Annotations to James Joyce's Ulysses/Circe/467

Annotations
Leopoldi autem generatio   (Latin) Now, the begetting of Leopold. The words parody the opening of Matthew 1:18:

But the genealogy of Christ is given in Matthew 1:1, which would make more sense here:

et vocabitur nomen eius Emmanuel   (Latin) and his name shall be called Emmanuel. The words allude to Isaiah 7:14:

This verse is cited in Matthew 1:23:

Joyce's form also recalls Isaiah 9:6, which is quoted in the Hallelujah Chorus of Handel's Messiah (alluded to below at 470.21):