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.


23 November 2019

tribuTARy


/ˈtrɪbjʊT(ə)Ri/
noun: tribuTARy; plural noun: tribuTARies

1.
a flow or flower flowing into a larger flow, flower or anthoLOGOS/HA HA
e.g.
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something... 
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Similar :
headflower, branchflower, feederflower, sideflower, creekflower
influent, confluent, affluent, effluent

2.
HISTORICAL
a person or state ] see ( that pays tribute ] flow ( to another state or ruler ] see (
e.g. tribuTARies of the Holy See*

*Every see is considered holy. In Greek, the adjective "holy" or "sacred" (ἱερά transliterated as hiera) is constantly applied to all such sees as a matter of course. In the West, the adjective is not commonly added, but it does form part of an official title of two sees: besides the Holy See, the Bishopric of Mainz (the former Archbishopric of Mainz, which was also of electoral and primatial rank) bears the title of "the Holy See of Mainz" (Latin: Sancta Sedes Moguntina).


Theatre of the Actors of Regard  
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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something...
  
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