The archdruid then explained the illusion of the colourful world, its furniture, animal, vegetable and mineral, appearing to fallen men under but one reflection of the several iridal gradations of solar light, that one which it had been unable to absorb while for the seer beholding reality, the thing as in itself it is, all objects showed themselves in their true colours, resplendent with the sextuple glory of the light actually contained within them. To eyes so unsealed King Leary's fiery locks appeared of the colour of sorrel green, His Majesty's saffron kilt of the hue of brewed spinach, the royal golden breasttorc of the tint of curly cabbage, the verdant mantle of the monarch as of the green of laurel boughs, the commanding azure eyes of a thyme and parsley aspect, the enamelled gem of the ruler's ring as a rich lentil, the violet contusions of the prince's feature tinged uniformly as with an infusion of sennacassia. [cite] [FDV]
does the king lose status as his costume is fathomed, or are these equal synonyms?
King Leary
His Majesty
royal
the monarch
commanding
the ruler
the prince
The archdruid then explained the illusion of the colourful world, its furniture, animal, vegetable and mineral,
it will later be made clear he's explaining it to St Patrick [eg]
appearing to fallen men under but one [reflected] reflection of the several iridal gradations of solar light, that one which it had been unable to absorb
"fallen men" ie, since Eve and Adam?
"iridal" = pertaining to a rainbow
things absorb six of seven colors, reflect one
while for the seer beholding reality, the thing as in itself it is,
"the seer beholding reality" should we read this as Joyce citing his heroes (eg Blake), or AE/Yeats spouting gibberish?
cf Tristan: "Isolde, O Isolde, when theeupon I oculise my most inmost Ego most vaguely senses the profundity of multimathematical immaterialities whereby in the pancosmic urge the Allimmanence of That Which Is Itself exteriorates on this here our plane of disunited solid liquid and gaseous bodies in pearlwhite passionpanting intuitions of reunited Selfhood in the higher dimensional Selflessness."
all objects showed themselves in their true colours, resplendent with the sextuple glory of the light actually contained within them.
"sextuple" implies the other six colors
To eyes so unsealed King Leary's fiery locks appeared of the colour of sorrel green,
"unsealed" suggests madness?
His Majesty's saffron kilt of the hue of brewed spinach,
cf Isolde's rethinking of King Mark's trousers?
the royal golden breasttorc of the tint of curly cabbage,
the verdant mantle of the monarch as of the green of laurel boughs,
John Buchan published a bestselling sequel to "The 39 Steps" in 1916, called "Greenmantle"
the commanding azure eyes of a thyme and parsley aspect,
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| thyme |
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| parsley |
does this hint he's also a sage?
the enamelled gem of the ruler's ring as a rich lentil,
everything is bilaterally symmetric except this one
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| Alfred's enamel gem |
the violet contusions of the prince's feature tinged uniformly as with an infusion of sennacassia.
"violet contusions of the prince's feature" = erect cock? (Hayman sees 'features')
"contusions... uniformly" seems contradictory
the image of a beaten-up king also fits ROC
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| senna cassia |
the seer sees through the king's rainbow dazzle to the humble vegetable stew below
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