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1、UmbertoEcoTheNameoftheRoseNATURALLY,AMANUSCRIPTPREFACEONAUGUST16,1968,IWASHANDEDABOOKWRITTENbyacertainAbbéVallet,LeManuscritdeDomAdsondeMelk,traduitenfrançaisd’aprèsl’éditiondeDomJ.Mabillon(AuxPressesdel’AbbayedelaSource,Paris,1842).Supplementedbyhistoricalinformationthatwasactuallyquit
2、escant,thebookclaimedtoreproducefaithfullyafourteenth-centurymanuscriptthat,initsturn,hadbeenfoundinthemonasteryofMelkbythegreateighteenth-centurymanoflearning,towhomweowesomuchinformationaboutthehistoryoftheBenedictineorder.Thescholarlydiscovery(Imeanmine,thethirdinchronologicalorder)e
3、ntertainedmewhileIwasinPrague,waitingforadearfriend.SixdayslaterSoviettroopsinvadedthatunhappycity.Imanaged,notwithoutadventure,toreachtheAustrianborderatLinz,andfromthereIjourneyedtoVienna,whereImetmybeloved,andtogetherwesaileduptheDanube.Inastateofintellectualexcitement,Ireadwithfasci
4、nationtheterriblestoryofAdsoofMelk,andIallowedmyselftobesoabsorbedbyitthat,almostinasingleburstofenergy,Icompletedatranslation,usingsomeofthoselargenotebooksfromthePapeterieJosephGibertinwhichitissopleasanttowriteifyouuseafelt-tippen.AndasIwaswriting,wereachedthevicinityofMelk,where,per
5、chedoverabendintheriver,thehandsomeStiftstandstothisday,afterseveralrestorationsduringthecourseofthecenturies.Asthereadermusthaveguessed,inthemonasterylibraryIfoundnotraceofAdso’smanuscript.BeforewereachedSalzburg,onetragicnightinalittlehotelontheshoresoftheMondsee,mytraveling-companion
6、shipwasabruptlyinterrupted,andthepersonwithwhomIwastravelingdisappeared—takingAbbéVallet’sbook,notoutofspite,butbecauseoftheabruptanduntidywayinwhichourrelationshipended.AndsoIwasleftwithanumberofmanuscriptnotebooksinmyhand,andagreatemptinessinmyheart.Afewmonthslater,inParis,Idecidedtog
7、ettothebottomofmyresearch.AmongthefewpiecesofinformationIhadderivedfromtheFrenchbook,Istillhadthereferencetoitssource,exceptionallydetailedandprecise:Veteraanalecta,sivecollectioveterumaliquotoperum&opusculorumommsgeneris,carminum,epistolarum,diplomaton,epitaphiorum,&,cumitiner
