" The &e>[- ual
intcrprctlltion
of the figure h.
McHugh-Roland-1976-The-Sigla-of-Finnegans-Wake
I: UndeTlakca lhe d irtier parta of the wash whilst A bickers about the propriety of m and ",,', cohabitorion.
Were rhcy martiedoveran anvilor by the coprain oftheir ship?
She .
.
.
ys she heard the couple proopered, but I: in_
sists that . had no wedding ring (197. n- 8) and r<<Qunll ITI'. Vik_ ing inva,ion of the estuary, CO<\tlaled wilh Noah', "'Iricval of dry land. The two birds released by Noah become Odin', ravem,
thoughl and memory, and the raven flag on the boat of life of 479- So. Noahfollowedthc raveM belween rhc NOMh and South Bull. , sandbanks perhapS named from the surf r-oaring apinst them. ' but . fter m'? ? dmission through Ihe river'. mouth to A', pr~nce,
"" had difficulty in rou. ing m She ailed in )'<lUng girl. to Slimulate hi. lu", (lgS. In-IZ; 200. {1"-32), pretended to play the fiddle in
front of h. . " window (198. 2]-"7), cooked him food (T99. 14-27) and sang(199. ". -200. 14;20<'05-20). I:i. askedtonume. . . . te ",,'. child? ",n and ",plies that ,he had nne hund. . w and cleven. Varioua explanation, of thi. numhcr might be offered, for instance thaI the Iri. h Parliament prior to the Union contained " ' Irish com- moners' and III look. like III, i. e. I:, Aand "",
to est' Ihe lIlIme of . ? s first . Was
of 1. 8 recall. . . . . . intention to 'crush . 'She
all the
il I
~,
depart ? minute. '(:barbHobdoy. n. SM? W_""'"K~ofD. . 6/ioo(Dubl. . ,"Ibomltil).
'"'so. Jobo. Gilben. A HiM. . "of,If<CiqofDNWiIoIII. XiI.
insidious 10 ask ITI'.
? The V~s""a Pisl:;. 67 Ciliegia Grande and Kirschie Real, two ccusina, a,. . , -t and I- a.
the Grand and Royal Canals. The 'light ovetlap of Ale and -tl- alignment noticed above (p. 50);' thordore reinforcM.
'Her Pandora's box comains the in. flesh i. heir to,' wro'e J<>ycc 10 Mi. . Weaver in March 1924. ' The ill. are not ""ertly CAIe-
gorized, but many of their recipient. are familiar . The twenty- four female nam. , of 212. 06-' 4 CAn perhap! l be added to the five Macleiy. i"e"',Marie, Xavier, Agne<, ))"i. y and Frances de Sal. . , logive twenty-nine, i. e. . . plus -t. Oft~e A gives every mother'. daughter a moonflower and a bloodvein (menstruation). The fn,," mula abo . uggests thaI of colour and water, with which we left
11,2. We . hall now ,. . ,tum to """mine its =ond part. The Venl:a Pi&d&
The "",lc-OTi<:nted segmenl of 11. 2 opens with twO portraits of Dolph (e). Fiut, as an infant prodigy, he learn. arithmetic in 282. 07- 286. 03, twm fout finge. . . and a thumb ( X and the a? ? ). But cvenrually (286. 13) he hal to OIly adieu 10 them, for he behold. a . ranscetldingmystery, the construction ofth. equilaletlll triangle A , which i. the capilal d elta of lhe river. 'With h i. ! primal tumd. toe in hi. 1liiIe saiivarium', i,e. with hi, thumb in bi. mouth, Dolph antieipat. . hi? ? a:hniques and explains them to hi. brother Kev (A), Fint gel some mud: 'Anny liffie mud which <XImetb out of Man> will doob, I gues. ' (287. 07- 8). Then (preparing to draw the figure), to find a locus for ALP get a hold on her bearings for a first 0 (poin. ofori8io), and for a second 0 unbox )'<Jut compal$et.
~. 31 mentionM 'frquanl pinania mud', . nd A i. he", . old. o mix hi. 'pistany' at a point on the coast 10 be called a but pronounced alpha. II i. not only the h k of Man, bUI . 1. 0 includes Irish ",im, urine,' for like the Kabbalill;'; Z";"'. ,'? Il. 2 includes a didactic of """, the rivennouth beini' a urinogc:nital aperture.
Blake ulCS the tiv<:r Arnon in the same kind ofway.
T he diag. . . . m i. preceded by the oeoond portrait of Dolph, a hal. _
ing five-and_a_half_pagc '''''tence in parenth~. Analysis is deferred to chapler 6, with Ihe cx~plion of the inauiUral Lalin transcript (287. lo-~8). In Pari. , sea'M on the HeshpolS, we con- template the wisdom of Giordano Bruno and Giambattista Vico:
(iJ that the whole of the river flows safely, with a ckat stream;
'[. . " . . . 1, ").
