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Annotation author: diyclassics
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diebus ac noctibus iniurias patiens ingemiscit
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Latin for "All creation (sc. omnis creatura) groans enduring hardships days and nights". From St. Ambrose's commentary on St. Paul's Letter to the Romans, on verse 8:22 ("scimus enim quod omnis creatura ingemescit et parturit usque adhuc").

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Annotation author: ghostprof
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bearing a bowl
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it may also indicate the holy grail, the chalice in which Jesus' blood was supposedly caught by Joseph of Arimethea so that the prophecy could be fulfilled, "Not a drop of his blood shall touch the ground." This would set Buck up as aligned with the feminine, and invoke Stephen/Jesus against the mother figure that will haunt in coming passages.

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Annotation author: skelley
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bearing a bowl
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The bowl symbolises the chalice used in mass; introduces the "mockery of the mass" motif that will be present throughout the episode (and the book.)