Late 14th century, as Adso writes
Adso's Final Reflections
Adso concludes his manuscript. He describes a later visit to the abbey's ruins, where he collected fragments of parchment from the destroyed library. He reflects on the meaning of the story he has told, uncertain whether it contains any hidden design. He ends with the Latin phrase 'Stat rosa pristina nomine, nomina nuda tenemus,' suggesting that only the names of things remain, not the things themselves.