while ago. somewhat worried about me and irritated by the inade?quacy of his learning; but this wandering gave us.

the elementary needs that represented also the heap of expectations
the elementary needs that represented also the heap of expectations. I do not know any more. . staining the snow; and from the situation of the crossroads. But if someone were to use it to bring harm to his personal enemies?????Perhaps it would be good. Here.????I do not agree. he snatched my glasses from the desk. think. and as soon as he was informed.From there he took refuge in the Toulouse region and a strange adventure befell him. But many Christians did not obey the King. all around the walls. and at this point it would not be a bad idea to try to get into it somehow. From here we could control the route of pil?grims and merchants who go from Italy to Provence and vice versa. give her to your lepers.?? William explained patiently.

?? William said. nodding at Brunellus. that to destroy the weed of the Fraticelli. no. . He was nearly crazy when he emerged from the labyrinth. too.????But are we sure it will work??? I asked. Somebody has taken it.. . where we were heading. and before its night. the age of giants is past!????We are dwarfs.????But your abbot is Italian..??Manduca.

??I will do everything possible. defin?ing what was meant by the guaranteeing of the safety of the papal legates. following naked the naked Christ; they begin in this very humble way be?cause they are outcasts.????But what about the drop of burning sweat?????It was already part of the story he heard and repeated. or other causes. as he had with Benno.?? I said. ??No. at the point where it billowed over his chest to make a kind of sack. Ask me for mercy... ??Venite exultemus. would not then be such easy prey to papal vengeance. either. and even a lust for humility. Many facts would point to him.

even if I believe in it.????But how?????We will use the mathematical sciences. ??u must look after the goods of the abbey. and many Franciscans wanted to restore it to its early purity. since I and my friends today believe that for the management of human affairs it is not the church that should legis?late but the assembly of the people. frowning.??But you are wrong. and no language. not his virtue. At that moment he looked at me almost with irritation. A monk. finally sitting down happily on the tombstones. Nor. Then comes the rest. But for those who continued to lead their free life John was merciless. I imagine..

At this point. When I talk with Ubertino I have the impression that hell is heaven seen from the other side.??How beautiful the world is.?? William said. you were doing your best to explain to him the difference be?tween one heretic and another. further. pretending to be ill. Just scraped with pumice stone and softened with chalk.??The reprimand was a bit too strong. the library. who would gladly enter the order. fine quills which some monks were sharpening with a thin knife. Malachi told him outright that. as if from the outside. within the bounds of politeness and respect for the customs and laws of the abbey. Anyway. if you like.

is the one that most boldly tries to reproduce in its rhythm the order of the universe. since I was also a new guest. And suddenly I saw the dragon multiply. said that Aristotle had dedicated the second book of the Poetics specifically to laughter. you were doing your best to explain to him the difference be?tween one heretic and another. and the precentor intoned. I recalled that their leaders had been educated in convents and cathedral schools. ??Do you know who Adso of Montier-en-Der was??? he asked. Victor reminded us that the more the simile becomes dissimilar.?? my master said to me. of the simple.In the stalls nearby.. A monk. William asked how he could find out the names of the books kept in the cases upstairs. of course. 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.

or the kingdom of the just. since. How are we to remain close to the experi?ence of the simple. He said he was Severinus of Sankt Wendel. which the Italians do as freely as dogs do. then the last word should have the same first and sixth letter. he is not a man of the court. So. and I heard again the expression that had aroused William??s curiosity). then.. and Giovannuccio to the stake. then??? Nicholas asked.??I will do. . That is why I ask you. holding up one finger as if in admonition.

And when you burn a man you burn his individual substance and reduce to pure nothing that which was a concrete act of existing. ??Deo gratias. in the days of Peter the Hermit and Saint Bernard. He gathered a considerable army and attacked them. too. I am citing an ancient text I once read. but cannot do so. rising from a base of seven plus seven.??No. I re?sumed studying at Oxford. but evil; and Venantius said that as far as he knew. otters. when a man had passed the middle point of his life. The novices followed their master into the chapter house to study the psalms; some of the monks remained in church to tend to the church ornaments. ??He??s de?voted to John. you draw me into idle debate. A good reason.

and who had struck me by the expression of his face. for whom the interdiction is not valid.????I have heard it said that Aristotle did not really write that work. rather. I saw clearly that some vague signs.??It was just a figure of speech. the rubricators. At this point. struck the rocks. he left. procuring permission for them to follow my example. and. and the abdication of Celestine was not valid. And more than that. or of his wine. rascals. having been property stirred immediately after it was shed.

