Tag Archives: France

1957: Description

Posted on April 28, 2018 by corvusfugit

From Alain Robbe-Grillet’s 1957 novel, Jealousy: Now the shadow of the southwest column– at the corner of the veranda on the bedroom side– falls across the garden. The sun, still low in the eastern sky, rakes the valley from the … Continue reading →

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340 AD: Patron Saint of Beekeepers

Posted on April 13, 2018 by corvusfugit

According to tradition, a swarm of bees settled on the face of the infant St. Ambrose, leaving a drop of honey and thus foretelling the saint’s eloquence—his honeyed tongue. He is the patron saint of bees and beekeepers. A certain … Continue reading →

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1863: Dictionary of Hell

Posted on April 7, 2018 by corvusfugit

Entries from the 1863 edition of Jacques Auguste Simon Collin de Plancy’s Dictionnaire Infernal: Amduscias: Grand-duc aux enfers. Il a la forme d’une licorne; mais lors-qu’il est évoqué, il se montre sous une figure humaine. Il donne des concerts, si … Continue reading →

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1816: The Visions of Thomas Martin

Posted on March 23, 2018 by corvusfugit

Thomas Martin was born in Gallardon, France in 1783. Beginning in 1816, he began to see visions of an elegantly dressed young man who called himself the Archangel Raphael. The youth commanded Martin to travel to Paris to see King … Continue reading →

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1929: From a Paris Plane

Posted on March 22, 2018 by corvusfugit

Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson: From a Paris Plane (1929)

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1902: Vines

Posted on March 13, 2018 by corvusfugit

Paul Ranson: Vines (c. 1902)

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1997: Translation / Transformation

Posted on March 11, 2018 by corvusfugit

In a 1997 essay on translation, the writer Harry Mathews cites Marcel Benabou’s version of Keats’s “A thing of beauty is a joy forever”: Ah, singe débotté, / Hisse un jouet fort et vert! It’s not quite a translation: the … Continue reading →

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1895: Clearing

Posted on February 18, 2018 by corvusfugit

Paul Ranson: The Clearing or Edge of the Wood (c. 1895)

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1797: Reading a Book

Posted on February 11, 2018 by corvusfugit

Anne-Louis Girodet de Roussy-Trioson: Benoît Agnès Trioson Reading a Book (1797) Born Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy in 1767, Girodet suffered the death of his father in 1784 and his mother in 1787. Dr. Benoît-François Trioson, a close friend of his … Continue reading →

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1876: Versions

Posted on January 23, 2018 by corvusfugit

Gustave Caillebotte: The Floor Scrapers (1875) Gustave Caillebotte: The Floor Scrapers (1876)

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