Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Circe/448
Annotations
editNamine. Jacobs Vobiscuits. Amen (Latin) A corrupted conflation of two Latin liturgical phrases:in nomine Domini (in the name of the Lord) and Dominus vobiscum (the Lord be with you), together with an allusion to the Dublin biscuit manufacturer William & R. Jacob & Co. Ltd.[1]
References
edit- ↑ Gifford (1988) 469.
Thornton (1968) 371.