© Gunnar Tómasson 29 November 2017 I. Dedicating the Shakespeare Opus (Venus and Adonis, 1593) 378620 9987 = TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE 20084 = Henrie Vvriothesley, Earle of Southampton, 8814 = and Baron of Titchfield. 21943 = Right Honourable, I know not how I shall offend 23463 = in dedicating my vnpolisht lines to […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 28 November 2017 Background (Wikipedia) Sonatorrek („the irreparable loss of sons“) is a skaldic poem in 25 stanzas by Egill Skallagrímsson (ca. 910–990). The work laments the death of two of the poet’s sons, Gunnar, who died of a fever, and Böðvarr, who drowned during a storm. […] According to the saga, […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 28. nóvember 2017 I. Snorra Edda 2542548 Uppsalabók 104431 = Bók þessi heitir Edda. Gylfaginning 377704 = 1. kafli 841242 = 2. kafli 441355 = 3. kafli 419561 = 4. kafli 133709 = 54. kafli – Heimkoma Ganglera 2318002 Eilífur Gangleri -1000 = Myrkur 20087 = Magnus ab integro saeclorum nascitur ordo. […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 27 November 2017 I. Shine forth, thou Starre of Poets And with rage, or influence chide or cheere the drooping stage (Ben Jonson, First Folio, 1623) 1529523 11150 = To the memory of my beloved, 5329 = The AVTHOR 10685 = Mr. William Shakespeare 867 = AND 9407 = what he hath […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 26. nóvember 2017 Prologus A. Aftr hverfr lygi, þá er sönnu mætir (Saga Hrafns Sveinbjarnarsonar, 1. kafli) 218950 24251 = Atburðir margir, þeir er verða, falla mönnum oft ór minni, 17498 = en sumir eru annan veg sagðir en verit hafa, 26415 = ok trúa því margir, er logit er, en […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 24. nóvember 2017 Prologus (Snorri Hjartarson) Örlagastundin nálgast grimm og köld; hiki ég þá og bregðist bý ég mér bann þitt og útlegð fram á hinzta kvöld. Ísland, í lyftum heitum höndum ver ég heiður þinn og líf gegn trylltri öld. *** I. Ísland á heljarþröm (6. október 2008) 1617717 Ritari 7591 = […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 22 November 2017 Fall of the Mightiest Julius Overview A 745600 176807 = The Fall of the Mightiest Julius 468222 = Abomination of Desolation 100571 = Ambition‘s Debt is Paid 745600 B 745600 The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs Overview C 3152337 1441199 = […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 20 November 2017 Foreword The text below of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is from http://www.fpx.de/fp/. There it is said to be from funet archive and converted to HTML by Frank Pilhofe. The author/authors of the text are not identified. In 2012 the Icelandic State Radio reported – http://ruv.is/frett/mjallhvit-er-islensk – that the model for […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 19 November 2017 The Argument Lucius Tarquinius, for his excessive pride surnamed Superbus, after he had caused his own father-in-law Servius Tullius to be cruelly murdered, and, contrary to the Roman laws and customs, not requiring or staying for the people‘s suffrages, had possessed himself of the kingdom, went, accompanied with his […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 18 November 2017 I. Ben Jonson Remembers Shakespeare (Discoveries etc.) 516432 19116 = I remember, the Players have often mentioned it 22552 = as an honour to Shakespeare, that in his writing, 21394 = (whatsoever he penn’d) hee never blotted out line. 22406 = My answer hath beene, would he had blotted a […]
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