386# 第二则可记之事：
某日清晨，我从睡眠中醒来，看见两位天使自天而降：一位来自天堂之南，一位来自天堂之东；二者皆乘车，车上系有白马。那位来自天堂之南的天使所乘之车，灿然如银；那位来自天堂之东的天使所乘之车，辉然如金；他们手中所执缰绳，闪耀如晨曦火光。远远望去，这两位天使在我看来正是如此；但当他们临近时，便不再显为乘车之状，而显为其天使本形，即人形。那位来自天堂之东者，身穿灿烂的紫红衣；那位来自天堂之南者，身穿天蓝衣。
他们到了诸天以下较低之处，便彼此奔趋，好像竞相争先；随即相互拥抱，并彼此亲吻。我听说，这两位天使在世为人时，曾以内在的友谊相联；如今一位在东方天堂，一位在南方天堂。东方天堂中居住的，是那些由主而在爱中者；南方天堂中居住的，是那些由主而在智慧中者。
他们谈论各自天堂中的宏伟景象一段时间之后，话题转至此点：天堂就其本质而言，究竟是爱，还是智慧。二者随即一致承认：爱与智慧彼此相属；但问题在于，何者为本源。
【2】那位来自智慧天堂的天使问另一位说：“爱是什么？”
他回答说：“爱由主如太阳而出，是天使与人的生命之热，因而是他们生命之存在本体；爱的流衍称为情感，由这些情感产生知觉，并由此产生思想。由此可推知，智慧就其本源而言乃是爱；进而，思想就其本源而言乃是该爱之情感。若按其秩序逐一察看这些流衍，便可看出：思想无非是情感的形式。人之所以不知此理，是因为思想在光中，而情感在热中；因此，人反思思想，却不反思情感。
“思想无非是某种爱之情感的形式，此理也可由言语加以说明：言语无非是声音的形式。情形相同，因为声音对应情感，言语对应思想；故情感发声，思想言说。若有人说：‘从言语中除去声音，还能有任何言语吗？’此理便昭然可见。同样，从思想中除去情感，还能有任何思想吗？由此可明，爱乃智慧的一切；因此，诸天的本质乃爱，其存在乃智慧；或同一地说，诸天出于神性之爱，并由神性之爱借神性智慧而存在。因此，如前所言，二者彼此相属。”
【3】当时，在我身旁有一位新来的灵；他听见这些话，便问：“仁义与信仰是否也是如此？因为仁义属于情感，信仰属于思想。”
天使回答说：“全然如此。信仰无非是仁义的形式，正如言语是声音的形式。信仰也由仁义形成，正如言语由声音形成。至于形成的方式，我们在天堂也知道；但此处无暇详述。”
他又补充说：“我所谓信仰，乃指属灵的信仰；其中的生命与灵，只由主借仁义而来，因为仁义是属灵的，信仰也借仁义而成为属灵。因此，没有仁义的信仰，只是纯属世的信仰；而此等信仰乃是死的。它也使自己与纯属世的情感相结合；而纯属世的情感，无非就是私欲。”
【4】天使们以属灵的方式谈论这些事；而属灵言语包含千千万万事物，是属世言语所不能表达的；更奇妙的是，这些事甚至不能进入属世思想的观念之中。天使们谈论这些与其他事情之后，便离去了；当他们各自退回自己的天堂时，有星辰显现在他们头周围；及至他们离我远去，我又看见他们仍如先前一样，乘在车中。
386# 记事二：
一天清晨，我从睡梦中醒来，看到两位天使从天上下来，一位来自南方，一位来自东方，他们都坐在白马拉的马车里。来自南方天堂的天使所坐的马车像银子一样闪闪发光；而来自东方天堂的天使所坐的马车像金子一样闪闪发光；他们手握的缰绳像初升的太阳一样闪烁着火焰般的玫瑰色光芒。这两位天使就这样从远处向我显现；但当他们走近时，他们不是出现在马车里，而是以他们自己的天使形式，即人的形式出现。来自东方天堂的那位天使穿着华美的紫袍，来自南方天堂的那位天使穿着蓝袍。当他们抵达天堂之下的较低区域时，他们跑去迎接对方，好像在努力争取第一名，互相拥抱和亲吻。我听说，这两位天使在世时，因内在的友谊而结合在一起，但现在一个住在东方天堂，一个住在南方天堂。住在东方天堂的，是那些处于来自主的爱之人，而住在南方天堂的，是那些处于来自主的智慧之人。他们谈论了一会儿各自天堂的辉煌之后，他们的谈话转向这一点：天堂本质上是爱，还是智慧。他们一致认为，一个属于另一个，或说两者互属彼此；但他们讨论了哪一个是源头。
来自智慧天堂的天使问另一位天使：“什么是爱？”他回答说：“爱源于显为太阳的主，它是人类和天使的生命之热，因而是他们生命的存在。爱的衍生物被称为情感，并通过情感产生感知，从而产生思维。由此可知，智慧在起源上是爱；因此，思维在起源上是这爱的情感；从按顺序来检查的这些衍生物可以看出，思维只不过是情感的形式。这一点通常不为人知，因为思维在光中，而情感在热中；因此，人们会反思思维，但不会反思情感。思维只不过是人的爱之情感的形式，这一点也可以通过言语来说明，言语只是声音的形式。这是一个精确的例证，因为声音或语气对应于情感，言语对应于思维；因此，情感发声，思维说话，或说情感产生语气，思维产生话语。当被问到，如果拿走声音，那么言语还剩下什么，如果拿走情感，那么思维还剩下什么时，这一点就变得显而易见了。由此清楚可知，爱是智慧的全部，因此，天堂的本质是爱，它们的出现或显现是智慧；或也可说，天堂从神性之爱中拥有其存在，并通过神性智慧从神性之爱中拥有其出现或显现；因此，如前所述，一个属于另一个，或说两者互属彼此。”
