Art Neuendorffer
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ET IN ARCADIA EGO SUM-> And I (death?) too am in Arcadia
ARCAM DEI IESU TANGO-> I touch the tomb of GOD: Jesus
I TEGO ARCANA DEI -> I Conceal the Secrets of God.
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_Molière : A Theatrical Life_ by Virginia Scott
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521782813/qid%3D981497575/105-597931
9-1455108
"There are no letters or documents in Moliere's hand."
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CYRANO: Look you, it was my life
To be the prompter every one forgets!
. . .
There was the allegory of my whole life:
I, in the shadow, at the ladder's foot,
While others lightly mount to Love and Fame!
Just! very just! Here on the threshold drear
Of death, I pay my tribute with the rest,
To Moliere's genius,--Christian's fair face!
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Francis Beaumont dies March 6, 1616
Cyrano de Bergerac born March 6, 1619
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.....Les Bergers d'Arcadie
..........ET IN ARCADIA EGO
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=et%20in%20Arcadia%20ego
(idea) by dreamword (8.3 mon) (print)
<<Latin phrase first used by Nicolas Poussin in his painting of the same
name.
Shepherds gather around a tomb on which the words are written.
The phrase can have two meanings:
And I (death) too am in Arcadia
I (the guy in the tomb) used to live in Arcadia
As you can tell, the phrase can have a bunch of meanings & evoke
some fairly deep questions about the nature of Arcadian peace.
The phrase has been used by many writers, and its complex message
evoked by its invocation. Notable among them are Evelyn Waugh,
whose book Brideshead Revisited takes the phrase as its epigram,
and Tom Stoppard, who explores the phrase in his play Arcadia.>>
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(idea) by dido (1.8 d) (print) ? Fri Dec 14 2001 at 4:54:32
<<Also is allegedly the motto of the mysterious secret society
called the Prieure de Sion, and of the Plantard family,
which is very important in it. Someone pointed out that
it's also an anagram for another Latin phrase whose meaning
is relevant to what the society seems to stand for:
"I Tego Arcana Dei." -> I Conceal the Secrets of God.>>
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(idea) by WolfDave (5.5 hr) (print) ? Tue Jan 01 2002 at 18:55:27
<<The most enigmatic thing concerning the phrase "et in Arcadia ego" is
that it contains no verb (literally it means "and in arcadia I...").
In order to translate it, therefore, a verb must be inserted.
The usual one used for this purpose, and the one which
Pierre Plantard implied should be there, is "sum" (I am).
This makes the phrase a double anagram, as with the sum in place
it can be re-arranged to Arcam Dei Iesu tango,
(I touch the tomb of Jesus the God).
Rennes-le-Chateau conspiracy theorists consider this very significant.>>
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(idea) by Clockmaker (8.7 mon) (print) ? Sun Sep 29 2002 at 19:46:42
<<Actually, this phrase was not coined by Nicolas Poussin.
It was used by the ancient romans to illustrate
the impossibility of Paradise
(sort of like we use Utopia, in modern times)
and the inevitability of death
(as the Reaper finds his way even into Paradise).
Poussin apparently thought it was fitting,
as the motif of Shepherds pondering death
while observing a grave was a common one.
I don't think Poussin came up with it.
Also, the implied verb is indeed "sum",
and as far as I've been taught,
this is an acceptable if not common way
to treat that verb in Latin;
if you omit a verb it is presumed to be "sum".>>
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Art Neuendorffer
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MENTE VIDEBOR
DE VERE IN TOMB
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http://www.mezzo-mondo.com/arts/mm/france17/poussin/PON004.htmlhttp://www.me
zzo-mondo.com/arts/nicolas-poussin/poussin-arcadian-shepherds.html.
{anagram}
ET IN ARCADIA EGO SUM-> And I (death?) too am in Arcadia
ARCAM DEI IESU TANGO-> I touch the tomb of GOD: Jesus
I TEGO ARCANA DEI -> I Conceal the Secrets of God.
---------------------------------------------------------
_Molière : A Theatrical Life_ by Virginia Scott
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521782813/qid%3D981497575/105-597931
9-1455108
"There are no letters or documents in Moliere's hand."
-----------------------------------------------------
CYRANO: Look you, it was my life
To be the prompter every one forgets!
. . .
There was the allegory of my whole life:
I, in the shadow, at the ladder's foot,
While others lightly mount to Love and Fame!
Just! very just! Here on the threshold drear
Of death, I pay my tribute with the rest,
To Moliere's genius,--Christian's fair face!
------------------------------------------------------
Francis Beaumont dies March 6, 1616
Cyrano de Bergerac born March 6, 1619
-------------------------------------------------
.....Les Bergers d'Arcadie
..........ET IN ARCADIA EGO
http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=et%20in%20Arcadia%20ego
(idea) by dreamword (8.3 mon) (print)
<<Latin phrase first used by Nicolas Poussin in his painting of the same
name.
Shepherds gather around a tomb on which the words are written.
The phrase can have two meanings:
And I (death) too am in Arcadia
I (the guy in the tomb) used to live in Arcadia
As you can tell, the phrase can have a bunch of meanings & evoke
some fairly deep questions about the nature of Arcadian peace.
The phrase has been used by many writers, and its complex message
evoked by its invocation. Notable among them are Evelyn Waugh,
whose book Brideshead Revisited takes the phrase as its epigram,
and Tom Stoppard, who explores the phrase in his play Arcadia.>>
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(idea) by dido (1.8 d) (print) ? Fri Dec 14 2001 at 4:54:32
<<Also is allegedly the motto of the mysterious secret society
called the Prieure de Sion, and of the Plantard family,
which is very important in it. Someone pointed out that
it's also an anagram for another Latin phrase whose meaning
is relevant to what the society seems to stand for:
"I Tego Arcana Dei." -> I Conceal the Secrets of God.>>
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(idea) by WolfDave (5.5 hr) (print) ? Tue Jan 01 2002 at 18:55:27
<<The most enigmatic thing concerning the phrase "et in Arcadia ego" is
that it contains no verb (literally it means "and in arcadia I...").
In order to translate it, therefore, a verb must be inserted.
The usual one used for this purpose, and the one which
Pierre Plantard implied should be there, is "sum" (I am).
This makes the phrase a double anagram, as with the sum in place
it can be re-arranged to Arcam Dei Iesu tango,
(I touch the tomb of Jesus the God).
Rennes-le-Chateau conspiracy theorists consider this very significant.>>
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(idea) by Clockmaker (8.7 mon) (print) ? Sun Sep 29 2002 at 19:46:42
<<Actually, this phrase was not coined by Nicolas Poussin.
It was used by the ancient romans to illustrate
the impossibility of Paradise
(sort of like we use Utopia, in modern times)
and the inevitability of death
(as the Reaper finds his way even into Paradise).
Poussin apparently thought it was fitting,
as the motif of Shepherds pondering death
while observing a grave was a common one.
I don't think Poussin came up with it.
Also, the implied verb is indeed "sum",
and as far as I've been taught,
this is an acceptable if not common way
to treat that verb in Latin;
if you omit a verb it is presumed to be "sum".>>
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Art Neuendorffer
