The Anathemata
Middle-sea and Lear-sea (continued)
brighting the hooped turn of his scapular-platesa enough
to show his pelvic sway and the hunch on his robber’s shoulders. Though he was of the Clarissimi his aquilab over me was robbery.1
’T’s a great robbery
—is empire.]
David Jones notes
1 Cf. Song of Songs, II, 4, ‘and his banner over me was love’. And cf. how those training for the Survey used the title Clarissimus.
additional notes
For more details of the social and professional standing of the surveyors, see Wikipedia.
see also
semantic structures
glossary
a scapular-plates: metal coverings for the shoulders.
b aquila: eagle: the standard of a Roman legion.
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