那时，有一个新来的灵人站在我旁边，他听到了这些话，就问仁爱和信仰是否也是如此，因为仁爱属于情感，信仰属于思维。天使回答说：“完全一样；信仰只是仁爱的形式，就像言语是声音的形式一样。此外，信仰是由仁爱形成的，就像言语是由声音形成的一样。在天堂，我们知道它是如何形成的，但现在没有时间来解释。”然而，他补充说：“我所说的信仰是属灵信仰，属灵信仰只通过仁爱从主那里获得生命和灵，因为仁爱是属灵的，信仰通过仁爱变得属灵。因此，没有仁爱的信仰是纯属世信仰，纯属世信仰是死的，因为它与纯属世情感结合在一起，而纯属世情感无非是欲望。”
两位天使属灵地谈论了这些问题，属灵的语言包含了属世的语言无法表达的成千上万种事物，奇妙的是，这些事物是属世思维无法理解的，或说不能落入属世思维的观念。天使们交谈了一段时间后，便离开了；随着他们离开，各自前往自己的天堂，他们的头周围出现了星星；当他们离我有一段距离时，我又看见他们和以前一样坐在马车里。
386. The second memorable occurrence. One morning after I woke up, I saw two angels coming down from heaven. One was coming from the southern part of heaven and the other from the eastern part. They were both in carriages drawn by white horses. The carriage that was carrying the angel from the southern part of heaven was shining like silver. The carriage that was carrying the angel from the eastern part of heaven was shining like gold. The reins the angels were holding in their hands were flashing with a fiery light like the rising sun. That is how the two angels looked from far away. When they came closer, however, they no longer looked as though they were in carriages. They were simply in their own angelic form, which is human. The one who came from the eastern part of heaven was wearing shining clothes that were deep red. The one who came from the southern part of heaven was wearing clothes that were sky blue.
When they reached the lower regions below the heavens, they ran toward one another as if each were trying to be first [to reach the other]. They hugged and kissed each other. I heard that when these two angels lived in the world they formed a bond of deep friendship. Yet now one was in the eastern part of heaven and the other was in the southern part. The eastern heaven holds angels who focus on love from the Lord; the southern heaven holds angels who focus on wisdom from the Lord.
After the angels spent a while talking about the magnificent things in their heavens, a question came up in their conversation about whether the essence of heaven is love or wisdom. They agreed right away that each one relates to the other; but they were discussing which one was the origin of the other.
[2] The angel from the heaven of wisdom asked the other angel, "What is love?"
