Publisher's Synopsis
A tablet poem by Franck André Jamme, 'i.m. Léon Chapeau' (4 March 1927-27 October 2012), with a translation from the French by Michael Tweed. Tablets like these used to be found on small gold leaves in ancient Roman graves. These leaves were typically folded inside the closed hands or mouths of the dead. They could be read as maxims, wishes, recommendations, or favourite sentences probably meant to seal the crossing over to the other side, that totally unknown country whose existence itself is so uncertain - the country of 'the most numerous' as the Romans called it.
