© Gunnar Tómasson 7 November 2017 Prologue (i) Pitty me not, but lend thy serious hearing To what I shall vnfold (Hamlet, Act I, Sc. v. First Folio) 120877 9462 = Enter Ghost and Hamlet. Hamlet 22112 = Where wilt thou lead me? speak; Ile go no further. Ghost 2883 = Marke me. Hamlet 3756 […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 6 November 2017 I. Gunnarr Hámundarson (Njála, 19. kafli – M) 277110 20321 = Gunnarr Hámundarson bjó á Hlíðarenda í Fljótshlíð. 23437 = Hann var mikill maðr vexti ok sterkr, manna bezt vígr; 17301 = hann hjó báðum höndum ok skaut, ef hann vildi, 28601 = ok hann vá svá skjótt með […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 5. nóvember 2017 Inngangsorð (Wikipedia) In his historical writings Arngrímur had access to texts no longer extant, most importantly a large fragment of Skjöldunga saga which was later lost completely. His works on legendary Danish and Swedish kings are the most important evidence for the contents of the lost saga. *** I. […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 5. nóvember 2017 # I 9953 = Schedae Araprestsfroda – Yfirskrift Íslendingabókar 3596 = Crymogæa 14155 = Brevis commentarius de Islandia 6442 = Skjöldunga saga 7000 = Microcosmos – Maður sem Ímynd Guðs 2600 = FINIS 43746 # II 6257 = Mörðr hét maðr. 12685 = Höfðingjaskipti varð í Nóregi. 11274 = […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 4 November 2017 Victor Hugo While in the engulfing process the flaming pleiad of the men of brutal force descends deeper and deeper into the abyss with the sinister pallor of approaching disappearance, at the other extremity of space, where the last cloud is about to fade away, in the deep heaven […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 4. nóvember 2017 I. Kvæði Jorges Luis Borges (1964) Snorri Sturluson Tú, que legaste una mitología de hielo y fuego a la filial memoria, tú, que fijaste la violenta gloria de tu estirpe de acero y de osadía, sentiste con asombro en una tarde de espadas que tu triste carne humana temblaba. […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 3 November 2017 Prologue There‘s a Diuinity that Shapes our Ends Rough-hew them how we will (Hamlet, Act V. Sc. ii) Enter Hamlet and Horatio. Hamlet: So much for this Sir; now let me see the other, You doe remember all the Circumstance. Horatio: Remember it my Lord? Hamlet: Sir, in […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 2 November 2017 Medieval Warning *** Time Jesum transeuntem, et non revertentem. Dread the Passing by of Jesus, He does not return *** I. And it came to passe in those dayes (Luke Ch. 2, King James Bible, 1611) 2436027 2:1 13790 = And it came to passe in those dayes, 24008 […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 1. nóvember 2017 I. Íslendingabók (Ari fróði) 57540 Alfa 9953 = Schedae Araprestsfroda Omega Stafréttur texti 16998 = En hvatki es nusagt es i froþo þesom 21675 = þa er scyllt at hava þat helldur er sann ara reynisc. 5464 = Íslendingabók 57540 II. Snorri Sturluson (Túlkun G.T.) 57540 11359 […]