The other angel replied, "The love that originates from the Lord as a sun is the vital heat that angels and people have - it is the underlying reality of their lives. The derivatives of love are called feelings. Feelings produce perceptions and therefore thoughts. It flows from this that wisdom starts out as love, and therefore thought starts out as the feeling related to that love. Looking at the derivatives in sequence makes it possible to see that thought is nothing but the form of the feeling. This is not generally known, because thoughts exist in light but feelings exist in heat, and therefore people reflect on their thoughts but not on their feelings.
"The fact that thought is nothing but the form of a feeling related to some love can be illustrated by the fact that speech is nothing but the form of sound. In fact, sound corresponds to feeling and speech corresponds to thought. Feelings make sounds, and thoughts speak.
"This point would become crystal clear if someone were to say, 'Take the sound out of your speech. ' Would there be any speech left? Also, Take the feeling out of your thinking. Would there be any thinking left?
"Clearly then, the most important ingredient in wisdom is love. Therefore the essence of the heavens is love and their form is wisdom. Or to put it another way, the heavens exist as the result of divine love and they take shape as the result of divine love acting through divine wisdom. Therefore, as we said before, each one does indeed relate to the other. "
[3] At the time there was a spirit with me who had recently arrived [in the spiritual world], who heard all this and asked, "Is it the same for goodwill and faith, since goodwill relates to feeling and faith relates to thinking?"
"It is absolutely the same," the angel replied. "Faith is nothing but a formation of goodwill, exactly as speech is nothing but a formation of sound. In fact, faith is formed from goodwill in the same way that speech is formed from sound. Up in heaven we even know the mode of formation, but there is no time to lay that out now. "
The angel added, "When I say 'faith,' I mean a spiritual faith whose life and spirit come solely from the Lord by way of goodwill, since goodwill is spiritual, and faith is spiritual through goodwill. Faith without goodwill, then, is a mere earthly faith, and mere earthly faith is dead; it unites itself to mere earthly feelings, which are nothing but cravings. "
[4] The angels expressed these thoughts in a spiritual way. Spiritual speech includes thousands of nuances that earthly language cannot express. In fact, surprising to say, those nuances are not even thinkable with the ideas of earthly thought.
After the angels had said all this they left. As they were going back to their own heavens, stars appeared around their heads. When they got farther away from me, they looked as though they were in carriages again, as before.
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386. The second experience.
One morning on waking from sleep I saw two angels coming down from heaven, one from the south, the other from the east of heaven; they were both in chariots to which were harnessed white horses. The chariot in which the angel from the south of heaven rode shone as if of silver, and that in which the angel from the east of heaven rode shone as if of gold; and the reins they held in their hands shone as if touched by the flame-coloured light of dawn. That was how the two angels looked to me at a distance; but when they came near, they did not appear in a chariot, but in the form of angels, which is the human form. The one coming from the east of heaven wore a shining purple robe; the one from the south of heaven a violet robe. When these angels reached the lower levels beneath the heavens each ran towards the other, as if racing to see who could arrive first, and embraced and kissed each other.
I was told that the two angels had been very close friends during their lives in the world, but one was now in the eastern heaven, the other in the southern one. The eastern heaven is the home of those who have love from the Lord, the southern heaven is that of those who have wisdom from the Lord. After talking for some time about the splendours of their heavens, their talk turned to this topic: whether heaven in its essence is love or whether it is wisdom. They agreed at once that one depends on the other, but they discussed which was the origin of the other.
[2] The angel from the heaven of wisdom asked the other: 'What is love?' He replied that love arising from the Lord as a sun is the heat which gives life to angels and men, so it is the Being of their life; and the things derived from love are called affections, and it is these which give rise to perceptions and thus to thoughts. 'From this flows the consequence that wisdom is by its origin love, consequently thought is by its origin an affection belonging to that love. It can be seen by considering the derivatives in their proper sequence that thought is nothing but the form taken by affection. This fact is unknown because thoughts are exposed to light, but affections to heat, so that people reflect on thoughts, but not on affections. Thought being nothing but the form taken by an affection belonging to some love or other can also be illustrated by speech, since this is nothing but a form of sound; it is also similar in that sound corresponds to affection, and speech to thought, so that affection makes a sound, and thought articulates it into words. This can also be made obvious, if we say: "Take sound away from speech - is there anything left of speech? Likewise take affection away from thought - is there anything left of thought?" It is now plain from this that love is the whole of wisdom, and consequently the essence of the heavens is love, and their coming-into-being is wisdom; or what is the same thing, the heavens are the product of Divine love, and they come into existence from Divine love by means of Divine wisdom. Therefore, as I said before, one depends upon the other.'
