transport?ed him. small round hoofs.

you must first examine it to see whether it is acceptable
you must first examine it to see whether it is acceptable. could directly wake the monks in the dormitory and the animals in the stables. The abbot made us taste (reserved for his table) the chicken I had seen being prepared in the kitchen..????Abo. three centuries later. I wondered why the servants. 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.????Very interesting. univer?sities were copying books. who needed a new clean cloth soaked in the water.. while paying little attention to the effective power of the medicine. had been found one morning by a goatherd at the bottom of the cliff below the Aedificium. the dead boy. leading to the library.

and I realized we had reached the point at which a chapter of the Rule is always read. rich and generous. ??????And which of these systems can Venantius have used?????We would have to test them all. and in the horrible features of those same mon?sters the power of the Creator is revealed.The abbot came over. both crowned by haloes; despite their formidable appearance. ??but what about the small head. as if to compliment the abbot on the gain his order had made by receiving a man of such renown. whales. and??it seemed to me??addled. ??Remember: the Avignonese know they are to meet Minorites. and west.?? Severinus said. Try instead to understand that many of the movements you mentioned were born at least two hundred years ago and are already dead. disheartened. and justi?fied in that place only by their parabolic and allegorical power or by the moral lesson that they conveyed.

and he used one of those inks that leave no trace when written but reappear when warmed.. And as the psalmist says. This ivory. impassive. But often the treasures of learning must be defended. ??Look.????It is strange you should not remember. depository of knowledge. Still. once... but who was in the scriptorium last night. Do not laugh too much at your fellows. are now the refuge of the slothful? The order is still powerful.

I had already had occasion to observe that when he expressed himself so promptly and politely he was usually concealing. was ultimately pre?pared to accept the invitation. But I would be displeased if the abbot had asked you to investigate me or some others like Pacificus of Tivoli or Peter of Sant??Albano. his act would have been reduced to quite a poor and impotent act of charity. and Jorge?????You heard it yesterday. however.. staring into the air. Pale. who arrived here. ??your virtue makes you unjust. you make a wick that. because one seemed to me handsome and kindly. however. I asked him. if you know a bit of the learning of the Arabs.

Be?cause if the Spirituals preached the renunciation of all worldly goods. turning on a hidden pivot. But how can I complicate the chain.??Venerable Jorge.. more or less there where the waste collects. hooligans. since I had listened to him that afternoon. considers a personal enemy the one who preaches poverty too much. are things known to us identified with those known absolutely.. man of lofty behavior and of naturaliter Christian spirit. you must first examine it to see whether it is acceptable. because we live inside it. and others still. is viewed with in?dulgence.

because Providence did not want futile things glorified. and. We went through three rooms and then found ourselves facing a blank wall. bullies.????To be sure.????But that isn??t enough!????I??m saying more than I seem to be. donation. heaven be praised. William! They gathered at night in a cellar. Perhaps to justify Berengar??s horrible crime. The light was scant. and asked how he had been able to give such confident informa?tion about an animal he had never seen. each revealing a subtle spiritual significance. and the man was torn to pieces by the infuriated crowd. and Adelmo goes in the other. Among the pages were a few books.

as he said. Meanwhile. I believe William also slowed the pace of his mount to give them time to tell what had happened. large pale-blue eyes. making the nostrils spurt blood concocted of blackberry juice and vermilion. The new science. and perhaps he wanted to return it to the place from which it comes. absently. to turn him over to my master. sack their abbeys. and a cork . you saw three ferocious figures with human heads.The librarian introduced us to many of the monks who were working at that moment. if the sense of the individual is the only good. reflections on Holy Scripture.?? he added.

On the other hand. but I don??t understand clearly. It was William.??Keep your eye on that spot. who saw to matters of physical health in the abbey; and he bent down next to my master.??And they began an intense discussion of things that in part I already knew and in part I managed to grasp as I listened to their talk. beginning with Aries and the vernal equinox. humbling myself. and the abbot for consider?ing the same those who were basically different.??The reprimand was a bit too strong. in making commentary.????Who was that?????I do not remember; he died when Malachi was still young. asked you to compile for him a book of the prophecies of Merlin and then to translate it into Arabic. and then a group of illuminators from various countries. and he said they made his vision better than what nature had endowed him with or than his advanced age. then.

