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[Rogi Ocnorb]

Abraxas...
Yesterday the last page of Book Zero didn't have an active link to the next page. Today, it does.
Which I now see takes you to:
www.triskabiblios.com/bookzero/theNorthernLine.html
You have to click the map on page 3 first, for it to become active.

[Abraxas]

Thanks, I got it one second after I posted my confusion...
I missed the rather tiny reply by Talabar.
So...is Angel Tube Station on those other two maps, too? Or was that just a general map of London?

[Law of Five]

Ok, now I'm freaking out... please, someone else help!

I started to look up Upcott's autograph album that William Blake wrote in January 1826.

I found it here, but it seems to have no associated picture, just an autograph (maybe the pic of someone reclining is part of the autograph, maybe it's from another Blake work):

http://www.english.uga.edu/nhilton/Blake/blaketxt1/miscellaneous.html

As you can see, it says:


WILLIAM BLAKE one who is very much delighted with being in
good Company
Born 28 Novr 1757 in London
& has died several times since
January 16 1826

(and then Upcott writes:)

The above was written & the drawing annexed by the desire of
Mr Leigh how far it is an Autograph is a Question I do not
think an Artist can write an Autograph especially one who has
Studied in the Florentine & Roman Schools as such an one will
Consider what he is doing but an Autograph as I understand it, is
Writ helter skelter like a hog upon a rope or a Man who walks
without Considering whether he shall run against a Post or a
House or a Horse or a Man & I am apt to believe that what is done
without meaning is very different from that which a Man Does with
his Thought & Mind & ought not to be Calld by the Same Name.
I consider the Autograph of Mr Cruikshank which very justly
stands first in the Book & that Beautiful Specimen of Writing by
Mr Comfield & my own; as standing [in] the same Predicament they
are in some measure Works of Art & not of Nature or Chance
Heaven born the Soul a Heavenward Course must hold
For what delights the Sense is False & Weak
Beyond the Visible World she soars to Seek
Ideal Form, The Universal Mold

Upcott alludes to the 'drawing annexed', so Blake must have added the figure to his signature. So it's all one piece. I just can't find it yet.

So I looked up William Upcott:

Upcott, William, 1779-1845
William Upcott was an English antiquary and collector, resident in Islington (London) from 1834 . In 1833, while employed as Librarian of the London Institution, thieves broke into his room and stole his large collection of coins and curiosities. The proprietors of the London Institution reimbursed him for the loss but he resigned the next year and settled in Islington, where he devoted himself to manuscript and autograph collecting. After his death, many of his collections of autographs, original manuscripts and state and personal papers were purchased by the British Museum (now the British Library).

(http://grolierclub.org/LibraryAMC.UpcottNasmyth.htm)

Sweet Jesus, another link to Islington!

So in the last year of his life, William Blake, aged 69, went to see William Upcott. Except it couldn't have been in Islington, as Upcott didn't live there until 1834, 7 years after Blake's death!

So it's another Islington link.

Whoever this Islington is, he's either a genius or a madman. And he's starting to get inside my BRAIN...

Law of Five

[sollune]

Wow. You people post so fast. i read the post Talabar wrote about the new page then clicked the button to post and there's about 4 more posts up before i even start writing. *shakes head*

Good work so far guys.

[Law of Five]

Thanks, Rogi, so that's where he got it from. We're heading down the rabbit hole now...

Abraxas - I have to take a break now (before I freak out completely) but before the sun comes up I'll put together a map with all the locations on it...

Law of Five

[Shane]

Urgent news flash!

[sollune]

Hmm.. Can this topic be moved out of ARGs with Potential since we're going to have a real event? When is it considered a proper arg? Or is this forum one of those where it only moves if the mods deem it worthy, can be bothered, etc. etc. ? J ust out of curiosity.. no malice intended.

Shane- he forgot to send you the message?

~soll

EDIT: shane- Did you send him an email saying you were afraid of bridges or did he just mention that out of the blue?

EDIT2: shane- can you reply the email and ask him: what about the things that isn't?

[Shane]

The bridges thing came out of the blue, so apparently, he knew what was in the message. He didn't forget to send me the message--I have it! and scanned and psoted,too-- but..graaah (expletives deleted for everyones safety). I don't know. It's got me confused. And reply to the email and ask..what?

[Moongazer]

Tudor Map

[sollune]

Woah. That much coincidence? I think not. Neverwhere might just be another book to add to the list.. what does everyone else think?

Shane-
Maybe he's telling you that he didn't send those messages that you got and he's going to send a message to you in the future?

[Withe Bartbi]

Shane, you know how skeptical I have been with you, (and I apologize), but is it possible that Islington was telling you that he did not in fact, send you that note?

[Shane]

But I think if he can time travel,and he got that email,he would ahve gone back and left me the note..and he probably wrote the email again,sent it to me,just so I know what's going on?
Alsxo,I don't blame any of you for doubting me. I kind of went into this expecting a lot of doubt. But it all goes back to the "Trust, but be cautious" rule,doesn't it?

[Moongazer]

I forgot to include the link to Gaiman's Book Neverwhere:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neverwhere

and also, there is an Angel Pub in Islington

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Angel%2C_Islington

which has associations with writers (Thomas Paine, and Charles Dickens, who mentioned the Angel Pub, Islington, in Oliver Twist).

It all seems quite relevant.

[Shane]

Well,I'm calling it an early night..I'm going to contact Islington tommorow,or sooner..if any of you guys want me to ask hima question or anything,send me an email with the subject being Triskabiblios (my email is br0k3nr34l1ty(at)hotmail.com for those who forgot). Night everyone,and good luck.

[Morphium]

There's already a new page in book zero.

[url] http://www.vibration13.com/triskabiblios/bookzero/leftor.html [/url]

The title "Pbafgvghgvba" is decrypted using this weird decrypter (just found out about it now) It moves each letter 13 steps forward. It reads "Constitution".

The Old Red Lion Theatre is in Islington, London.

That's all I got for now. Gonna to do more research.