[3] At that time I had with me a recently arrived spirit, who on hearing this asked whether it was similar with charity and faith, since charity belongs to affection, and faith to thought.
'Yes, exactly similar,' replied the angel. 'Faith is nothing but the form of charity, just as speech is of sound. Faith is also formed by charity, as speech is by sound. We in heaven know how this forming occurs, but I have not time to explain it here. By faith,' he added, 'I mean spiritual faith, in which life and spirit come solely from the Lord by means of charity, for this is spiritual and the means by which faith is acquired. Faith without charity therefore is purely natural faith, and this is lifeless faith; it also links itself with purely natural affection, which is nothing but longing.'
[4] The angels were talking on this subject spiritually, and spiritual speech includes thousands of things beyond the power of natural speech to express, and remarkably enough these things cannot enter into the ideas of natural thought. After talking on both these subjects the angels went away, and as they receded, each towards his own heaven, stars appeared round their heads; and when they were at some distance from me I saw them again in chariots, as before.
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386. Second Memorable Relation:
One morning on awaking from sleep, I saw two angels descending from heaven, one from the southern part of heaven and one from the eastern, both in chariots to which were harnessed white horses. The chariot in which the angel from the southern heaven rode shone like silver; while the chariot in which the angel from the east rode shone like gold; and the reins which they held in their hands gleamed like the flaming light of the dawn. Thus did those two angels appear to me from afar; but when they came near they did not appear in chariots, but in their own angelic form, which is the human form. The one that came from the eastern part of heaven was clad in a resplendent purple garment, and the one from the southern part of heaven in a violet colored garment. When they reached the lower regions beneath the heavens, they ran toward each other as if striving who should be first, and embraced and kissed each other.
I heard that these two angels while they lived in the world had been united by an interior friendship, but that now one dwelt in the eastern and the other in the southern heaven. In the eastern heaven are those who are in love from the Lord, but in the southern heaven those who are in wisdom from the Lord.
When they had talked awhile about the magnificent things in their heavens, this point arose in their conversation, whether, in its essence, heaven is love or is wisdom. They agreed at once that each belongs to the other, but they questioned which of them was the source.
[2] The angel from the heaven of wisdom asked the other, "What is love?" And he replied that love originating in the Lord as a sun is the heat of life of men and angels, and therefore is the esse of their life; and that the derivations of love are called affections, and through them are produced perceptions and thus thoughts; from which it follows that wisdom in its origin is love, consequently that thought in its origin is an affection of that love; and it can be seen from these derivations examined in their order that thought is nothing but a form of affection; and the reason why this is not known is that thoughts are in light, but affections in heat, and therefore men reflect upon thoughts, but not upon affections. That thought is nothing but a form of the affection of one's love, can be made clear from speech, as being merely a form of sound, and this likeness still further holds good in that the tone of the voice corresponds to affection, and speech to thought; so that it is the affection that gives tone, and the thought that speaks. This will also become obvious if it is asked whether anything of speech remains if tone is taken from it; and so, too, whether anything of thought remains if affection is taken from it. From this it is clear that love is the all of wisdom, consequently that the essence of the heavens is love, and their existence wisdom; or what is the same, that the heavens have their being from the Divine love, and their existence from the Divine love through the Divine wisdom; therefore, as before said, each belongs to the other.
[3] There was then with me a newly arrived spirit, who, hearing these remarks, asked whether it was the same with charity and faith, since charity belongs to affection and faith to thought.
The angel replied, "It is precisely the same; faith is nothing but the form of charity, just as speech is a form of sound. Moreover, faith is formed from charity, as speech is formed from sound. In heaven we know how it is formed, but there is not time to explain it now."
He added, "By faith I mean spiritual faith, the life and spirit in which are solely from the Lord through charity, for charity is spiritual, and it is through charity that faith becomes spiritual; therefore faith apart from charity is a merely natural faith, and such faith is dead, for it is conjoined with merely natural affection, which is nothing but lust."
