The old man sat at his writing desk in the corner of his cell. It was not a large chamber, but it wasn't tiny either, unlike the usual cells to which most monks of the abbey found themselves. It didn't have much in the way of furnishings either. On the wall hung an ancient icon of St. Peter, candles in little holders on each side burning steadily. A crucifix was over the bed. A small book shelf held the volumes of an well-used breviary.
The occupant was well suited to his accommodations, old and shrunken, bald but for a thin bit of white hair around from ear to ear (a natural tonsure), and thin, slightly twisted hands, victims of arthritis. The eyes though flashed with inward vitality. The old man wasn't finished yet.
Onward he wrote, a slow scratch leaving behind crabby figures that would be copied fair by a young monk in the scriptorium in the morning...
...why I urge you to come visit us in Herzogenrode so that we may consult on how to go about the reforms of the financial institutions associated with the Church. Your counsel on the Church in Gunnland will no doubt prove invaluable. Please join us this coming week. We will look forward to having you in our presence as we celebrate anew the descent of the Holy Ghost this octave of Pentecost.
The pontiff initialed it and then went over to his prie-dieu for prayers.
@Gunnland
The occupant was well suited to his accommodations, old and shrunken, bald but for a thin bit of white hair around from ear to ear (a natural tonsure), and thin, slightly twisted hands, victims of arthritis. The eyes though flashed with inward vitality. The old man wasn't finished yet.
Onward he wrote, a slow scratch leaving behind crabby figures that would be copied fair by a young monk in the scriptorium in the morning...
...why I urge you to come visit us in Herzogenrode so that we may consult on how to go about the reforms of the financial institutions associated with the Church. Your counsel on the Church in Gunnland will no doubt prove invaluable. Please join us this coming week. We will look forward to having you in our presence as we celebrate anew the descent of the Holy Ghost this octave of Pentecost.
The pontiff initialed it and then went over to his prie-dieu for prayers.
@Gunnland
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