Another novel by this author has the narrator study a manuscript by Colonel Ardenti which claims that the (*)
This author wrote a novel in which the pages of a book by Aristotle are poisoned by Jorge (HOR-hay) of Burgos, in a scheme discovered by Adso of Melk and his mentor, William of Baskerville. Another novel by this author has the narrator study a manuscript by Colonel Ardenti which claims that the (*) Knights Templar will take over the world in 1944. That novel by him sees Belbo, a friend of Casaubon, hanged from the titular device in the Musée des Arts et Métiers (myoos-AY days arts ay MAY-tee-ay). For 10 points, name this Italian author of The Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum.
This author wrote a novel in which the pages of a book by Aristotle are poisoned by Jorge (HOR-hay) of Burgos, in a scheme discovered by Adso of Melk and his mentor, William of Baskerville.
Umberto {Eco}