[4] The angels spoke of these things spiritually, and spiritual language embraces thousands of things which natural language cannot express, and, what is wonderful, which cannot even fall into the ideas of natural thought.
After this conversation the angels departed; and as they withdrew, each to his own heaven, stars appeared about their heads; and when they were some distance from me, they again appeared, as before, to be in chariots.
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386. The second experience. On awaking from sleep early one morning I saw two angels descending from heaven, one from the southern and the other from the eastern quarter, each in a chariot drawn by white horses. The chariot of the angel from the south shone like silver, and that of the angel from the east like gold, and the reins which they held in their hands glowed as with the rosy light of the dawn. Thus did these two angels appear to me at a distance; but when they came near, they did not appear in chariots, but they were in their own angelic, that is, human form. The one from the east of heaven was clad in a resplendent purple robe, and the one from the south in a garment of blue. When they reached the lower regions beneath the heavens, they ran to meet each other, as if striving which should be first, and embraced and kissed each other. I learned that these two angels, while they lived in the world, had been united by a bond of interior friendship; but now one was in the eastern, and the other in the southern heaven. In the eastern heaven dwell those who are in love from the Lord, but in the southern those who are in wisdom from Him. After they had talked for some time on the splendors of their respective heavens, their conversation turned upon this: Whether heaven, in its essence, is love or wisdom. They agreed upon this, that the one pertains to the other, but they discussed which was the original.
[2] The angel from the heaven of wisdom then asked the other, "What is love?" to which he replied: "Love arising from the Lord as the Sun, is the heat of the life of angels and men, and consequently the being (esse) of their life. The derivatives of love are called affections, and from these are produced perceptions and thus thoughts. Hence it follows that wisdom in its origin is love, and consequently that thought in its origin is the affection of that love; and it may be seen, from examining these derivatives in their order, that thought is nothing but the form of affection. This is not generally known because thoughts are in light, but affections in heat; therefore men reflect upon their thoughts but not upon their affections. That thought is nothing but the form of the affection of some love, may also be illustrated by speech, which is but the form of sound. This is an exact illustration, because sound, or tone, corresponds to affection, and speech to thought; therefore affection gives rise to the sounds, and thought to the words, of the speaker. This becomes clear when it is asked, what remains of speech if sound is taken away, and of thought if affection is absent? It is evident then, that love is the all of wisdom, and consequently that the essence of the heavens is love and their existence is wisdom; or, what is the same thing, the heavens have their being from the Divine Love, and exist from the Divine Love by means of the Divine Wisdom; and therefore, as was said before, the one pertains to the other."
[3] There was standing near me at that time a spirit newly-arrived who, hearing this, inquired whether the same was true of charity and faith, since charity has relation to affection, and faith to thought. The angel replied, "Yes. Faith is but the form of charity, just as speech is the form of sound. Moreover, faith is formed from charity, as speech is formed from sound. We in heaven know how this is brought about, but there is no leisure to explain it now. By faith, however," he added, "I mean spiritual faith, which alone has life and spirit from the Lord by means of charity; for charity is spiritual and by its means faith also is spiritual. Thus faith without charity is merely natural faith, and this faith is dead; for it is united with merely natural affection, which is nothing but superficial desire."
[4] The angels conversed on these matters spiritually, and spiritual speech embraces thousands of things which natural speech cannot express, and, what is wonderful, cannot be comprehended by natural thought. After conversing together for some time, the angels departed; and as they went away, each to his own heaven, stars appeared around their heads; and when they were some distance from me, I saw them again in their chariots as before.
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386. SECUNDUM MEMORABILE.
