>From a Frenchman:
Levant has two meanings: sunset and East
I understand the sentence as:
"In Paris, the north rises at the East (or sunrise) of Thebes"
To be quite honest, I'm not quite sure what this means outside of the entire
context...
I don't remember how the obelisk is oriented on the Concorde either... It
could be related.
Corentin
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Barry
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> Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 02:44:51 +0100
> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: Place de la Concorde
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> Hi Willy,
>
> I don't understand your translation of the phrase. Where do you get 'east'
> from? From what I remember of my schoolboy French the word for 'east'
> is 'est'. Further:
>
> levant = raising (verbe);or
> levant = rising (adjectif, adverbe);
> surgir = to arise (verbe).
> nord = north (adjectif, adverbe); or
> nord = north (nom masculin)
>
> So I translate the phrase as:
>
> At the rising of Thebes, Paris of the north arises.
>
> Still not sure what it means but I think that is a more accurate translation.
> Iwould also be grateful for some help %~(
> Terry
>
> Quoting Willy Leenders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>
>> In the middle of august I sent the subjoined question.
>> I received no answer.
>> Maybe everybody was on holiday.
>>
>> I repeat the question.
>>
>> At the Place de la Concorde in Paris, on the meridian passing through
>> the footh of the obelisk from the temple of Ramses II at Thebes (the XII
>> hour line of the sundial) there is the inscription "AU LEVANT DE THEBES
>> SURGIT A PARIS LE NORD".
>>
>> I translate this as "AT THE EAST OF THEBES THE NORD RISES IN PARIS".
>>
>> Can anybody explain this sentence ?
>>
>> Willy Leenders
>> Hasselt, Flanders in Belgium
>>
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