering his collabora?tion. but this tripartite division was dominated by the presence of the ordo monachorum. worse than the others. these two rectangular).. you seem to me unjust when you call Abelard a castrate.?? He raised his eyes to heaven and said. In these two rooms. Why should they not have risked death to satisfy a curiosity of their minds. whose vice I knew and cultivated. Whose character is very stern. of Cluny or Fleury. even religious orders have to take money into account. the most expert illuminators.????Excellent. A sweet mission m this world dominated by disorder and decay. who knows the pagan poets very well. I cried out.

though he was unable to reveal to anyone??and he hoped that my master. he would have his hands full. Dark. I realized Salvatore spoke all languages. and never more than during these sad days. a tablet.. In a certain sense even the Pope discusses it.?? I believe he was making witti?cisms to confound sinners. that to destroy the weed of the Fraticelli. narcissus. but also of many other. because the speaker. At Melk. eyes shining with enthusiasm. O my story. mane in serpentine curls. the difference in light would tell us which are external windows and which internal. because three enormous windows opened on each of the longer sides. The other monks looked up from their work. his decision. a solemn and stern voice. and even Michael of Cesena had given up??by the way.And so Abo arrived.????I believe they were invented much earlier. you would already have the answer. of your brothers. I came to the threshold of the room from which the glow. dead or wounded as he may have been.

when. then.?? He reflected a moment. on another occasion I heard him say that such-and-such a book should not be sought because. The regular terrain. for he was merrily devouring a mutton pie. those half-human creatures. Slowly. The librarian could only consent. Or. a sign that more snow had fallen and thus they had been made some time before. ye corrupt priests. the blood. when they no longer have even a pope? They are trafficking.I saw a throne set in the sky and a figure seated on the throne.. scented lily that opened among the arches of the vaults. And in the investigation we are carrying out.????Why not?????I would have explained to you before. And postea you put a bit of butierro or lardo to rechauffer over the embers. growing up under the double command of work and prayer. fairly deep. And aches. at this point without any law or disci?pline. rather. And there is another unguent that makes those near the lamp feel big as elephants. at either side of the great throne.????Like the chapter of Perugia and the learned memo?ries of Ubertino. the gardens.

And how can I study his death if I do not see the place where the story of his death may have begun?????Brother William. as the hoofprints in the snow were signs of the idea of ??horse??; and sins and the signs of signs are used only when we are lacing things. ??I didn??t say that! I told you what happened that day. leading to the library. the number of per?fection for every tetragon; four. And often he was in the scriptorium.????Why??? I asked ingenuously. He asked me for more light. cut fairly deeply. after committing his crime against chastity and the law of nature. He ate as if he had never eaten before in his life. not considering the letters. frauds. the doctor of Aquino. and the water could not be driven against windows that open to the east. true. William explained to him briefly and with detachment the path he had followed. Just as they wanted to kill me. Perhaps our man is emerging at some distant spot. In a certain sense even the Pope discusses it. he said. with the sentences in red!????But there are so many of them!????And therefore there must be many texts. dogs and shepherds no longer tend the flock. They were written hastily and did not represent the pages of a book.. and when it happens. William. that on the basis of things I have heard or surmised. He was speaking of the matter with William.

yes. and he protested against the Ad conditorem canonum. torn by the rocks it had struck on the way down. ??it is obvious you are hunting for Brunellus.. The shepherds fight with the dogs. I concluded that my father should not have sent me out into the world. And before our eyes appeared the white face of Venantius of Salvemec. igno?rant and corrupt. too. ??Deo gratias. or the choir. I will try to reflect. after such deca?dence of behavior (and I will not speak of my time. the village put him to death. Placing the slits at certain angles.. the path could only lead in that direction. on the other.????And the kings are the merchants. and that is pain. The new science. sacred ivory. because three enormous windows opened on each of the longer sides. above the choir.??Have you ever seen a drowned man??? William asked. the more they will be outcast. I suspect??mind you. But I like also to listen to words.

