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David Jones' In Parenthesis - map?

Started by Simon_Fielding , Jul 17 2012 07:57 AM

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Posted 19 July 2012 - 10:52 AM

Gwyn,

I'm sure someone must have, but I don't know where the relevant citations index might be online. In my day (1980-1983) there was a David Jones expert at Jesus College Oxford, but I can't remember his name...

Have you read 'The Sleeping Lord'? It'd be very relevant to your question.

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Posted 21 July 2012 - 12:15 AM

Simon - slightly cock-eyed photo of the aforementioned engraving. Also, apologies for the pink tinge. Something to do with the colour balance... Attached File  David Jones engr.jpg   123.14K   2 downloads

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Posted 29 July 2012 - 03:38 PM

Lovely - a treasure - what's the latin?

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Posted 30 July 2012 - 11:11 AM

Psalm 68 verse 16 in the Vulgate (Jones being Catholic).

In the Authorised Version it's Psalm 69 verse 15: "Let not the water flood overflow me, neither let the deep swallow me up."

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Posted 30 July 2012 - 11:54 AM

Highly appropriate - Thanks - my 'Classics' is of the Penguin variety.... :)

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Posted 30 July 2012 - 01:30 PM

:)

By the way it's a lot smaller than it looks in the image - about quarter the size. It was designed as a tailpiece for the poem, but in the end DJ used this instead: http://ancientmarine...s/images/10.HTM - the Latin means "May the Lord light in us the fire of his love and the flame of eternal charity".

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Posted 30 July 2012 - 01:41 PM

Your engraving is beautiful, Jane. And so is the one he finally chose. Lovely lovely script, both.

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