Quodam mane experrectus e somno vidi duos Angelos descendentes e Coelo, unum e Meridie Coeli, et alterum ex Oriente Coeli, utrumque in Curribus, quibus alligati sunt Equi albi; Currus in quo vectus est Angelus e Meridie Coeli, splendebat sicut ex argento, et Currus, in quo vectus est Angelus ex Oriente Coeli, splendebat sicut ex auro, et habenae, quas tenebant manibus, fulgebant sicut ex luce flammea aurorae: ita mihi visi sunt duo illi Angeli e longinquo, sed cum prope venerunt, non apparebant in Curru, sed in sua Forma angelica, quae est humana; ille, qui ab Oriente Coeli venit, in Veste 1 splendente purpurea erat, et ille qui a Meridie Coeli, in veste hyacinthina. Hi cum sub Coelis in inferioribus erant, accurrebat unus ad alterum, sicut aemularentur quis prior, et se mutuo amplexi et osculati sunt; audivi quod duo illi Angeli, dum in Mundo vixerunt, fuerint amicitia interiore conjuncti, sed nunc unus in Coelo Orientali, alter in Coelo Meridionali; in Coelo orientali sunt qui a Domino in amore sunt, in Coelo autem Meridionali, qui a Domino in sapientia sunt. Illi, postquam aliquamdiu colloquuti sunt de magnificis in Coelis suis, venit in sermonem illorum hoc, Numeri Coelum in essentia sua sit Amor, vel num Sapientia; conveniebant illico, 2 quod unum sit alterius, sed cujus ab origine, ventilabant.
[2] Ille Angelus, qui e Coelo sapientiae erat, quaesivit alterum, quid Amor; et respondit, quod Amor oriundus a Domino ut Sole, sit Calor vitae angelorum et hominum, ita esse vitae illorum; et quod derivationes amoris dicantur affectiones, et quod per has producantur perceptiones et sic cogitationes; ex quo fluit, quod Sapientia ex origine sua sit Amor, consequenter quod Cogitatio ex origine sua sit Affectio illius amoris, et quod videri possit ex derivationibus in suo ordine lustratis, quod Cogitatio non aliud sit quam Forma affectionis, et quod hoc nesciatur, quia Cogitationes in luce sunt, sed Affectiones in Calore, et quod ideo super Cogitationes reflectatur, non autem super Affectiones. Quod Cogitatio non aliud sit quam forma affectionis alicujus amoris, etiam illustrari potest per loquelam, quod haec non aliud sit, quam forma soni; simile etiam est, quia Sonus correspondet affectioni, et loquela cogitationi, quare affectio sonat, et cogitatio loquitur; hoc etiam potest perspicuum fieri, cum dicitur, aufer sonum a loquela, Numeri detur aliquid loquelae, similiter aufer affectionem a cogitatione, Numeri detur aliquid cogitationis: inde nunc patet, quod Amor sit omne Sapientiae, consequenter quod Essentia Coelorum sit Amor, et quod Existentia illorum sit Sapientia, seu idem, quod Coeli sint ex Divino Amore, et quod existant ex Divino Amore per Divinam Sapientiam, quare, ut prius dictum est, unum est alterius.
[3] Tunc apud me erat novitius Spiritus, qui audiens haec interrogabat, num simile est cum Charitate et Fide, quia Charitas est affectionis, et Fides est cogitationis; et respondit Angelus, est prorsus simile; Fides non aliud est quam forma charitatis, plane sicut Loquela 3 est forma soni; 4 formatur etiam fides a charitate, sicut formatur loquela a sono; formationis modum etiam novimus in Coelo, sed non vacat illam hic exponere. Adjecit, per Fidem intelligo Fidem spiritualem, in qua vita et spiritus unice est a Domino per Charitatem, nam haec spiritualis est, et per illam fides; quare Fides absque Charitate, est Fides mere naturalis, et haec Fides est mortua; conjungit etiam se cum affectione mere naturali, quae non aliud est, quam concupiscentia.
[4] Angeli de his loquebantur spiritualiter, ac spiritualis loquela complectitur millia, quae loquela naturalis non potest exprimere, et quod mirum, quae ne quidem possunt in ideas cogitationis naturalis cadere. Postquam Angeli haec et illa loquuti sunt, abiverunt, et cum recesserunt quisque ad suum Coelum, apparebant stellae circum capita illorum, 5 et cum ad distantiam a me elongati sunt, visi sunt iterum in Curribus, ut prius.
Footnotes:
1. Prima editio: Vestc.
2. Prima editio: illieo.
3. Sic in margine examplaris scriptoris, fortasse manu scriptoris. Prima editio: Sonus.
4. Sic in margine examplaris scriptoris, fortasse manu scriptoris. Prima editio: loquelae.
5. Prima editio: ilorum.