The Great Weaver From Kashmir (49 page)

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Punch:
A British magazine of humor and satire, founded in 1841 and closed in 2002. The works of some of the greatest comic writers and cartoonists were published in
Punch
.
Strix:
unidentified.

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Oportet et hæreses esse (Latin): Even heresies must exist (1 Corinthians 11:19).

135
Benedic, pater . . . (Latin): Bless me, Father, for I have sinned.

136
Poenam damni (Latin): The punishment reserved for the damned.

137
Domine . . . (Latin): “Lord, if I am in darkness, may you be blessed.” From
De Imitatione Christi
, Book III, 17:2.

138
Madame n'a pas l'air d'une intrigueuse (French): Madam does not seem to be a conspirator.

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Deum quem . . . (Latin): God whom they did not recognize in the exposition of the Holy Scriptures, they recognize in the breaking of the bread.

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The Latin Biblical quotation is from Matthew 16:18–19 (“And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church”). Laxness extends Christ's play on the meaning of Peter's name (Greek for “rock”) to his protagonist (
steinn
means “rock” in Icelandic).

The translator gratefully acknowledges the encouragement and support of Pétur Már Ólafsson, the International Center for Writing and Translation at the University of California-Irvine, the Sigurður Nordal Institute (Reykjavík), the Árni Magnússon Institute for Icelandic Studies (Reykjavík), the Fund for the Promotion of Icelandic Literature (Reykjavík), Auður Laxness and Guðný Halldórsdóttir, Norbert and Judy Roughton, Regina Carlyon and L. Michael Bell, Halldór Guðmundsson, and Jill Schoolman.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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