> Barthes describes it exactly as Wojtek says. (See _Mythologies_, the
> English translation by Annette Lavers, p. 116 and ff.) Are you saying the
> issue of Paris-Match he's referring to (he doesn't cite an issue number, he
> said he was handed him at the barber's) didn't have on it what he said was
> on it?
Well, here's the cover Barthes referenced:
http://seacoast.sunderland.ac.uk/~os0tmc/art/saulte.jpg
I recall being told when I studied Barthes that it depicted a military cadet, rather than a soldier, but have unfortunately forgotten any details.
Can someone whose eyesight and French are both better than mine translate the caption?
-- "Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað."