'GL, '~7.
,. . . . . I! . w. ;t<. ,. ". H-V K-\\",', VIII.
? 68
The Sigla of Pitmilg"HS W"k.
(il) rhatthose thingo which weu to have betnon the bank would later be in the bed;
(iii) that everything ~gni= itsdf through oomething opposite;
(iv) that the . cream. i. embraced by rival hanb. "
The comtruction of an cquilattraltriangl. i. the fi. . . . t p'oposi_ tion in Euclid', Ekmenu ofG. t>>mfry, and irs application to the following pages has been demonstrated by Fritl Senn.
" The &e>[- ual intcrprctlltion of the figure h. a. a precedent in the ~sociatioOl of the Vui? Pile;', or fish'. bladder, which i. the central ovoid
pOrtion, where the cirdes "". [lap. " In Ib I the Rev. Thoma. Kerrich demonstrated the prcci. . ae<:<>mmodatinn of the Vu ';'" into numerous Gothic plans, windom and dnorw:l. y. . . . . Itandard measure. " William Stirli"l! went on to pmhc: ito oignificancc;
It i. known both to fr=. ons and architects that the my"i(21 figu~ called the Ve<ica Pi",;", "" popular in the middle ages, and genenlly placed a. the first proposition of Euclid, was a symbol applied by the maooru. in planning their tempI. . . . . . . lbe V. . . ica wa. also ~gard. d as. baneful object under lbe name of lbe 'Evil Eye', and the charm mo. t generally employed to aven lbe druid effect. of its fascination woothe PIullu? . . . . In the East the Vesica wu
used a. a . ymbol of the womb. . . . To every Christi. an lbe Vesica is familiar from its constant U K in early an, fnr nOt only wa, it an attribute of the Vi'llin and the feminine aspect of lbe Saviour as symbolized by the ,""ulld in his ,ide, but it commonly surrounru lbe figure of Chrin, a, hi. Throne when . . . . . ttd in glory. "
Thefigure on 293 mean. a gmtt many things. Firstly the Vi. . ",. of Dublin (1';13. <2) appear from both sides. From 294. 02-4 we divine a prospect with north at Ihe top and the . I. . iibl line AL . tOpping . . . ,tward at Lamhay Island. 293. 15- 16 pr0p0sC5the un-
real;"ti. scale of one ineh 10 lbe mile. Less obviously, lbe city plan "From Prof. . . . ,. Tanntt'. """0010",,,,, AWN lII? l (I? lI\<I), . -l?
. . 'Tht AI. . . . . ". 0( /. . ". . nU)'. AWN [II,) <<966), l '_
" M n G I o d = a ( A W N h , I I I " " , . . " " f e r _ C i o n . . V . . . . , . i n " ' , " ' " E"",~
~ R~'-w. un&. '1Wt"in~ _ '9).
". . 1,<,," "",," XIX (OU ,), )l~"
"WilllomSbrlito&. 17uc-. ('m;. . . . . _ LoruIoft. Go""""",f'T. roo '97<11,
It_Ii ,
? ? display? . olo widening from" and bol. tered by C and A on her banks as the Great Elm and ! he Mearing Stone (293. 14). The latter was . ilUllted in . . wall too yard. south of Dublin Castle" so the appropriation of the right bank by A i. pcrpcru. ated. The elm should ~ the one mentioned in TM How", by ,he Ch",chYllTd" a. ,tanding in Chapelizod, on the left of the Liffey. Further out lie the Cin:umfluent Royal and Grand Canal. , which have affinities with both Ci A and . . . . . ~. The practical ~metry fayou. . . . . . . . ~. With alpha as centre and the other COTnpUS? p<>int on lambda circum. . 5Cri~ a circle (294. 08-,0). Now reverse the compa. ses SO that L
has A as its exlension (295. 18-21). Draw . ! I<:COnd eirel(. That makes a dainty/idrnrical pair of compasses/accomplices/lasses. Now there'. twO tricky/trickling poin. . . /ponds where the Dublin drcula. . . (the two canal. parallel the two Circular Ro:ad. ) mttting approximalely in Ihe sweet by and by, loop into each other. Look 'ee herel l. ee where you mean. The W. e. (19S. 13-196. ot).
We may thm justify our horizontal interpretation? . The text now proceeds to superimpose a vertical one. C exploin, that he'd like to make a capital P down there on the bottom, and let A go and make hi. "up at hi. end (196. 04-ro). He i, mOlivatcd by ",mi_ nal reasons, of which Ficin<> . aid that there wtt<: as many in the soul of lhe world . s lhere were ideas in men's minds. The two
seto corre'ponded. " Now, to complete Ihe angles, ~loved b r e t h r e n , j o i n " I ' a n d P L b y d o t r o d l i n . , a n d L~ a n d , , , . b y t r u n k
lines (296. 22-"7).
