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Panopticon



Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon is a structure incorporating “a tower central to an annular building that is divided into cells, each cell extending the entire thickness of the building to allow inner and outer windows.[*] The occupants of the cells are backlit[+], isolated from one another by walls, and subject to scrutiny collectively and individually by an observer in the tower who remains unseen. Bentham envisioned not only venetian blinds on the tower observation ports but also mazelike connections[#] among tower rooms to avoid glints of light or noise that might betray his presence.”

The Panopticon, crucially, allows one to see without being seen.[~]

[J. Bolton. ‘Metonymic Imprisonments’, JOL 9 (2), p.309]

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[*] See >Phaeacia.

[+] See >Nuttall Codex.

[#] See >Ramananda, K. B.

[~] See >Enoptromancy.

Paris Eros

The >Imaginary Museum of Eroticism in Paris:

Paris, the city of life, has always symbolised eroticism and sinful pleasure.[*] But the city does not possess an erotic museum comparable to Berlin’s or Amsterdam’s. Hans-Jürgen Döpp has taken the liberty of constructing an imaginary museum there – a Paris where time and space are infinite[+], but desire is bound up in images.[#] Covering more than five centuries of naughty Parisian history, this volume has 230 full-color illustrations culled from private collections. Döpp provides a highly entertaining commentary.

Parkstone. Adult Material[~] — by ordering this item you are stating you are over 18 years of age. HCW, 9 x 12, 224 pp., FC.

[Bud Plant’s Incorrigible Catalogue (2004), p. 25]

[F. Colonna, Hypnerotomachia Polyphilii, p. 400]

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[*] See >Foreplay.

[+] See >Daedalus.

[#] See >Lucius, La Métamorphose de.

[~] See >Notice of Seizure of Goods under Customs and Excise Act 1996.

Phaeacia

LITTORE = beach[*]
CLAUSURA DE MYRTO = Norfolk pines[+]
BOSCO = bush[#]
SILICATO = ochre clay
THEATRO = the mall[~]
NEMORI = privet
NARANCETO = mandarin tree
PRIMI PRATI = front lawn
SECUNDI P. = side lawn
TERTII P. = back lawn
PERISTULIO = multiplex[$]
FIUME = creek

[F. Colonna, Hypnerotomachia Polyphilii, p. 311]

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[*] See >Zener cards.

[+] See >Ithaka.

[#] See >Naacal Tablets.

[~] See >Memory Theatre.

[$] See >Felton Mathew’s spider-web plan.