© Gunnar Tómasson 18 November 2016 Foreword Snorri Sturluson‘s nephew and literary collaborator, Sturla Þórðarson (d. 1284), was the author of Íslendingasaga (Saga of Icelanders), which is by far the most important source of biographical information about Snorri Sturluson. However, such information is not to be taken at face value because Íslendingasaga is first and […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 17 November 2016 Hamlet’s Mill: An Essay Investigating the Origins of Human Knowledge And Its Transmission Through Myth Foreword © Giorgio Santillana This is meant to be only an essay. It is a first reconnaissance of a realm well-nigh unexplored and uncharted. From whichever way one enters it, one is caught in […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 16 November 2016 I. Moses from mount Nebo vieweth the lande. (Deuteronomie, Ch. XXXIII, Summary, KJB, 1611) 89166 Summary 64098 18899 = Moses from mount Nebo vieweth the lande. 12769 = He dieth there. His buriall. His age. 13937 = Thirtie dayes mourning for him. 9673 = Joshua succeedeth him. 8820 = […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 15 November 2016 I. To the memory of my beloved (Ben Jonson, First folio, 1623) 16014 A 1000 = Light of the World 3394 = Jesus 11359 = Snorri Sturluson -10805 = Sweet Swan of Avon 5137 = Judgement Day 5829 = Simon bar Iona 100 = THE END 16014 […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 13 November 2016 Background Archetypal Robert Greene (S. Schoenbaum) With [Robert] Greene we cannot always separate fact from fiction in the fantasias he composed on autobiographical themes, or the legend made of him by his contemporaries. The pattern of his life – necessarily pieced together from the testimony of biased witnesses – […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 12 November 2016 I. Blessed art thou Simon Bar Iona (Matt. 16:13-19, KJB, 1611) 356456 23675 = When Iesus came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi, 11616 = he asked his disciples, saying, 17235 = Whom doe men say, that I, the sonne of man, am? 22774 = And they said, Some […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 11 November 2016 I. Et Tu Brute? _____ Then fall Cæsar. (Act III, Sc. i – First Folio) 1441199 4916 = Flourish. 24433 = Enter Cæsar, Brutus, Cassius, Caska, Decius, Metellus, 25886 = Trebonius, Cynna, Antony, Lepidus, Artimedorus, Publius, 8352 = and the Soothsayer. Cæsar 9508 = The Ides […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 10. nóvember 2016 Sögur sem týndust – eða þannig. (Guðni Jónsson) Á blaði því hinu sama, sem Njáls saga endar á í Möðruvallabók, hefir ritarinn skráð eftirfarandi orð til athugunar fyrir eiganda handritsins: „Láttu rita hér við Gauks sögu Trandilssonar. Mér er sagt, at herra Grímr eigi hana.‟ Gaukur Trandilsson er nefndur í Landnámu og Njálu, […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 8. nóvember 2016 I. Gestr Oddleifsson (Tilgáta) 8766 2075 = Njáll 6960 = Jarðlig skilning -5596 = Andlig spekðin 5327 = Brennu-Njáll 8766 = Gestr Oddleifsson II. Brennu-Njálssaga (Tilgáta) 43746 1000 = ELDR Helgur Þríhyrningur Íslands í Heiðni 7196 = Bergþórshváll 6067 = Miðeyjarhólmr 3027 = Helgafell Sköpunarmáttur Alheims […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 7. nóvember 2016 Samskipti á Facebook (7. nóvember 2016) Ragnar Önundarson „Samfélagslegt gildi Háskólans er gríðarlega mikið. Til dæmis er hugvísindasvið ein stærsta menningarstofnunin á Íslandi. Háskóli Íslands er að mestu leyti greiddur af íslenskum skattgreiðendum og getur því ekki verið einhver fílabeinsturn. Við rekum háskólann fyrir samfélagið.“ sagði Jón Atli Benediktsson […]
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