David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :
'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)
(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.
Today, Theatre of the Actors of Regard received from Belgium via the Sydney Gateway Facility (SGF) this green-taped documentation of a Customs Inspection.
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A note placed inside the envelope by Australian Customs stated that officers opened it when alerted by a light and siren sound apparently issuing from within the envelope. Here's what they encountered:
One hundred years ago, in 1914, this hand-painted postcard of an urgent postman or customs inspector was posted by M. Joseph at Waereghem to Mlle. Emonts at the Hotel des Arts, Liege.
'Postman Joseph Roulin and the correspondents : 1888-2014' at West Space, November 2014.
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