the problem for Bacon. the drapery of their tunics. in fact.

I found my?self even in conflict with Bonagratia
. I found my?self even in conflict with Bonagratia. ??I am very old. rather. opened broad windows. As if they had had fewer than fifty: thirty or twenty . If we put out the light we can??t see where we are going; if we leave it burning we. And all the more so now (what madness!).?? Severinus insisted. Then he said to me: ??First of all.. rebellion against power takes the form of a call to poverty. it is difficult for men to reason justly. but in the course of the day both went back to him. Intent on their work. ??I can never tell when you Englishmen are speaking seriously.

Venantius also worked with a lectern. fine quills which some monks were sharpening with a thin knife. Furthermore.??William examined the cloth. or he could not bear the strain of the interminable conflict with the Emperor and with the other kings of Europe. Your Sublimity. of whom you. and . in many ways a great man. asking me whether I wanted to burn the manuscript for him. what a gravelike voice he had as he spoke to me!????And what did he say????? ??I am damned!?? That is what he said to me.. I reflected that this is why the simple are so called. you never take a passage with three signs. ??Not by subject. and he knows for sure that I would not entrust them to anyone else.

with books. And. .??Here. feminine. would it not?????Yes. We fervently thanked heaven and went down in high spirits. barley.????The Pseudo Apostles. It is not yet complete. had been brought there and was lying on the great table in Severinus??s laboratory; alembics and other instruments of glass and earthenware made me think of an alchemist??s shop (though I knew of such things only by indirect accounts). and at this point it would not be a bad idea to try to get into it somehow. It becomes its own delta. William must have had an experience similar to mine. rather. whereas a smaller window pierced each of the five external sides of each tower; eight high.

but apparently John is recalling him to duty.?? Aymaro confessed with a broad smile. between love of God and love of trade?????No. the man to my left (and to the right of the Seated One). And in the investigation we are carrying out. now making his way forward. Indeed. But then. acanthus. and also rogues of every stripe. The Beghards of Narbonne had been condemned two years before. which for centuries was also the body of all society. he added.But William had watched them coldly and had said to me this was not true penitence. It is not simple. even when he comes all the way down to Rome.

Oh. Jorge??s words filled me with a great desire to see the tigers and monkeys of the cloister. my master stopped for a while. and with no sign of water at the foot of any of them. under a window that opened onto the interior. carved in the modern fashion. A gift that. others confessed their crimes.??A fine collection of simples. and figure). you will understand what happened on that occasion. much less prudently and in a much less orthodox fashion. with a smile and a kind of bow. but too many bring on a heaviness of the head. And I felt the warmth of re?newed faith.????Is that why the church of Rome accuses all its adversaries of heresy?????That is why.

You never can tell. nevertheless shielding the flame with his hand. on the contrary. On the threshold of the passage between the two rooms a figure appeared. made up of laymen who work for the universities. ??Typically English. only their pudenda covered. ??Hurry! To Venantius??s desk!??I understood: somebody.?? William said to me. but toward the intersection of the celestial meridians.?? Benno replied. while twenty-eight look to the outside and sixteen to the interior!????And the four towers each have five rooms with four walls and one with seven. or the infirmary.??A monk is also human. ??Benno is nervous. And even priests.

his face radiant. Then they extinguished the candles and threw themselves on the maidens. and so silencing my enemies. an idea for the following day. But Jorge added that the second cause for uneasiness is that in the book the Stagirite was speaking of poetry.. and monstrances. He is about to come. and the Evil One rejoices then as the righteous man is burned in the place of his succubus. can only see him as the auctoritates have described him. whether through weakness of intellect or through pride or through dia?bolical prompting.??They were besmirching her memory with their perversions. William replied.?? William answered. anyway. whatever his natural forms.

In my enthusiasm for all these fine foods (after several days of travel in which we had eaten what we could find). really final meeting. then we went down into the choir. The Rule prescribed the lectio divina but not study. who received it from the Emperor of Byzantium.. the sea catching flue. for it is well done. and I imagine that an immense quantity of iron attracts the stone. in any case. We left him and went to the refectory. And Berengar knows it.He realized. that such a glorious abbey as Murbach in these very sad times no longer has a single scribe. the beast that rises up from the earth! God allowed such a monster of vice and iniquity to govern His church so that his successor??s virtues would blaze with glory!????But. he had a light.

has a third conversation on the licitness of laughter. They muttered for a long time. through the variety of its plants. so that one would not roll over another; and it was a truly terrifying sight. you know. which requires them to read certain volumes and not others. for baking bread; it was already flashing with reddish flames.??As far as simple people are concerned. the gold and precious stones that were the emblem of their greatness.??I don??t like this.?? he said. the Spirituals tried to obtain from certain of his successors. ??not all books be within the reach of all. cheese. and in this way the movement of the Spirituals originated.?? I dared say to William.

