![]() But the universe is even more talkative than Alanus thought, and it speaks not only of the ultimate things (which it does always in an obscure fashion) but also of closer things, and then it speaks quite clearly.1 William’s conviction that the world is a book which speaks of divine, albeit obscure, truths is rooted in the belief that the Word of God is the origin of all that exists. Alanus de Insulis said that omnis mundi creatura quasi liber et pictura nobis est in speculum and he was thinking of the endless array of symbols with which God, through his creatures, speaks to us of the eternal life. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content:įranciscan Studies 60 (2002) 139 READING BETWEEN THE LINES: APOPHATIC KNOWLEDGE AND NAMING THE DIVINE IN BONAVENTURE’S BOOK OF CREATION At the beginning of Umberto Eco’s novel, The Name of the Rose, there is a moment when Adso is stunned by the incredible insight of his Franciscan master, William of Baskerville, who discerns in seemingly mysterious fashion the whereabouts of a horse missing from the monastery stables: “And now tell me” - in the end I could not restrain myself - “how did you manage to know?” “My good Adso,” my master said, “during our whole journey I have been teaching you to recognize the evidence through which the world speaks to us like a great book. ![]()
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