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− | * '''Adam and Eve’s:''' a tavern in Rosemary Lane, Dublin; in 1618, in the time of the Penal Laws, the Franciscans established a secret church in the lane in which Mass was secretly performed; since the tavern had its shingle at the end of the lane, worshippers could enter the lane without arousing suspicion | + | * '''Adam and Eve’s:''' a tavern in Rosemary Lane, Dublin; in 1618, in the time of the Penal Laws [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal_Laws_%28Ireland%29], the Franciscans established a secret church in the lane in which Mass was secretly performed; since the tavern had its shingle at the end of the lane, worshippers could enter the lane without arousing suspicion |
** '''''[[Ulysses]]'' 641.17:''' "and masshouse (Adam and Eve's tavern)" [one of the points of contact linking Irishman and Jew] | ** '''''[[Ulysses]]'' 641.17:''' "and masshouse (Adam and Eve's tavern)" [one of the points of contact linking Irishman and Jew] | ||
Revision as of 08:03, 23 May 2008
- Adam and Eve’s: a tavern in Rosemary Lane, Dublin; in 1618, in the time of the Penal Laws [1], the Franciscans established a secret church in the lane in which Mass was secretly performed; since the tavern had its shingle at the end of the lane, worshippers could enter the lane without arousing suspicion
- Ulysses 641.17: "and masshouse (Adam and Eve's tavern)" [one of the points of contact linking Irishman and Jew]
- Church of St Francis of Assisi: a Franciscan church popularly known as Adam & Eve's Church; it is situated beside the River Liffey, on or near the site of the tavern of the same name
- Adam and Eve: characters in the Old Testament; according to Judaeo-Christian legend, Adam and Eve are the original parents of human civilization, with whom human history begins; HCE and ALP can be also thought of as the prototypical parents in FW; Eve and Adam were also, in that order, the committers of original sin
- Eve & Adams: "even atoms"; atoms are the primordial particles from which the universe and all life in it comes in Epicurean philosophy; hence: riverrun past Eve and Adams = "they will arrive (Italian) beyond even (i.e. straight) atoms" → FW 003.17 Wallstrait
- Eve: from the Hebrew, Hawah, meaning "living one" → life → Life = Liffey (in Irish) → Livia → ALP
- Eve and Adam's: the Garden of Eden → Eden Quay, Dublin, one of the quays on the River Liffey; it is downstream from Adam & Eve's Church and on the other side of the Liffey
- Eve and Adam's: the rivers Lethe ("Oblivion") and Eunoë ("Good Remembrance"), which flow around Adam and Eve's Earthly Paradise in Dante's Purgatorio → riverrun (Erinnerung = memory)
- évier: (French) sink, basin → is there one in the corner of HCE's bedroom? → FW 559.14-15: "tumbler, quantity of water" → the 2nd of 7 elements in a circuit of the bedroom
- ewer: a large water-jug → is there one in the corner of HCE's bedroom? → FW 559.14-15: "tumbler, quantity of water" → the 2nd of 7 elements in a circuit of the bedroom
- Robert Adam: English architect and designer; the fireplace in HCE's bedroom is of his design → FW 559.02-03: "Adam's mantel" → the 3rd of 7 elements in a circuit of the bedroom