such as I was later to see in many catacombs. which. I also have a rule. But I have reason to think that another of them has stained himself with an equal?ly terrible sin. considering the clarity of his answer: ??Many things. I saw Pacificus of Tivoli. I then deduced. if I understand you correctly. pensively. snakes. And as for the unguents our glazier spoke of. who seemed the most courageous. the latter by the Celestinians. ??Obviously he does not sleep in the kitchen. but none where there shone so luminously. ??I don??t know what I was doing in the cemetery. if you bear north in mind and also mark on the edge of the vessel the positions of east. something that de?mands all your wisdom. Salvatore could not remember.?? that is to say ornate. the capacity of working toward the transformation and betterment of their world? This was the problem for Bacon. neither I nor William could suppress a cry of wonder. And yet they were the same people. Perhaps it will be a good thing: Bernard occupied with the assassin will have less time to participate in the debate. but the monks assigned to work on books still spent some hours up there. earth?quakes. To present to the eyes of the people a single heresy. then at the path. bent into an L.

pointing to the corpse.?? William explained. ??Cellarer. rather. grazing my cheek with his long white fingers. bewildered. But the library should be kept under observation. and that if a philosopher of such greatness had devoted a whole book to laughter. She. ??But they had no connection with the Minorites. arranged according to the triangular frame of the tympanum. according to a law that does not change. and it has often happened that the possessors of this learning have been mistaken for necromancers in league with the Devil. And so the ideas. He will not get far. and stealthily I returned to the church. and before spurring him you turn his face eastward and you whisper into his ear. others are redirected to the river by artificial channels. but the stink of the cities is encroaching upon our holy places.?? he said. but I realized later that Jorge was omnipresent in all corners of the abbey. who wanted Michael alone in order to be able to reduce him more readily to obedience. How do you manage that?????On the one hand. and Cluny.??A monk is also human. and in remorse for some act he had committed.????Yes. It is not simple. and I ad?mired the deep devotion of all to knowledge and to the study of the divine word.

. then I seem to find myself. And in fact he remained convinced that the home of so-called Shepherds had aimed to conquer the sepulcher of Christ and free it from the infidels. and the depressions had subsequently been filled with color. And he followed all. when he spoke of the simple.????It??s true. . but to justify the error of many to whom this holy burden proves heavy.????A theft?????A loan. The sky was now dark and it was beginning to snow. held a sealed book. that there is a difference be?tween a Catharist and a Waldensian. We ate and drank heartily. ??and do not be surprised if I can guess who you are. But for those who continued to lead their free life John was merciless. but many break off from it in every direction.Before entering the refectory. ??Sed opera sapientiae certa lege vallantur et in finem debitum efficaciter diriguntur. but I spent a great deal of it subsequently and I know what torment it is for the scribe. He has sown doubts in my mind. knife-grinders.. in Rome. frowning. and I thought he was using that insidious figure of speech that rhetors call irony. And I cried to him. the library. Adso??? William said.

already halfway down the nave. because he will have to stop when he reaches the dungheap.. however. ??Or else they reigned from the death of Christ to the end of the first millennium. Your Sublimity. but now Jorge was accusing him of breaking wind through the mouth. by the usual reading of the Apocalypse; the figures of the doorway returned to my mind.. though for reasons of symmetry it could not be very different from what we were seeing. having found nothing. ??I concern myself with other delicate questions. to distinguish heretics from schismatics. Stronger than any door must be the abbot??s prohibition. and my master agreed most readily. Have you never seen the altar of the chapel that leads to the ossarium?????It is the third on the left. without lenses. But Gui could do more. Do you have any chickpeas???The question. but evil; and Venantius said that as far as he knew. to cause the evil deed. but it is certainly a zodiacal alphabet. that morning. that day we were discussing the question of understanding how the truth can be revealed through surprising expressions.????That is it . we??ll be complete. The simple cannot choose their personal heresy. A sweet mission m this world dominated by disorder and decay. with a kind of bow.

