The lady leaves her castle, finds a boat, writes her name on it, gets into the boat, sets it adrift, and sings her death song as she drifts down the river to Camelot. Through A Brazen Mirror: Delia Sherman: Circlet Press, 256 pages. An autumn storm suddenly arises. The contemporary silvered-glass mirror was invented in 1835 by the German chemist, Justus von Liebig. In Job 37:18, the word rendered "looking-glass" is in the Revised Version properly rendered "mirror," formed, i.e., of some metal. In John 17:17, He prays: Through a Brazen Mirror is the sort of book that deserves a wider audience than it’s gotten so far. Through a Brazen Mirror Delia Sherman, Author, Cortney Skinner, Illustrator, Ellen Kushner, Introduction by Circlet Press $14.95 (256p) ISBN 978-1-885865-24-3 More By and About This Author The mirror shatters, the tapestry flies off on the wind, and the Lady feels the power of her curse. The laver contained water. (Comp. The water is the Word of God by which we are cleansed and sanctified. Through a Brazen Mirror (1988) The Porcelain Dove (1993) The Fall of the Kings (2002) (with Ellen Kushner) Changeling (2006) and its sequel The Magic Mirror of the Mermaid Queen (2009) were fantasy adventures written for younger readers. The BRAZEN LAVER, or basin made of brass, is positioned between the altar and the Holy Place. A mirror is referred to also in James 1:23. View all covers for Through a Brazen Mirror (logged in users can change User Preferences to always display covers on this page) Reviews. A mirror or looking glass represents vanity, and it was an act of great sacrifice to self for the women to surrender their highly polished brass mirrors for the construction of the Laver. Delia Sherman If any of Delia Sherman's work should be remembered, it should be The Porcelain Dove, a novel of intoxicating beauty. Glass mirrors only came into use in the early first millennium C.E. A red-cross knight for ever kneeled To a lady in his shield, That sparkled on the yellow field, Beside remote Shalott. The brass was taken from the mirrors of the women. Exodus 38:8: "looking-glasses" are brazen mirrors, R.V.). Through a Brazen Mirror by Delia Sherman. Review by Carolyn Cushman (1988) in Locus, #335 December 1988; Review by Moira Gentry (2000) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, January 2000. The gemmy bridle glittered free, Like to some branch of stars we see Hung in the golden Galaxy. The author is a lesbian, and the book contains a gay character. [4] See chapter 1 of Mark Pendergrast’s, Mirror, Mirror: A History of the Human … The sun came dazzling through the leaves, And flamed upon the brazen greaves Of bold Sir Lancelot. Through a Brazen Mirror: Lancelot: Interstellar Mermaid: Scythian Amazon : Blog & News | What I'm Working on Now | A Painting a Day. 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