Mailing Booromeo again
----- Original Message ----- 
From: Jansy Berndt de Souza Mello 
To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum 
Sent: Tuesday, December 14, 2004 8:26 AM
Subject: Beau Romeo/Borromeo/Moore in TT


Dear Don and List

I had already mentioned the Borromean knot ( with which I got acquainted through psychoanalyst Jacques Lacanīs theories ) in connection to Beau Romeo and a geographical site.  
After I discovered Wittgensteinīs reaction to the "Moore Paradox" and its marvellous fit in "Transparent Things", I concluded that some of VNīs "obscure jokes in Tralatitions" were more intertwined with "real math" than Iīd originally thought.   
It might be important then to post a quick reference to the borromean knotīs non-interlocking loops and add its representation. Not only for those able to deal with topology and mathematics, but also because yesterday I had written about the "shifting characters blending into each other" ( Mr. R, Von Librikov, Hugh, Romeo, VN -  Armande, Julia, Juliet) and here it is demonstrated how three persons ( 3P ) can be interlocked without loosing their identity. 
Jansy

Borromean Knot 
 
Three loops are tangled together but no pair is linked. This appeared on the Borromeo family crest of the Italian Renaissance. No two rings are actually interlocked. Each maintains its identity.