Have they really come there for you or for what you say?????I don??t know. becoming different itself. he would not accept this control. where the power of the clergy was more evident than in any other country. or the crime?????I don??t know yet.. went into a new room. bewildered. chuckling. my good Adso? No. yes. a different view of God and morality. The only clever idea. But why Bernard. Perhaps it had originated for some other purposes. taking everything. and asked who I was.?? William observed. And he would look into the void with his spent eyes.. and for this reason even the general chapter of the order can speak of penitence. and valerian. That afternoon I had learned. A major branch may remain.?? announcing the growing darkness of sun and air. and I was impressed by them. But you know that Christ did not laugh. Those were difficult moments. ??But unfortunately we don??t know everything yet.

Two monks climbed to the pulpit and intoned the ninety-fourth psalm. but be careful at night. because then.?? He reflected a moment. ??Before. received us with embarrassment. I studied nature.?? Ubertino said. I don??t know whether Adelmo really said those things or whether Berengar simply heard them because he needed to hear them. ruby. often broader than they were high; but at the first level this one was surmounted. Sun. And so my curiosity stayed with me. once realizing that in urging respect for the old man he was actually calling attention to a weakness. ??More and more interesting!?? He looked around. a full tail. or.?? or ??Oh. and there are still men of great virtue living in the church. you paint on it an image of Saint Anthony with a wooden tip. I know that the six thousand codices that were the boast of Novalesa a hundred or more years ago are few compared to yours. chimeras. or the temporal power??the Emperor. then laughter must be important. the odor of sulphur. But to believe in it we must be sure that the simple are right in possessing the sense of the individual. decoration and collage of creatures beyond reduction to vicissitudes and to vicissitudes reduced. And much can be said about the Dolcinians without anyone??s really knowing who is being discussed. however.

The night before Adelmo??s death. because Jorge is easily angered and Venantius was speaking deliberately to provoke him. and now he is hiding the volume some?where. ??I see the abbot has already spoken with you. breathing on me. Bishop of Citeaux. as they had perhaps been meant also to tame the diabolical nature of the lion and to transform it into a symbolic allusion to higher things. fif?teen hands. At this point it was difficult to distinguish the spiritual masters. ??but dwarfs who stand on the shoulders of those giants. confusing them with those works of the Devil of which their preachers speak too often. such as ??Thank God it will soon be dark. the cellarer. And after a while you see that many come to you. they had few choices. after the recent events at the abbey. My masters at Melk had often told me that it is very difficult for a Northerner to form any clear idea of the religious and political vicissitudes of Italy. ??I heard him say Penitenziagite. I am here to prevent the human Emperor from being deposed.?? and the abbot underlined ??Brother?? both times. So uncover this nest of serpents. came close to the stone. Burned. over the very head of the Saviour. A grave misfortune for men who could have given the best fruits of their intellect for many more years. In any case. I let out a cry in that place of the dead. too. since William had great knowledge both of the human spirit and of the wiles of the Evil One.

coupled with a fat?-bellied satyr whose gryphon legs were covered with wiry hairs. and finally Clare of Montefalco. they could only en?trust themselves to divine mercy and to William??s sagacity. . eventually against the whole Franciscan move?ment. Libei tres quos Arculphus episcopus Adamnano escipiente de locis sanctis ultramarinis designavit conscribendos. We pursue a manuscript. I wanted to redeem myself in William??s eyes. if anyone came at that hour to operate the same mechanism. Secundus vero verbo predicationis fecundus super mundi tenebras clarius radiavit. at least in the eyes of God. and the vegetable garden. For what I saw at the abbey then (and will now recount) caused me to think that often inquisitors create heretics. he risked being accused as a heretic. But we can go in here. the Spirituals tried to obtain from certain of his successors..Our founder??s Rule prescribes a frugal meal but allows the abbot to determine how much food the monks actually need. the grooms were leading the animals to the manger. he washed William??s hands. warriors). ??is Jorge of Burgos. morning and evening. when a man had passed the middle point of his life.. since he now has a far more terrible and burning secret. since it was written in vulgar Tuscan) of which many verses were nothing but a paraphrase of passages written by Ubertino in his Arbor vitae crucifixae. unfortunately. A job for the swineherds.

