tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218825.post9200620809004242403..comments2007-12-16T13:12:06.084-06:00Joel Priddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905442502700312809noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218825.post-58034661973995102922007-12-16T13:12:00.000-06:002007-12-16T13:12:00.000-06:00Thanks, Avram! That becomes a pretty good epigram for the whole series, doesn't it?Joel Priddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905442502700312809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218825.post-51790570942894645502007-12-15T22:37:00.000-06:002007-12-15T22:37:00.000-06:00Joel, if you follow that link I put in to my four-year-old blog entry, and scroll down to the comments, there's some discussion of the translations. <BR/><BR/><I>"Aspice ut aspicari"</I> is a classical Roman epigram, meaning "look, in order to be seen". Wolfe's version, <I>"Aspice ut aspiciar"</I> means "look, that I may be seen".Avramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798919258007637767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218825.post-79430184028072467942007-12-14T19:37:00.000-06:002007-12-14T19:37:00.000-06:00Avram,<BR/><BR/>Yup, you're exactly right. So, now I'm very curious about the untranslated third inscription. Leaving something untranslated is pretty much the Wolfean equivalent of pointing a giant red arrow at it. The internet tells me that it's something along the lines of "looking at when to look," which sounds like an fine motto for the Atrium of Time, but I bet Wolfe had a more elegant (and more portentous) phrasing in mind.<BR/><BR/>Chris,<BR/><BR/>Aw. Yeah, it's been too long. This weekend for sure, right? I've now put the semester behind me, and am absolutely loaded down with free time, so be prepared to get sick of me. I just may start following you to work.<BR/><BR/>April,<BR/><BR/>Yes! Great idea! Go Team Shardula!Joel Priddyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09905442502700312809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218825.post-54089304315435847032007-12-13T17:04:00.000-06:002007-12-13T17:04:00.000-06:00that is one bad-ass shardula! i want a tattoo of something like that...you know, some mythical creature who's head doesn't match its body.aprilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12556677877000699343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218825.post-31189634445480733102007-12-13T12:07:00.000-06:002007-12-13T12:07:00.000-06:00Also, I feel like I haven't seen you in forever and I miss you.<BR/><BR/>PS. Typing that out and then reading it to myself has made me unable to stop giggling. That does not make it any less sincere.chrishaleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06062262593718888325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218825.post-3039983600067227042007-12-13T12:03:00.000-06:002007-12-13T12:03:00.000-06:00I really like that candlebra (sp?).chrishaleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06062262593718888325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19218825.post-57177867770149310382007-12-12T16:19:00.000-06:002007-12-12T16:19:00.000-06:00The Latin is from Wolfe's <I>Book of the New Sun</I>. Those are the inscriptions on the dials in the Atrium of Time, where Severian meets Valeria. I blogged a bit about it <A HREF="http://agrumer.livejournal.com/246063.html" REL="nofollow">four years ago</A> when I re-read all of the New Sun, Long Sun, and Short Sun books straight through.Avramhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798919258007637767noreply@blogger.com