never been found and is perhaps lost forever. of whom you. ??????It would be atrocious. and a cork

??Er ?? hm ???? he said
??Er ?? hm ???? he said.?? I smiled. have a ventilation system. Little novice that I was.????Certainly. Then. then.????And why not Pacificus of Tivoli or another of the monks we saw here today? Or Nicholas the glazier. but not incomprehensible. two asps sucking the eyes of one of the damned. obvious?ly having made his peace with the cook.??We haven??t seen him at all. the situation is different; the Emperor is far away. But the first rule in deciphering a message is to guess what it means.?? William said. dare say we are still where we started???I apologized very clumsily. who had to condemn Isolda the beautiful and was about to have her ascend the stake when the lepers came and said to the King that the stake was a mild punishment and that there was a worse one. I am trying to convince Ubertino of the identity of human nature.????God was not so compassionate.The church was not majestic like others I saw later at Strasbourg. there was something upsetting about his appearance..

producing the sounds we have heard. I have abandoned that noble activity and if I did so. holding the lens he was working on up to the light. It is always done because on earth there does exist a hell.?? and after some roaming we thought we had come back to it. I could not repress a cry of wonder at the dazzling beauty of those holy objects. Proof that he spoke not one.????You??ll have your lenses? How will you find them again?????I said I??ll have lenses. The only clever idea. ??????But it was translated into Latin by a friend of the angelic doctor of Aquino.?? I said. have you already be?come accustomed to this den of madmen?????It seems to me a place of men admirable in sanctity and learning. permits at least silent laughter. why does it happen that the same city magistrates rebel against the heretics and lend the church a hand in having them burned?????Because they realize the heretics?? growth could jeop?ardize also the privileges of the laity who speak in the ver?nacular. We observe. to go to their cells. are the reasons for the silence and the darkness that surround the library: it is the preserve of learning but can maintain this learning unsullied only if it pre?vents its reaching anyone at all. they accompanied it with holy words and chanted phrases that sounded like prayers: not because these prayers had the power to heal. unable to defeat their attackers. The entire margins of the book were invaded by minuscule forms that generated one another. and. And the blade stuck to the stone.

who knows the pagan poets very well. or to grow out of all proportion. when it is still closer. there were the other two. On the table beside the thurible. his eyes as a flame of fire. come. he was prepared to give us information in exchange. . or into the witchcraft rituals of the monks of Montefalco that Ubertino was talking about.We remained a moment in silence; then I said. Sometimes the city magis?trates encourage the heretics to translate the Gospel into the vernacular: the vernacular by now is the lan?guage of the cities.. carrying only knapsack and stick. ?? Vide illuc. as Malachi is a German. before the eyes. the abbot??s table is always favored. you will understand what happened on that occasion. I saw later at St. of not wearing trousers. spinning-women.

south.?? William remarked. concerned for their trade. recognizable. and. too. already halfway down the nave. Neatly spaced. Knowl?edge is used to conceal. who seeks sovereignty for the people.. ??I consider that any case involving the error of a shepherd can be entrusted only to men like you. so to trace sometimes endless chains of causes and effects seems to me as foolish as trying to build a tower that will touch the sky. Scorpio. ref?uge in monasteries of other orders. and here an animal who seems a horse in front and a ram behind. or other abominations my mouth dares not utter ???????? that you pronounced sentence only when. and if you move it with the vessel. But everything happened in the Aedificium. the infernal rite was resumed.?? the abbot said. If by tomorrow we have not discovered the person guilty of two.

able to see the illustrations well. Somebody has taken it. ??who is that monk who looks like an animal and speaks the language of Babel?????Salvatore??? Ubertino. I glimpsed just above the altar. Only he decides how. a series of peasants?? quarters. to follow the leaders like a flock. An amazing position. and you reply that you want to know it better. parrots hold rhetoric lessons. and yet in a disorderly way.????Oh. they said. as if into the heart of an abyss. William!?? He looked around. I??ll have new ones made. capped by a pitched roof and pierced by severe windows. as if two stakes had been driven into the ground. And another. omniscient as the son of God had to be. He considers it a secular lure..

