Friday, October 14, 2005

Ancient manuscripts discovered at Vatican Library

Members of the Outlands Community were startled by a news article that disclosed the discovery of two ancient manuscripts at the massive Library of the Vatican early last week. Outlands interstellar communicator Aldfas was able to view and retain the information in the manuscripts, and they are presented here in summary form, translated from the original Latin.
CODEX WALDENSIS SILICONIS A
This manuscript was discovered in a large hollow book of Papal laundry-lists when workers at the Vatican Library were reorganizing a seldom-used section of the vast bibliotheque. It records the names of three previously-unknown saints:
Sanctus Guillamensis Lucre Microsoftus Computensis
Sanctus Stephanus Pommus Computensis
Sanctus Linus Obfuscatus Computensis
The manuscript, which is written in a large uncial hand on a smooth creamy vellum of 11th century provenance, gives no other information other than that shown above. A rough translation of the text would read as follows:
Book of the Valley of Silicon Crystals
Saint William of Money (the appelation "Microsoftus Computensis" is unclear)
Saint Stephan of Apples
Saint Linus the Obscurer
The second manuscript was completely startling to a number of the members of the Outlands Community. It purports also to be a list of previously-unknown saints; all of the names bear an uncanny resemblance to those of members in the Community, as just stated. The top three inches of the scroll is missing, so if the document has a title it is unknown. At the bottom is the name of the monk who copied the manuscript from an earlier original; he apparently was a Greek living in Ireland at the time of Eriugena, and his name is given as Testicles Manipulus. Here is the manuscript in the Latin original:
[top three inches missing]
Sanctus Sara Succubus Louvanensis sancta patrona fornicatus
Sanctus Terrentius Incubus Prussenis sanctus patronum sodomitii
Sanctus Stavros Mionyi Kangallassis sanctus patronum magia sacra negrus
Sanctus Hurrainis Angelicus Umbrensis sanctus patronum umbraeaum
Sanctus Seima Angelicus Wuppsis sancta patrona oopsaea
Sanctus Sproingius Spritus sanctus patronum revelatus objectum crytpos
Sanctus Michael Archontas sanctus patronum factum cryptos et sarcasticus
Sanctus Gabriel Hypostasis sanctus patronum cannabinum
Sanctus SonShon Sapphica sancta patrona practicionem tribadisius
Sanctus Magan Psychoticus sancta patrona mallum et damnabulaeum
Sanctus Delfinus Computensis Infectus sanctus patronum virii
Sanctus Dyslidus Basleiensis sanctus patronum productus alkaloidum ergotii
Sanctus Raymondus Caelius, sanctus patronus caput en caelum
A detailed analysis of this second masuscript must be done before a verifiable translation can be provided.

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