During the lesson C calls A 'Michael' and A caUs C 'Nickel'.
The figure must Ihen include.
sists that . had no wedding ring (197. n- 8) and r<<Qunll ITI'. Vik_ ing inva,ion of the estuary, CO<\tlaled wilh Noah', "'Iricval of dry land. The two birds released by Noah become Odin', ravem,
thoughl and memory, and the raven flag on the boat of life of 479- So. Noahfollowedthc raveM belween rhc NOMh and South Bull. , sandbanks perhapS named from the surf r-oaring apinst them. ' but . fter m'? ? dmission through Ihe river'. mouth to A', pr~nce,
"" had difficulty in rou. ing m She ailed in )'<lUng girl. to Slimulate hi. lu", (lgS. In-IZ; 200. {1"-32), pretended to play the fiddle in
front of h. . " window (198. 2]-"7), cooked him food (T99. 14-27) and sang(199. ". -200. 14;20<'05-20). I:i. askedtonume. . . . te ",,'. child? ",n and ",plies that ,he had nne hund. . w and cleven. Varioua explanation, of thi. numhcr might be offered, for instance thaI the Iri. h Parliament prior to the Union contained " ' Irish com- moners' and III look. like III, i. e. I:, Aand "",
to est' Ihe lIlIme of . ? s first . Was
of 1. 8 recall. . . . . . intention to 'crush . 'She
all the
il I
~,
depart ? minute. '(:barbHobdoy. n. SM? W_""'"K~ofD. . 6/ioo(Dubl. . ,"Ibomltil).
'"'so. Jobo. Gilben. A HiM. . "of,If<CiqofDNWiIoIII. XiI.
insidious 10 ask ITI'.
? The V~s""a Pisl:;. 67 Ciliegia Grande and Kirschie Real, two ccusina, a,. . , -t and I- a.
the Grand and Royal Canals. The 'light ovetlap of Ale and -tl- alignment noticed above (p. 50);' thordore reinforcM.
'Her Pandora's box comains the in. flesh i. heir to,' wro'e J<>ycc 10 Mi. . Weaver in March 1924. ' The ill. are not ""ertly CAIe-
gorized, but many of their recipient. are familiar . The twenty- four female nam. , of 212. 06-' 4 CAn perhap! l be added to the five Macleiy. i"e"',Marie, Xavier, Agne<, ))"i. y and Frances de Sal. . , logive twenty-nine, i. e. . . plus -t. Oft~e A gives every mother'. daughter a moonflower and a bloodvein (menstruation). The fn,," mula abo . uggests thaI of colour and water, with which we left
11,2. We . hall now ,. . ,tum to """mine its =ond part. The Venl:a Pi&d&
The "",lc-OTi<:nted segmenl of 11. 2 opens with twO portraits of Dolph (e). Fiut, as an infant prodigy, he learn. arithmetic in 282. 07- 286. 03, twm fout finge. . . and a thumb ( X and the a? ? ). But cvenrually (286. 13) he hal to OIly adieu 10 them, for he behold. a . ranscetldingmystery, the construction ofth. equilaletlll triangle A , which i. the capilal d elta of lhe river. 'With h i. ! primal tumd. toe in hi. 1liiIe saiivarium', i,e. with hi, thumb in bi. mouth, Dolph antieipat. . hi? ? a:hniques and explains them to hi. brother Kev (A), Fint gel some mud: 'Anny liffie mud which <XImetb out of Man> will doob, I gues. ' (287. 07- 8). Then (preparing to draw the figure), to find a locus for ALP get a hold on her bearings for a first 0 (poin. ofori8io), and for a second 0 unbox )'<Jut compal$et.
~. 31 mentionM 'frquanl pinania mud', . nd A i. he", . old. o mix hi. 'pistany' at a point on the coast 10 be called a but pronounced alpha. II i. not only the h k of Man, bUI . 1. 0 includes Irish ",im, urine,' for like the Kabbalill;'; Z";"'. ,'? Il. 2 includes a didactic of """, the rivennouth beini' a urinogc:nital aperture.
Blake ulCS the tiv<:r Arnon in the same kind ofway.
T he diag. . . . m i. preceded by the oeoond portrait of Dolph, a hal. _
ing five-and_a_half_pagc '''''tence in parenth~. Analysis is deferred to chapler 6, with Ihe cx~plion of the inauiUral Lalin transcript (287. lo-~8). In Pari. , sea'M on the HeshpolS, we con- template the wisdom of Giordano Bruno and Giambattista Vico:
(iJ that the whole of the river flows safely, with a ckat stream;
'[. . " . . . 1, ").
'GL, '~7.
,. . . . . I! . w. ;t<. ,. ". H-V K-\\",', VIII.