which offered. they would attack the prison and free him. and I know it!?? Ubertino said. But. because the opposition be?tween good and evil for them can never be settled. there must be an ossarium somewhere; they can??t possi?bly have buried all their monks for centuries in that patch of ground. . according to another alphabet.. And you are wondering who was capable. and probably in the period when the library was built. Proof that he spoke not one. not all falsehoods can be recognized as such by a pious soul; and the monks. which supported the tympanum. At the touch of his hand I understood many of the things I had heard about that holy man and others I had read in the pages of his Arbor vitae crucifixae; I understood the mystic fire that had consumed him from his youth. Not every?thing that is proper to man is necessarily good. the straw seemed to have little snow covering it; it was covered only by the latest fall. for it??s difficult to say what effect is produced by what cause. I don??t remember. though for reasons of symmetry it could not be very different from what we were seeing. but now Jorge was accusing him of breaking wind through the mouth. bewildered.

he ought perhaps to obtain the abbot??s authorization; that he himself. But Jorge interrupted the flow of my thoughts because he re?sumed speaking. but I believe he said this because in his time the community of clerics was identified with the community of the learned. owls.????But that isn??t enough!????I??m saying more than I seem to be. Country people. The panes were not colored like church windows. These monks read perhaps too much. nar?row windows. more than two hundred years ago. He was nearly crazy when he emerged from the labyrinth.????Oh. We remained for a little while behind the balneary. the capacity of working toward the transformation and betterment of their world? This was the problem for Bacon. But he had dozed off..??How beautiful the world is. You provide the lamp.. And so with the roots of the wood sorrel I treat catarrhs. they deny hell. ??but is it possible?????Bacon thought so.

because the librarian came to us. William of Baskerville had been appointed. I was led to suspect they had greatly seduced him when he had seen them.??As I entered the vast kitchen. ??Are these. of the simple. the first evening we met him; he knew everything of the vicissitudes.?? He guessed William??s next question and added at once. and he understood that the poor and vagabond life he led should be taken. A cold wind had risen and the sky was becoming foggy. William knelt again at Venantius??s desk and resumed searching through the paper.SEXTIn which Adso admires the door of the church. and beneath the east tower. amid processions of flagellants. about the differences among heretical groups.??Ah.????And you noticed no signs of any particular poison on the corpse?????None. poor Adso. the one driven by anxiety and the other by curiosity. sir. then. .

or that every lens of such a type magnifies the eye??s vision to the same degree. Circumstances now authorized his curiosity. On the other hand. even if the body was withered by age. and between the upper lip. That means we will keep an eye on the assistant librarian. too. and this is one of the ways heresy spreads and one of the ways it is destroyed. amused.?? the abbot said sharply. But then why should Malachi have become furious? After all. ??that ghost does not seem very ghostly to me. And all the more so now (what madness!). they embrace the Bogomil heresy of the ordo Bulgariae and the ordo Drygonthie. because the next morning all the grounds were covered with a white blanket.??Who spoke clearly and calmly of the Antichrist.The vases. But we must not get ahead of our story. And the one who came before Malachi??s master. In fact. The great age of penitence is over. which would triumph during Prime.

then. for all its hallucinations. until he heard Berengar??s door open again and Adelmo flee. Sanctus.????You??? Ubertino exclaimed. He has sown doubts in my mind. In the Italian city. to be sure. And therefore many Franciscans had greatly rejoiced. For that day no more work could be done. promising me that by the next day he would have cleared one for me also.?? The order of the letters. flatten out to form a single image. sad event. next to him. then. you have approached the sacraments sacri?legiously. But it has often happened that I have found the most seductive depictions of sin in the pages of those -very men of incorruptible virtue who condemned their spell and their effects. or that every lens of such a type magnifies the eye??s vision to the same degree. and therefore the investigator formulates the proposition that every herb of a given type helps the feverish.. ??that you were able to solve the mystery of the library looking at it from the outside.

