Anachronistic quotations happened quite often in ancient and medieval writing, so Eco was just having a bit of fun. I agree that the Name of the Rose is not an

Anachronistic quotations happened quite often in ancient and medieval writing, so Eco was just having a bit of fun. I agree that the Name of the Rose is not an historic work (incidentally so did Eco), but plenty of medievalists think that it is good enough to be a useful teaching tool: http://www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/fall-2009/postscript-middle-ages.html http://www.syracuseuniversitypress.syr.edu/fall-2009/postscr...