V--2nd, Chapter 9

[Robin Landseadel]

On Oct 15, 2010, at 6:42 AM, Mark Kohut wrote:

> "Two things made Foppl's a fortunate place to be carrying on sferic
>    research. First, the farmer had given Mondaugen a room to himself  
> in a
> turret
>    at one corner of the house; a little enclave of scientific  
> endeavor,
> buffered by
>    number of empty storage rooms and with access to the roof through a
>    stained-glass window portraying an early Christian martyr being  
> devoured by
>    wild beasts."----V. p. 251
>
> Have just read about when prose was first referred to as a 'verbal
> painting'..Maybe later
> than you think....

I think Proust, James, Mann . . .

> anyway, look at the verbal painting above.
>
> "scientific endeavor" == a little enclave..its proportional space?

He probably just likes the antique way it sounds. In any case this set- 
up notes how it's ideal on account of having the room acoustically  
isolated, which is very important if you're monitoring angry ghosts.

Or S & M warm-up exercises.

> Empty storage rooms  =  why?

That would be ideal for sound isolation.

Foppl's rich, he's got extra everything.

> And, not least, maybe most  =
> access through an iconic Christian image

Foppl's nostalgia for the glory days of von Trotha, another visual  
souvenir.

> .....to the roof!
>
> Through which Galileo crawled when The Church excommunicated him?

Certainly wouldn't rule that out!