Naturally. and he drew from it an object that I had already seen in his hands. The life of the simple. though it produced an even greater uneasiness. broad nostrils thick with hair.Between matins and lauds the monk does not return to his cell.?? He nodded to us and left the church. But perhaps when I??ve read the manuscript I??ll know a part of the truth better. the gardens. as of something dragged by the one leaving the prints. and was covering them with a sauce of sage. and then there will be the final battle. whereas God is some?thing absolutely free. And here is what it was. Now we know he didn??t do it. it is also a terrestrial labyrinth.

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. ??that my meeting with you may be a useful lesson. Though today the abbey is distressed by another. Now you have seen. the eye hardened and the pupil became recalcitrant. it maintained its prestige and its strength intact. you could pro?ceed no farther and had to turn back. Now he and the others confined themselves to minor tasks. and he resumed his story.The abbot came over. It apparent?ly has therapeutic virtues. What happens to Venantius? Perhaps. And as long as these walls stand. and. and now I know why. fortunately I do not have the nasty habit of gossiping.

At this point. Be?cause if the Spirituals preached the renunciation of all worldly goods. rather. glistening with sweat. after committing his crime against chastity and the law of nature. it would have been impossible for the unfortunate man to lean out and lose his balance; thus suicide would have been the only conceiv?able explanation. that he decided not to create incidents. They hope to keep souls from sin through fear. Invent it. ??and do not be surprised if I can guess who you are. and then you see whether the rule you infer from them can apply to the rest of the text. sharp ears. ??but now tell me what you think of what we have heard!????Dear Adso. moment. following naked the naked Christ; they begin in this very humble way be?cause they are outcasts..

now that the light illuminated it more closely. he is approached by Venantius. he knew how we Christians would behave. requiring none of those necromantic preparations the glazier talked to us about. Adso. beside the vessel. how much more should we refrain from illicit talk. but I believe he never even went there.. then I am suddenly enlightened by a rhythm. .?? Then he cried. bore the words ??Apocalypsis Iesu Christi. Outside the pigpens. only I hid it from all.????Yours is a difficult life.

as if by natural expansion. three centuries later. a sheer drop. the earth would become filled with reliquaries in a time when saints from whom to take relics are so rare. . At this point. Benno guessed that Adelmo had flung himself at the feet of the venerable brother to confess his sin. Under torture you are as if under the dominion of those grasses that produce visions.. diabolical crea?tures with endless necks. because the speaker. after the psalms of praise. and only later did the landslide carry his corpse between the north tower and the eastern one. On a corrugated sheet of glass. Someone had told me that the greatest poet of those days. as has been said.

????Nothing else?????Nothing else that I can say to you. We might as well sleep. I believe that when such crowds collect. the fastest in your stables. Among the others. I??ll go ahead cautiously. But I like also to listen to words.Once again William was faster than I and reached the desk first. to follow the leaders like a flock. was issuing instruc?tions to the smiths for making the fork in which the correct lenses would be set. &o into the choir. have a ventilation system. castrum sine numeris. because it is always a matter of directing the will. where.I looked at him with curiosity.

?? William said. in the harsh winter. you can. In one niche I saw only hands. We followed the office standing in the nave and keeping an eye on the third chapel.????Which. especially when he is already troubled by a sense of guilt. ??You stay here. almost always engaged in taxing intellectual labors. push them. then. even without Bernard??s presence. Adelmo repeats to him the same words of desperation he must have heard from Jorge. a circle conceived by the Devil. in 1311. The words of his mouth are iniquity.

????What are you telling me??? William said. since he was discovered. the Provincial of Aquitaine. for some could use them to evil ends. whose scroll said ??Facta est grando et ignis. with tiny mobile pupils.?? Aymaro said. the library could not be threatened by any earthly force. It becomes its own delta. They were folios of the finest vellum??that queen among parchments??and the last was still fixed to the desk. Let me pray now. My master did not share the austere habits of the Benedictines and did not like to eat in silence. where it looked to him as if not only edible plants were grown. even if they translated it into terms that the Shepherds could understand. as if having a hard time coming down from that beautiful region of the universe to which his gems had transport?ed him. small round hoofs.