Chapter 32 Notre Dame de Paris (2) Volume 5 This will destroy that (4)

Jacques Coutier, who had been embarrassed by the vicar's sharp refutation just now, heard this again, and interrupted the vicar's words with complacency, as one scholar says to another: "It's wrong. Friend Claude. ② Symbols are not numbers. You mistook Orpheus ③ for Hermes." "It was you who made the mistake!" retorted the archdeacon gravely. "Daedalus is the foundation, Orpheus is the high wall, and Hermes is the building. This is a whole." Speaking of this, he turned to Du Langruo and said, "You can come anytime, I want to give you Look at the metal that remains in Nicolas Flamel's cauldron, and compare it with the gold at Guillaume in Paris. I will teach you the mysterious function of the Greek word Peristera. But, I will first teach you to read marble letters, pages of granite.

①A character in ancient Greek mythology, a famous singer and musician, according to legend, once created a kind of secret religion called Orpheusism. ②The original text is Latin. ③Ancient Greek philosopher in the fifth century BC. ④ One of the goddesses of the forest in ancient Greek mythology. From the porch of Bishop Guillaume and the porch of St. John the Circular, we went to the Sainte-Chapel, then to the house of Nicolas Flamel in the Rue Marival, to the house where he lived in Saint-Innocent. The grave on the cemetery, to his two hospitals in the Rue Montmorency.I want to teach you to read the dense hieroglyphics on the four large iron frames on the St. Gervais Hospital and the porch of Rue Iron Square.We will also spell together the mysteries on the facades of St. Comer, St. Gereviève the Burner, St. Martin, St. James the Slaughterhouse..."

Despite how bright his eyes were, Durango seemed to have lost track of what Don Claude was saying, so he interrupted him: "My God! What are these books you speak of?" "Here is one!" replied the archdeacon. Saying so, he pushed open the window of the small room and pointed to the magnificent Notre Dame Church. I saw the two bell towers of Notre Dame Cathedral, the stone protruding corners of the church and the strangely shaped rear. The black silhouette was reflected in the starry sky, like a double-headed winged sphinx squatting in the center of the city. The archdeacon stared quietly at the huge building for a moment, then sighed, stretched out his right hand, pointed to the book spread out on the table, and then stretched out his left hand, pointing to Notre Dame, his melancholy eyes slowly moved from The book moved to the church and said:

"Alas! This will destroy that." Courtier hastily approached the book, and couldn't help exclaiming: "Oh, isn't it this! There is nothing to make a fuss about, it was published in Nuremberg in 1474 by Antonius Coblechet. The Notes on the Epistles of St. Paul! This is not a new book, but an old work by Pierre Lombard, the master of aphorisms. Is it because it is in print?" ① Refers to a person who is considered to have heresy and is burned at the stake by the church. ② The original text is Latin. "You're right!" replied Claude, looking lost in thought, standing with his index finger bent on the folio printed by the famous Nuremberg publishing house.Then these inscrutable words were added: "Alas! alas! the small triumphs over the large; a tooth triumphs over a colossus. Nile rats kill crocodiles, swordfish kill whales, books destroy buildings!"

Just as Dr. Jacques was muttering endlessly to his companion, "He's crazy," the lights-out bell of the monastery struck.This time, his companion responded: "I think so." At this hour no outsiders could remain in the monastery.The two guests had to leave.Du Langruo's partner said goodbye: "Master, I respect scholars and magi, and I especially respect you. Tomorrow, please go to the Petit Tower Palace, and you can just ask the abbot of the St. Martin Abbey in Tours." The archdeacon returned to his residence, stupefied with surprise, and finally understood who this fellow Durango was, because he remembered that there was a passage in the deeds of the Abbey of St. The same monk's salary as Saint Fernandius, and should be in charge of the church treasury. ①

It is said that since then, whenever Louis XI returned to Paris, the archdeacon was often called to talk to the king; Tier was overshadowed, so Coutier went his own way, often speaking insultingly to the king. ① The original text is Latin.