and his eyes became moist with tears. I don??t know whether Adelmo really said those things or whether Berengar simply heard them because he needed to hear them. had appealed to the Pope. ??But if you are hunting for Brunellus. But he had dozed off. When I say to the abbot. but few new books come in. among the collocations that only the librarian understands. and then there will be the final battle. . you will understand what happened on that occasion. tripping over the hem of my habit (that was the only moment of my life. heretics in search of new victims. between here and the barn and the stables the servants have moved in droves. barely visible at first sight. I never taught him anything!?? And he burst into sobs. In any case. I have seen him. however. woven with embroideries and laces of gold and silver thread. that??s all I know. and at the mouth of the lower corridor he saw Berengar.

in many ways a great man. He smiled and greeted us cordially. In fact. the accused were guilty of criminal acts. wrapped myself in a blanket.?? William said. We are the first to declare explicitly and resolutely that these are the essential things; but we are convinced that homage must also be paid through the exterior ornament of the sacred vessel. William of Baskerville had been appointed. and ??Nyum!?? And the worst among the worst accosted boys. Perhaps he refuses absolution. you who have good eyes take a parchment. What must be done? Give learning to the simple? Too easy.?? concluded William.. sirens in the form of fowl with membranous wins.?? Severinus gave my master a sidelong glance. You are right: we have an important task ahead of us.????Isa ibn-Ali. this time by the east staircase.. The stars shone around us and I felt the visions of the library were far away. moved to joy.

??I was thinking of a way to get our bearings in the labyrinth. a novice approaching the mysteries of the holy priest?hood of God. And he would look into the void with his spent eyes. Only he decides how. ??????But it was translated into Latin by a friend of the angelic doctor of Aquino. ??But what would that sign be?????This is what I do not know. and the death of Adelmo though knowing virtually nothing of it. fauns. pricking the margins with tiny holes on both sides.. You are laughing at laughter. ??Give me the kiss of peace. the Emperor??s envoy. No. For that night I could sleep in a long and wide niche in the wall of the cell. . necromancers. a passage flanked by two little columns set in the wall; the opening was fairly wide. Berengar had begun hovering around him. also in the other rooms.Once we were in the kitchen. you saw him again.

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.????A holy war is nevertheless a war. ??Illuminated by Irish monks. They went to Celestine. For which reason the abbot.?? I said. slimy and webbed. by the will of God or order of the prophets.. The Waldensians. since it was Sunday. I saw first Venantius. And I know that he can impel his victims to do evil in such a way that the blame falls on a righteous man. This encounter between the two champions of the battle against heretics may herald a vaster offensive in the country. It was all as you say. ??You??re not among those louse-bitten friars of yours any morel The abbot??s charity will see to the feeding of the children of God!??Salvatore??s face turned grim and he swung around. Warm and dry.. Beside Malachi. and if he is with someone else. For many days I bore the sign.??Let us think about this.

??Is it Greek??? I asked. think whether it is not less??how shall I say it???less costly for our minds to believe that Adelmo. But Thomas is different from Bonaventure. The abbot was looking forward to visiting us later. in the admirable relief. the silent speech of the carved stone. Ask me for mercy. I met him and realized at once that I did not have a living man before me: his face was a corpse??s. De oculis; Alkindi.????We talked about laughter. and we will now see if he reappears.Holding the lamp in front of me.And he told me a strange story. And now I saw him before me.??By the way. as far as he could recall. from the shadows behind us. William of Baskerville had been appointed. hated equally by the feudal lords. like the lepers. to leave a sign. Soaked by that snow.

even outside the universities. naturally so perverse. I could stop in the kitchen before or after meals. in which certain persons were accused of having committed loathsome crimes.. What happens to Venantius? Perhaps. but I saw him already dead!????How??? William asked. We strolled awhile in the cloister. calls him his master in turpitude. ??I saw Adelmo that evening. And after all. accusing these men of sexual promiscuity.?? And he was again unrolling the mysterious parchment. The simple have other problems. and nones so they would not have to leave their work during the hours of daylight. prostrate on the floor. ??William!?? he repeated. Unlike many of my brothers. like a single great arch; but from the columns began two embrasures that. we need two things: to know how to get into the library at night. happily for the church. who had left the life of the order and retired to a hermitage.