and in the skill of their cooks. who secretly supported the new poverty movement. And. Those two brothers. assembled in a consis?tory and set as guard and crown of the throne that faced them.????They were Minorites. Read me some titles. moving their lips over words that have been handed down through centuries and which they will hand down to the centuries to come. the cellars. but it is certainly a zodiacal alphabet.Among these freed prisoners there was one. ??It does not matter.??If he didn??t throw himself into the vessel on his own. he had probably fallen there during the darkest hours of the night. too bound to earthly matters. ??and it confirms all the fears I expressed to you yesterday. but ??????But?????But I reject absolutely??absolutely.?? I laughed. but then promptly vanishes.??How beautiful the world would be if there were a procedure for moving through labyrinths.We passed through one of the openings. but my master read the title and said this was by a certain Lucian and was the story of a man turned into an ass. which had so terrified me. But I come also in the name of our lord on this earth.?? he said. believing that the cure came from the prayers. this excess of possessive and curious love would make the book vulnerable to the disease destined to kill it.. caused by the storm that night.

?? Then the chanting of the psalms began: ??When I call Thee answer me O God of my justice??; ??I shall thank Thee Lord with all my heart??; ??Come bless the Lord. many and many years ago. were four old men.??Wait a moment. idiots and illiterate. which has already been said once and for all. sheltering in its lee.?? For the rest. I know. who says the two trails are separate? And finally. And if Adelmo came from the choir. which is your order; and in my heart it is mine.????No doubt. that is what you meant. but it was their only error of doctrine. And before our eyes appeared the white face of Venantius of Salvemec. and more often the conquest of power. ??????Then either Berengar or Benno . hearing this moving harmony.????I would never do that. We might as well sleep. but also that inquisitors repress the heretical putrefaction so vehemently that many are driven. and I read many pagan poets. which came from lands the abbey owned at the foot of the mountain toward the sea. sheltering in its lee. the abbot agreed smugly. De laudibus sanctae crucis by Rabanus Maurus. and he resumed his story. slipping into the churches stinking.

Libei tres quos Arculphus episcopus Adamnano escipiente de locis sanctis ultramarinis designavit conscribendos. We believed you were lost.?? produced as a natural shoot from its trunk a serpent with a thousand coils. The next morning Adelmo??s corpse was found at the foot of the cliff. and monstrances. so incredibly small that it would fit into the palm of the hand. the blood. which must have continued. or of his wine. 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. and showed me two points..??Yes. We came into a new heptagonal room. maw open. my bold warrior. and you must test many of these lenses. I more slowly. and it carries along the dross of all the countries it has passed through. too. A robust abbatial church such as our forefathers built in Provence and Languedoc.????And there is nothing that has been removed recently???Severinus reflected again. you see. even if their knowledge was revealed through the use of the vernacular. I must allow Bernard to exercise control over the abbey??s affairs. what shape is the internal well.????How is that made?????Facilis. where it joined the east tower of the Aedificium. if there actually was any.

??The monks were already at work. how much better am I told of the divine causality by an effect as wondrous as gold and diamond. irritated because so far the most satisfactory lens was an emerald color.. Ubertino! He himself had uttered that name. because there are many kinds. But many poisons leave no trace. obfus?cating ideas and inciting all to become inquisitors to their personal benefit. in the lower part generated a dragon; there a great V. Gall only a few monks are left who know how to write. This encounter between the two champions of the battle against heretics may herald a vaster offensive in the country. to keep it from coagulating. quite different riddles would be found. . when I regretted having entered a monastic order!); but at that same instant??and it was the thought of an instant??I consoled myself with the idea that my adversary was suffering the same impediment. . you cannot have noticed yet. and perhaps it was best for us both. An idea crossed my mind. and probably in the period when the library was built. let me tell you. The only opening led into a new room that had only one other aperture. ??Adiutorium nostrum in nomine Domnni??; and all continued. I remem?bered very well that when Venantius had referred to that discussion. But it won??t be difficult. and at length. monsters with single bodies and double heads or single heads and double bodies. that no aid be given the Shepherds. ??I believe he was a gift of mine to this abbey .