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Sainte-Chapelle ‘Hugh MacDiarmid’s rhymed version in English has been
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sand-blasted glass, 2008, A6, edition of 3 widely admired, and thought to convey the impression of
a tremendous and unique work; but even this excellent
attempt bears hardly more relation to the original Gaelic
than the view of the stained glass from outside bears to the
sensation of gazing up from inside the Sainte Chapelle.’ 2
The work is therefore the aspiration of seeing
from within. (The glass itself is Scottish Heather by colour-
name and English Muffle by type).
1 Of Alasdair MacMhaighistir Alasdair’s Bìrlinn Chlann Ràghnaill
2 A Clear Voice – Douglas Young, p92
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