Difference between revisions of "Celescalating"
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* '''escalator:''' a moving staircase | * '''escalator:''' a moving staircase | ||
| + | **New York’s Woolworth Building (→ [[Waalworth]]) included escalators (a relatively new invention) as well as elevators | ||
* '''Caelestius:''' disciple of the heretic Pelagius; Pelagius may have been Irish | * '''Caelestius:''' disciple of the heretic Pelagius; Pelagius may have been Irish | ||
Revision as of 21:18, 1 July 2020
- celestial: heavenly
- caeli: (Latin) heavens
- Ciel-scaling : climb to the sky, from the French 'Ciel' for sky.
- escalating: ascending or descending on an escalator; increasing rapidly in scale or intensity
- celestial + escalating → escalating to the heavens → Jacob's Ladder (Genesis 28) → FW 026 Jacob's lettercrackers
- escalator: a moving staircase
- New York’s Woolworth Building (→ Waalworth) included escalators (a relatively new invention) as well as elevators
- Caelestius: disciple of the heretic Pelagius; Pelagius may have been Irish
- Pelagius (11th Britannica, which was Joyce's source)
- Third Census of Finnegans Wake
- Coelestinus: regnal name of Pope Celestine I, who persecuted the Pelagians and sent Palladius to Ireland in 431
- Celestine I (11th Britannica)
- Third Census of Finnegans Wake
