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Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] gnomon and rose of the winds compass: tesselation and mosaic,sciothery; fighting shadows
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 22:11:47 +0100
From: Charles Watkins <charles.watkins@wanadoo.fr>
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
References: <040201c731ba$c9876440$6601a8c0@jansyuww9tl3no>

A gnomon in Euclid is an asymmetrical geometrical figure, being a
parallelogram from one corner of which a similar parallelogram has been
removed. It is a key word italicised on the first page of Dubliners, which
is no doubt relevant.

Charles Watkins


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