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(a tetrahedron is a shape with for sides (a pyramid with four equilateral triangles if we're going for one of the 5 perfect solids))
 
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* '''tetrahedrally''': ie "having four sides" so there are four questioners, questioning Yawn from four sides.
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*'''Tetramorph''': Matthew human, Mark lion, Luke oxen, John eagle -- here an ass(?).  The Evangelists and symbols are the same, but different authors/traditions, map them differently.  Joyce follows the same schema used by St. Jerome, the Book of Kells, Aquinas, inter alia.  Augustine has Matthew and Mark as Lion and Man, respectively.
 
*'''Tetramorph''': Matthew human, Mark lion, Luke oxen, John eagle -- here an ass(?).  The Evangelists and symbols are the same, but different authors/traditions, map them differently.  Joyce follows the same schema used by St. Jerome, the Book of Kells, Aquinas, inter alia.  Augustine has Matthew and Mark as Lion and Man, respectively.

Latest revision as of 00:41, 20 April 2020

  • tetrahedrally: ie "having four sides" so there are four questioners, questioning Yawn from four sides.
  • Tetramorph: Matthew human, Mark lion, Luke oxen, John eagle -- here an ass(?). The Evangelists and symbols are the same, but different authors/traditions, map them differently. Joyce follows the same schema used by St. Jerome, the Book of Kells, Aquinas, inter alia. Augustine has Matthew and Mark as Lion and Man, respectively.