Talk:William of Baskerville

Strange sentence
"William of Baskerville is amazed himself when he discovers a book in a version commented by a certain "Umberto of Bologna" - a reference to Umberto Eco, who teaches semiotics at the University of Bologna."

This sentence is a bit strange... Did Umberto Eco put a reference to himself in the book, or does this situation appear only in the film? Ramskjell 13:40, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

Reply
That's right, he did it, a reference of himself in the book, just like Alfred Hitchcock appearing his own movies as a cameo, thanks for the question.--Cyril Thomas 18:11, 3 July 2006 (UTC)

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Composition of Characters: William of Baskerville
In the article, it mentions that William of Baskerville is a combination of Sherlock Holmes, William of Ockham, and Roger Bacon. There was no mention made of him also bearing passing resemblance to Saint Albertus Magnus (contemporary of Roger Bacon) - there are some scenes during the film version in which he makes mention of his discovery of Arsenic, and in fact, the main poison used in the movie is in fact, Arsenic (on the forbidden scrolls and textbooks hidden in the monastery). Saint Albertus Magnus is recognized as the discoverer of Arsenic. William of Baskerville even has a student apprentice, very much like Saint Albertus Magnus had Thomas Aquinas. 207.255.164.193 (talk) 13:52, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

"wonderful"
What does the word wonderful do at the end of the Characteristics section? I've encountert something like this in another (German) article (where I could find a lol at the end) but I couldn't make out what this does there, neither. --Dtschenz (talk) 19:17, 26 November 2009 (UTC)

Elementary?
Is it just me who thinks that "Adso" is a pun on "W atso n"? T 88.89.219.147 (talk) 01:39, 27 February 2016 (UTC)