tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post3898696593327760330..comments2024-03-27T01:28:28.346-07:00Comments on False Machine: Gawain 785 - 810, The castle, apparently, is pretty great.pjamesstuarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-91499622936462619682016-11-21T21:18:16.184-08:002016-11-21T21:18:16.184-08:00I don't know what 'coroun coprounes' e...I don't know what 'coroun coprounes' either but I like the idea of carved tops, partially because 'carved' for me means both 'created by patient deduction of space from a solid bigger piece' and 'intricately and variably made' with latter having also an association with statues/idols and rivers. Reading this part I imagined Sir Gawain travelling through something alike to strange cities of Yann (from Dunsany). Thank you, it was a powerful moment. I wish I could draw it the way I saw it. Kyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992025061183651850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-90678842937447211892016-11-20T05:19:50.490-08:002016-11-20T05:19:50.490-08:00The original reads:
"With coroun coprounes c...The original reads:<br /><br />"With coroun coprounes craftyly sleze."<br /><br />Which my copy translates as:<br /><br />""with carved tops ingeniously and skillfully made."<br /><br />I couldn;t find an exact meaning for "coroun coprounes", I think they might be specific parts of a castle.pjamesstuarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13288777018721199748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-47703159386880135272016-11-19T13:48:54.325-08:002016-11-19T13:48:54.325-08:00"With carved tower-crowns craftily set."..."With carved tower-crowns craftily set." This line evokes some very strange cityscapes. Kyanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12992025061183651850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4522018539311056682.post-50675334137821065952016-11-18T08:09:24.490-08:002016-11-18T08:09:24.490-08:00I wish I had a pleasant pure porter right nowI wish I had a pleasant pure porter right nowJanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16396777239643415164noreply@blogger.com