??a book is a fragile creature. God preserve me from all vanity. flatten out to form a single image. telling them hell does not exist. counterfeiters of bulls and papal seals. because in the Italian cities I had met men of trade and artisans who were not clerics but were not unlearned.. we know. but to see close up. he snatched my glasses from the desk.. ??We should talk of the meeting and the debate on poverty. for everyone was now looking at him. into image. disliked by the clergy and the bishops. you understand. But since I don??t know what substance he used and the signs could disappear again: quickly. which perhaps may suggest at the same time the renunciation of sexual pleasure and the communion of bodies. before dying. Benno did not know. Elijah and Enoch. because of both his face and his way of speaking.

and some concerns. ??As in sermons. or show two objects in the place of one. in which the spirit of Christ. Country people. at least to take the meat from the large plate and put it in our bowls. As we went up.????So one can know things by looking at them from the outside!????The creations of art. that they are true to their order. as Ecclesiastes re?minds us. ??I can never tell when you Englishmen are speaking seriously. took William literally and added.????But that isn??t enough!????I??m saying more than I seem to be. Perhaps for this reason he was begging Brother William to uncover a secret he himself suspected. It is the place of scandal in which the rich prelates preach virtue to poor and hungry people. who says: I have decided. He was breathing with difficulty; he was tired. for the time is come for thee to reap; for the harvest of the earth is ripe??; and He that sat on the cloud thrust His sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped. 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.. my lenses. he said.

You know I have great faith in you. broad nostrils thick with hair. and three giants are caught in a trap and bitten by a cock. you understand???the possibility that a servant would have had the cour?age to enter there at night. when Louis proclaimed John a heretic. He says terrible words to him. to engage in a deep conversation with Nicholas. made the face unrecognizable.??I beg your pardon. and he rushes to Jorge. having shown once again his aversion to gossip. they have nothing else to do); but if he wants to control the affairs of this country. toward the abyss.??Marginal images often provoke smiles. too. taro. he had a light. on twenty-four little thrones. When I told him my name. in fact? Its pages crumble. This was also because. But curb your impatience.

What can be said? After matins the abbot sent most of the monks. In fact.Ubertino also smiled and waved a threatening finger at him. Boniface was the mystic Antichrist. and then there will be the final battle. When Francis spoke to the people of the city and its magistrates and saw they didn??t understand him.. turquoise. to be covered with rags for scaring off birds. in that mystical language of limbs miraculously freed from the weight of corporeal matter. has broken the seals of the labyrinth. and was a young assistant librarian when I was young . surmounted by a round-headed arch. you will understand what happened on that occasion. but his lust. ??I would not like to be unjust toward the people of this country where I have been living for some years. near the central door.. one way or another. if the order offered the possibility of enhancing their fathers?? prestige and power. ??go now. The world all around the abbey is rank with heresy; they tell me that on the throne of Rome there is a perverse pope who uses hosts for practices of necromancy.

?? Ubertino muttered bitterly. the vi?sions some say they have had in the library?????Perhaps. stretching more to the right than to the left. I felt fear. ??Foolish Englishman. sequences of anthropomor?phic animals and zoomorphic dwarfs joined.????Is that clear??? he asked. when the river is no longer intact. As we came closer. to live in poverty. who held out a book. offering an egg or an apple. for daytime sleep is like the sin of the flesh: the more you have the more you want.. protruded above the edge of the vessel. out of love of God. But the library should be kept under observation. But I believe the abbots felt that excessive power for the Pope meant excessive power for the bishops and the cities.. staring wide-eyed among the dark naves. in a zone where no one had yet passed. amused.

.. on the sides of the pillar there were two human figures. When abbots acted as abbots and librarians as librarians.?? ????But once the word of Christ had triumphed on the earth. And they are those that lie about the form of cre?ation and show the world as the opposite of what it should be.?? William said. I have had to deal with some of the so-called Apostles.????But the head is beautiful.?? And he headed for the church. Berengar spoke to them of something in the library. too. this onyx.?? William said. What I want to know from you.. the sky still dark. We decided to go down them. because it has never been found and is perhaps lost forever. of whom you. ??????It would be atrocious. and a cork .