? 68
The Sigla of Pitmilg"HS W"k.
(il) rhatthose thingo which weu to have betnon the bank would later be in the bed;
(iii) that everything ~gni= itsdf through oomething opposite;
(iv) that the . cream. i. embraced by rival hanb. "
The comtruction of an cquilattraltriangl. i. the fi. . . . t p'oposi_ tion in Euclid', Ekmenu ofG. t>>mfry, and irs application to the following pages has been demonstrated by Fritl Senn.
" The &e>[- ual intcrprctlltion of the figure h. a. a precedent in the ~sociatioOl of the Vui? Pile;', or fish'. bladder, which i. the central ovoid
pOrtion, where the cirdes "". [lap. " In Ib I the Rev. Thoma. Kerrich demonstrated the prcci. . ae<:<>mmodatinn of the Vu ';'" into numerous Gothic plans, windom and dnorw:l. y. . . . . Itandard measure. " William Stirli"l! went on to pmhc: ito oignificancc;
It i. known both to fr=. ons and architects that the my"i(21 figu~ called the Ve<ica Pi",;", "" popular in the middle ages, and genenlly placed a. the first proposition of Euclid, was a symbol applied by the maooru. in planning their tempI. . . . . . . lbe V. . . ica wa. also ~gard. d as. baneful object under lbe name of lbe 'Evil Eye', and the charm mo. t generally employed to aven lbe druid effect. of its fascination woothe PIullu? . . . . In the East the Vesica wu
used a. a . ymbol of the womb. . . . To every Christi. an lbe Vesica is familiar from its constant U K in early an, fnr nOt only wa, it an attribute of the Vi'llin and the feminine aspect of lbe Saviour as symbolized by the ,""ulld in his ,ide, but it commonly surrounru lbe figure of Chrin, a, hi. Throne when . . . . . ttd in glory. "
Thefigure on 293 mean. a gmtt many things. Firstly the Vi. . ",. of Dublin (1';13. <2) appear from both sides. From 294. 02-4 we divine a prospect with north at Ihe top and the . I. . iibl line AL . tOpping . . . ,tward at Lamhay Island. 293. 15- 16 pr0p0sC5the un-
real;"ti. scale of one ineh 10 lbe mile. Less obviously, lbe city plan "From Prof. . . . ,. Tanntt'. """0010",,,,, AWN lII? l (I? lI\<I), . -l?
. . 'Tht AI. . . . . ". 0( /. . ". . nU)'. AWN [II,) <<966), l '_
" M n G I o d = a ( A W N h , I I I " " , . . " " f e r _ C i o n . . V . . . . , . i n " ' , " ' " E"",~
~ R~'-w. un&. '1Wt"in~ _ '9).
". . 1,<,," "",," XIX (OU ,), )l~"
"WilllomSbrlito&. 17uc-. ('m;. . . . . _ LoruIoft. Go""""",f'T. roo '97<11,
It_Ii ,
? ? display? . olo widening from" and bol. tered by C and A on her banks as the Great Elm and ! he Mearing Stone (293. 14). The latter was . ilUllted in . . wall too yard. south of Dublin Castle" so the appropriation of the right bank by A i. pcrpcru. ated. The elm should ~ the one mentioned in TM How", by ,he Ch",chYllTd" a. ,tanding in Chapelizod, on the left of the Liffey. Further out lie the Cin:umfluent Royal and Grand Canal. , which have affinities with both Ci A and . . . . . ~. The practical ~metry fayou. . . . . . . . ~. With alpha as centre and the other COTnpUS? p<>int on lambda circum. . 5Cri~ a circle (294. 08-,0). Now reverse the compa. ses SO that L
has A as its exlension (295. 18-21). Draw . ! I<:COnd eirel(. That makes a dainty/idrnrical pair of compasses/accomplices/lasses. Now there'. twO tricky/trickling poin. . . /ponds where the Dublin drcula. . . (the two canal. parallel the two Circular Ro:ad. ) mttting approximalely in Ihe sweet by and by, loop into each other. Look 'ee herel l. ee where you mean. The W. e. (19S. 13-196. ot).
We may thm justify our horizontal interpretation? . The text now proceeds to superimpose a vertical one. C exploin, that he'd like to make a capital P down there on the bottom, and let A go and make hi. "up at hi. end (196. 04-ro). He i, mOlivatcd by ",mi_ nal reasons, of which Ficin<> . aid that there wtt<: as many in the soul of lhe world . s lhere were ideas in men's minds. The two
seto corre'ponded. " Now, to complete Ihe angles, ~loved b r e t h r e n , j o i n " I ' a n d P L b y d o t r o d l i n . , a n d L~ a n d , , , . b y t r u n k
lines (296. 22-"7).
During the lesson C calls A 'Michael' and A caUs C 'Nickel'.
The figure must Ihen include.
