Tapestry illustration of the Apocalypse by an unknown weaver, France, c. 1380. Image from Web Gallery of Art.
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5 comments:
Ah, the Apocalypse! What you're reminding me of now...The quintessential book of twisted prophecies for all "doom-ists" out there. If one goes to Patmos island of course it's a different store: there is spirituality on the island aplenty.
There is a wonderful explanation of how Umberto Eco envisioned the whole roman policier plot of The Name of the Rose around the Apocalypse (exactly because he couldn't change it, it being such a reference)in his coda book to the novel. [Of course the more esoteric elements of the book are also a contemplation on the Apocalyptic texts and their relevance to socioeconomic circumstances of the late Middle Ages].
Worth seeking out! ~there is a comparable American Indian tale referenced for this kind of writing in the booklet, which I thought was too cool for words; something along the lines "I sit by the river and wait for my enemy's corpse to flow down..."
PS.Will be at the PO today or tomorrow and sending along that little something ;-)
Wow, that tapestry totally rocks. Love it!
I thought of you yesterday, M. I came home from work and found a copy of The Watchtower stuck in my front door - I guess the JW's had been making the rounds. Which of course meant that Hendrix doing All Along the Watchtower was in my head all evening. heehee
Thank you, E--I'm looking forward to it. I have never read Eco's postscript to The Name of the Rose, but I see on Amazon that there's now an edition with the 2 bound together. I'll check it out.
Mary, I love that! Probably not the result the JWs are hoping for.
I came for the heretical..
...but found these comments, which shall have me scurrying off to find Eco's coda book. Thanks, both of you!
E, I LOVE that line about the corpse...
Tapestries have always fascinated; I loved the Dame a Licorne ones at The Cloisters, as a small girl- coupled with Baroque concerts on authentic period instruments...
SIGH.
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