{1"-32),
pretended
to play the fiddle in
front of h.
front of h.
McHugh-Roland-1976-The-Sigla-of-Finnegans-Wake
(no.
,boo Apostle of Ireland), 100, in I i;\Ive in an i"'nd in Louab Delli, heard lhc "llWnp oC aouls in purp- tory, aCter which In abbey w.
.
buill .
here, with.
IM: ClIVe opcnin& behind i?
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.
ubscquent explorers experienced dia- bolic .
.
i.
ion.
in the labyrin.
h, which w.
.
ftnillly scaled up by Ihe pope's orders on S, P'lficl<?
, Day, 1491.
'
In addilion to hiding m. A _lao IlOUIishe! him. VI . B. I S. n note! 'W f~ by . . ? . W i. the; . leeping Or hibe""'t;nK m, <Xl hi. baa. IS at 006. 32. ' A<<ordlng to u tr. . . I. 1S4, 'The . igo in this form means HCE interred in the lan<bc:apt. ' ? ? according ro 101. QI-
" , ? thune~ him afffi his rail and waked him widowt ~rin,'. hidin, his<:ntmb! r in ! he lea, un. ;1Iud! time as . he COI. Ild erush o:bc lIander'. heoKI.
Some tommcnu,onanat<:>mil:e book 1 in,O. maJc portinn, 1. 1- . . . and I funale portion, 1. 5-8. but 1 find 'hi' Iw"d to iUJ(ify. Althouah "? "ignatureappealSonthelmer(IU. )<. >:"'1). ,8),t,",
illOO<l di,plaetd by I: a. il! author, Ind from be", until the close oC 1. 7 most oCtIM: . (xt concertU mile persons. The coNpincy of . . w i t h I : i n th~e tfU$i<," i t a d m i n e d l y i m p l i c i t . A t 4 z o . o 3 - 5 " h u to dclivn- 'them bqsa: of trash whk h th( mother and Mr Un- mmtionablc (0 bt __ d not his lIIme I) hal rcduttd ro writina? . Bu. I: i. definitely the artist in I. , . VI. B. ll. l06 ruds 't: maktS alltle
? eG? . . . . J.
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The Riv~r 63
? 66 The Sigla of l'innexan. Wak.
of mud, A runs to it. ' In hook IV , however, we . hall nbs<:cve A salient as aumorCSI.
1. 6. ~, labelled A, i. v<<y . bort and ,uppli. . Hltle n<w insi&h" we may therefore pro. . directly In 1. 8. Thia ChaPler con he handled in three units: ",,'a courtship (1<)6-204), her children'. prescnt! ! (205- I2)and the nightfall, with which we have already dealt (21)- 16).
1. 8 must commence in the W~low Mountoin. , for the river is narrow enoUih for the washerwomen'. hood, to collide as they bend to immerse ITI'? ? hirt (196. 09-1 I). 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.
In addilion to hiding m. A _lao IlOUIishe! him. VI . B. I S. n note! 'W f~ by . . ? . W i. the; . leeping Or hibe""'t;nK m, <Xl hi. baa. IS at 006. 32. ' A<<ordlng to u tr. . . I. 1S4, 'The . igo in this form means HCE interred in the lan<bc:apt. ' ? ? according ro 101. QI-
" , ? thune~ him afffi his rail and waked him widowt ~rin,'. hidin, his<:ntmb! r in ! he lea, un. ;1Iud! time as . he COI. Ild erush o:bc lIander'. heoKI.
Some tommcnu,onanat<:>mil:e book 1 in,O. maJc portinn, 1. 1- . . . and I funale portion, 1. 5-8. but 1 find 'hi' Iw"d to iUJ(ify. Althouah "? "ignatureappealSonthelmer(IU. )<. >:"'1). ,8),t,",
illOO<l di,plaetd by I: a. il! author, Ind from be", until the close oC 1. 7 most oCtIM: . (xt concertU mile persons. The coNpincy of . . w i t h I : i n th~e tfU$i<," i t a d m i n e d l y i m p l i c i t . A t 4 z o . o 3 - 5 " h u to dclivn- 'them bqsa: of trash whk h th( mother and Mr Un- mmtionablc (0 bt __ d not his lIIme I) hal rcduttd ro writina? . Bu. I: i. definitely the artist in I. , . VI. B. ll. l06 ruds 't: maktS alltle
? eG? . . . . J.
'. . . _ ,. . ,. . ,. "! . . . . (,III:. . priMed00,-. 0"G0tm0<I 'VI')'Ul.
'T. <:rot-. c. . . n. Kin . . . . ' T "
'N _ o"K_. no. _d_
(
l'-', 1)0-$. (ll! ~~
~. II;';"""",,801)
. ,
? S . " " i n I , " " , a d . c . n . . . . M y,~ , I? ? ~.
f/
f / " " Mi<>11< . . vu
(
~~
-,. ". . "l'~ ~. T. . . . . . o. . ioni<Soc. I
The Riv~r 63
? 66 The Sigla of l'innexan. Wak.
of mud, A runs to it. ' In hook IV , however, we . hall nbs<:cve A salient as aumorCSI.
1. 6. ~, labelled A, i. v<<y . bort and ,uppli. . Hltle n<w insi&h" we may therefore pro. . directly In 1. 8. Thia ChaPler con he handled in three units: ",,'a courtship (1<)6-204), her children'. prescnt! ! (205- I2)and the nightfall, with which we have already dealt (21)- 16).
1. 8 must commence in the W~low Mountoin. , for the river is narrow enoUih for the washerwomen'. hood, to collide as they bend to immerse ITI'? ? hirt (196. 09-1 I). 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.