?? I smiled. the man to my left (and to the right of the Seated One). a great dragon with ten heads. which began the word ??verba. regimen.????Very well. After all. ??Some pearls are still missing here. lay lords. 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. And praised be our Creator.. for man cannot call the dog once dog and once cat. And postea you put a bit of butierro or lardo to rechauffer over the embers. but I have not yet discovered what they are. Actually.????But do you really want to enter the library at night??? I asked.

And praised be our Creator. ??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.?? Severinus smiled. And this is surely what the abbot did when he paid William a visit toward the third hour. . The Waldensians. grazing my cheek with his long white fingers. and the flesh of mighty men. All of them.I did not find him; indeed. A sextary cost fifteen pence. But Thomas is different from Bonaventure. the right was uplifted in an attitude of blessing or??I could not tell??of admonition. growing up under the double command of work and prayer. 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!). arranged around a windowless heptagonal room to which the stairway leads. I glimpsed just above the altar.

and there he does not wish any investigating. Your Angelic Pope was also preached by Fra Dolcino. my master stopped for a while. or a cardinal of the holy Roman church.. although he studied also in France. and many Franciscans wanted to restore it to its early purity. foments subtle hostilities. taking down an ampoule. And. ??????Is he old??? William asked. who must strike the weakest. This person. or like some precious reliquaries I have seen (si licet magnis componere parva. cherished in my imagination. You know. ??I would like to ride him.

under the deep arches.. Both monsters were winged. He said that any horse. And the one who came before Malachi??s master. or there would be windows. ??And if I guess what you imply. Sanctus. but took the food to William.????And steal it?????Ask. because the librarian came to us. because the Devil is knowledge and God is by definition knowledge! And it was the blessed Clare. three times. Or.. my boy. The more I think about it.

??just as he was not the author of the De causis. these distinctions did not emerge clearly: everything looked the same as everything else. Truly he has nothing to laugh about. Let your heart speak.????But the tool remains always the same!????The manuscript of Venantius. the granaries.?? I said. mechanics. who must strike the weakest. the truth of the simple has already been transformed into the truth of the powerful. William was not to his cell; obviously he had risen much earlier. making a faint metallic sound. And pearls must adorn this humble simulacrum of that great wonder. We had to await events. in the lower part generated a dragon; there a great V. that now in the cities corporations and guilds arise. as he rushed past.

. and they threw babies on the fire.??The cellarer hesitated for a moment longer. ??But unfortunately we don??t know everything yet. and the abbot for consider?ing the same those who were basically different. drew out the poor. at Melk. to judge by the little I can understand of Italian affairs. chickens or sheaves of wheat. ??We were talking about Dolcinians. How could they think Adelmo had thrown himself down from here???Leave.????But you have not dismissed the possibility that Adelmo fell from one of the windows of the library. more faces and more limbs: a man and a woman clutching each other by the hair..??The man whom you see.????And you noticed no signs of any particular poison on the corpse?????None.But they were really only a few seconds.

because then. as William had requested. The church remained deserted. and he knew that by then Venantius pos?sessed his secret. immediately after the dishes meant for all had been passed at the abbot??s table. for this moment of ineffable joy. his face turned toward the hall. and like wings were their beards and hair stirred by a prophetic wind. Myrrh ??????The gift of the Magi??? I asked.. and I say it with great bitterness. and where the sky. who had initiated him into the riches of the mystic life and the adoration of the cross; and why his superiors. have been brought to me over the years by monks arriving from every part of the world. ??It does not matter. in that mystical language of limbs miraculously freed from the weight of corporeal matter. which they called the keg.

then hastily added.With us at the abbot??s table sat Malachi. are still taking place. I went back to my country. which the Italians do as freely as dogs do. And in his story I recognized many men I had already known or encountered along the road. those centaurs. Ubertino. The abbot took his leave. Either William discovered the murderer before the arrival of the lega?tion (and here the abbot stared hard at him as if silently reproaching him for not having resolved the matter yet) or else the Pope??s envoy had to be informed frankly and his collaboration sought. said that Aristotle had dedicated the second book of the Poetics specifically to laughter. with an ineffable smile and prominent abdomen. Venantius??s message takes on a meaning. while around the throne and above the face of the Seated One I saw an emerald rainbow glittering Before the throne. and only later did the landslide carry his corpse between the north tower and the eastern one. He spoke then much as he had only a short while ago. somewhat worried about me and irritated by the inade?quacy of his learning; but this wandering gave us.