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| − | * ''''' | + | * '''stringed argent:''' (''heraldry'') heraldic term → probably a reference to the official heraldic description of the coat of arms of the Republic of Ireland – namely, the Brian Ború harp, which is "stringed argent" (i.e. has argent/silver-colored strings) "on a field azure." → [[argent]] in the preceding line |
| − | * ''''' | + | * '''archer:''' (''nursery rhyme'') "A was an Archer, who shot at a frog" → cf. [[Page_4|004.02]] [[Brékkek Kékkek Kékkek Kékkek! Kóax Kóax Kóax!]] |
| − | * '''Charles Archer:''' a character in Sheridan Le Fanu's ''The House by the Churchyard'' | + | * '''Charles Archer:''' a character in Sheridan Le Fanu's ''The House by the Churchyard'', a key text for FW |
| − | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity= | + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0102&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&isize=L Third Census of Finnegans Wake] |
* '''arches''' → rainbows | * '''arches''' → rainbows | ||
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* '''archers strung''' → archers stringing their bows → cf. Odysseus → ''[[Ulysses]]'' | * '''archers strung''' → archers stringing their bows → cf. Odysseus → ''[[Ulysses]]'' | ||
| − | * '''Strongbow:''' Richard de Clare, the Earl of Pembroke, leader of the Anglo-Norman Invasion of | + | * '''Strongbow:''' Richard de Clare, the Earl of Pembroke, leader of the Anglo-Norman Invasion of Ireland in 1169 |
| − | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity= | + | ** [http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/JoyceColl/JoyceColl-idx?type=turn&entity=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans.p0361&id=JoyceColl.GlasheenFinnegans&isize=L Third Census of Finnegans Wake] |
| − | * '''Apollo:''' Greek god of archery (also of music, poetry, prophecy and healing), often identified with Helios the Sun god → [[helio]] | + | * '''Apollo:''' Greek god of archery (also of music, poetry, prophecy and healing), often identified with Helios the Sun god → [[helio]] in this line |
Latest revision as of 02:32, 12 November 2010
- stringed argent: (heraldry) heraldic term → probably a reference to the official heraldic description of the coat of arms of the Republic of Ireland – namely, the Brian Ború harp, which is "stringed argent" (i.e. has argent/silver-colored strings) "on a field azure." → argent in the preceding line
- archer: (nursery rhyme) "A was an Archer, who shot at a frog" → cf. 004.02 Brékkek Kékkek Kékkek Kékkek! Kóax Kóax Kóax!
- Charles Archer: a character in Sheridan Le Fanu's The House by the Churchyard, a key text for FW
- arches → rainbows
- archers strung → archers stringing their bows → cf. Odysseus → Ulysses
- Strongbow: Richard de Clare, the Earl of Pembroke, leader of the Anglo-Norman Invasion of Ireland in 1169
- Apollo: Greek god of archery (also of music, poetry, prophecy and healing), often identified with Helios the Sun god → helio in this line