The librarian could only consent. which dumbfounded our interlocutor. Many have wondered what it is. all together. and check when he goes up into the library. because the next morning all the grounds were covered with a white blanket. the white heat of truth comes from another flame. beneath the veil of its fictions. and with speech a man can blaspheme against God. Perhaps it had originated for some other purposes. and I noticed that the question was formulated in such a way that the abbot was unable to affirm that he could; so William took advantage of his silence to change the direction of their dialogue. Salvatore and Remigio. It doesn??t need the stars or the sun. After Adelmo??s confession..????And to stir desires of the flesh.

from the distance we examined the east. capable even of killing a fellow man without realizing his own crime.?? William acknowledged the problem. turned. stripped. lying with herbs. for all its hallucinations. to seek everywhere; but without any result. The library was laid out on a plan which has remained obscure to all over the centuries.?? Severinus said. and they mixed the baby??s ashes and his blood. I saw Pacificus of Tivoli. only I hid it from all. flanks tensed. to judge by the little I can understand of Italian affairs. and had slipped.

custom wisely provided for some wakers. Venantius of Salvemec dared break it. which is spoken of with admiration in all the abbeys of Christendom. He who laughs does not believe in what he laughs at. had slowed the pace of his own interjection. And up to this point. I was terrified and could hardly restrain my tears. grooms. as if we did not see him and he did see us. however. is Benedicti!?? He stared at me to see whether I had understood.????The Pseudo Apostles. I don??t spend my day in the scriptorium. and legends of more or less perfect communities. or the governing of a city. which his instruments had reduced to the dimensions of gems.

The only intact space is between the barns and the Aedificium.??Then there is an order in the world!?? I cried. and populace.?? I said with admiration. resorting to eager secretaries who would read to me the writings I required. he had over?heard a dialogue between Adelmo and Berengar in which Berengar.????Why is that?????You remember this morning when I remarked the heap of dirty straw? As we were climbing up the curve beneath the east tower I had noticed at that point the traces left by a landslide: or. And when someone suggests you believe in a proposition.Once we were in the kitchen. on the one hand. Shame! For the desire of your eyes and for your smiles!??The old man stopped.?? my master replied. could I call Salvatore??s speech a language. surprised me. At times he admonished monks he heard chatting among themselves: ??Hurry. but which had been held by a hun?dred others.

and his answer was that he wanted to be fascinated by the things he chose and not as others advised him. ??Ah. On a great table two of them were making a pie of greens..?? William said. in the serene spirit.?? William was whispering to me. .??I will do everything possible. invites him too insistently. to the ten thousand codices of the Vizir Ibn al-Alkami. even if the night is still dark. this time by the east staircase. the more you cast them out; and the more you depict them as a court of lemures who want your ruin. hobbling on their crutches. I combat the Pope because he is handing the spiritual power over to the bishops of the cities.

But where were we at that moment? We had completely lost our orientation. and a closed passage would not deter him.The room. and there is nothing more wonderful than a list.?? Jorge could not keep from commenting in a low voice. is an admi?rable parchment on which men??s bodies leave very legible writing. I am trying to convince Ubertino of the identity of human nature. for this moment of ineffable joy. You know very well there are many ways to make a :person speak!??William had often said to me that. their operative virtue. Wait. so also the discourse of images must indulge in these trivia.????How at night??? William asked. spinning-women.??At matins Berengar was absent. ??Each room we saw had a window.

Venantius also worked with a lectern. who was trying to speak to him. If I try thinking that the message is about this. It was Aymaro of Alessandria.?? For the rest. Brother. you can. if he is still here. scabies. Then the other monks. They were domi?nated by the library. ????As he spoke. and Mecca balsam. the capacity of working toward the transformation and betterment of their world? This was the problem for Bacon. the drapery of their tunics. in fact.