Ante todo, la abundancia de espejos. Donde hay espejo hay estadio humano, quieres verte. Pero no te ves. Te buscas, buscas la posición en el espacio en la que el espejo te diga <estás ahí, y ése eres tú>.

The name of the Rose (1986) - IMDb

Al ser mi aproximación a este libro algo visual, por que no empezar por tomar la interpretación visual de otra persona, en este caso Jean-Jacques Annaud; los protagonistas de su película, el por qué los eligio, lo que decide tomar y no tomar del libro etc.

Der name der Rose (Original Title)

An intellectually nonconformist monk investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.

1327: after a mysterious death in a Benedictine Abbey, the monks are convinced that the apocalypse is coming. With the Abbey to play host to a council on the Franciscan's Order's belief that the Church should rid itself of wealth, William of Baskerville, a respected Franciscan monk, is asked to assist in determining the cause of the untimely death. Alas, more deaths occur as the investigation draws closer to uncovering the secret the Abbey wants hidden, and there is finally no stopping the Holy Inquisition from taking an active hand in the process. William and his young novice must race against time to prove the innocence of the unjustly accused and avoid the wrath of Holy Inquisitor Bernardo Gui.

Director:

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Actors:

Sean Connery - William of Baskerville

Christian Slater - Adso of Melk

Helmut Qualtinger - Remigio da Varagine

Elya Baskin - Severinus

Michael Lonsdale - The abbot

Volker Prechtel - Malachia

Feodor Chaliapin Jr - Jorge de Burgos

William Hickey - Ubertino da Casale

Michael Habeck - Berengar

Urs Althaus - Venantius

Valentina Vargas - The girl
Ron Perlman - Salvatore
Leopoldo Trieste - Michele da Cesena
Franco Valobra - Jerome of Kaffa
Vernon Dobtcheff - Hugh of Newcastle

Anachronisms:

The near-full plate armor worn by the guards for the Inquisition is at least a century too early.

The statue of the Virgin Mary in the church is in Renaissance style but it should have been Romanesque or Gothic.

The "Secret Passage Door" is welded with a modern welding technique not used until the late 1800 or early 1900's.

When talking with Salvatore, Brother William seems surprised to find that Salvatore eats the rats he catches. Rats were commonly eaten by the poor in the Middle Ages. Brother William would have been more surprised had someone catching rats not eaten them.

*Nota:

Más adelante esto tendrá capturas de pantalla de la película.