Strong As Death (Catherine Levendeur)
“ Quid dicamde lectione? Cellam sine lectione infernum reputo sine consolatione, patibulum sine releuamine, carcerem sine lumine, sepulcrum sine respiramine … .
What should I say about reading? I consider a room without reading to be a hell without consolation, a gibbet without relief, a prison without light, a tomb without a vent … .
—Peter of Celle, On Affliction and Reading 8—13 PL 202 “What do you mean, the emperor can’t meet with me in Pamplona?” Abbot Peter rose from his chair to fa...ce the messenger. “It’s at his invitation that I’ve made this journey.”
“Yes, my Lord Abbot,” the man replied, “but our gracious emperor is at this moment personally conducting a siege of the Almoravid stronghold at Coria. He had hoped to be able to present you with the souls of the citizens for baptism, but they are more reluctant to surrender than we supposed and he fears he will not be able to join you for another six weeks.”
Peter walked around the messenger, who wasn’t sure whether to turn respectfully or stand motionless while being inspected.MoreLess
What should I say about reading? I consider a room without reading to be a hell without consolation, a gibbet without relief, a prison without light, a tomb without a vent … .
—Peter of Celle, On Affliction and Reading 8—13 PL 202 “What do you mean, the emperor can’t meet with me in Pamplona?” Abbot Peter rose from his chair to fa...ce the messenger. “It’s at his invitation that I’ve made this journey.”
“Yes, my Lord Abbot,” the man replied, “but our gracious emperor is at this moment personally conducting a siege of the Almoravid stronghold at Coria. He had hoped to be able to present you with the souls of the citizens for baptism, but they are more reluctant to surrender than we supposed and he fears he will not be able to join you for another six weeks.”
Peter walked around the messenger, who wasn’t sure whether to turn respectfully or stand motionless while being inspected.MoreLess
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