© Gunnar Tómasson 17. desember 2017 I. Ráðgjöf Snorra til Ungra Skálda. (Skáldskaparmál, 8. kafli) 197920 16349 = En þetta er nú at segja ungum skáldum, 15868 = þeim er girnast at nema mál skáldskapar 16723 = ok heyja sér orðfjölða með fornum heitum 15251 = eða girnast þeir at kunna skilja þat, 8474 = […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 17 December 2017 I. Blessed art thou, Simon bar Iona (Matt. 16:13-20, King James Bible, 1611) 394811 16:13 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? 16:14 22774 = […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 16 December 2017 Part One I. Theological and Philosophical Truth (Essay, Of Truth, 1625) 1441720 16829 = What is Truth; said jesting Pilate; 16465 = and would not stay for an Answer. 18074 = Certainly there be, that delight in Giddinesse 13235 = And count it a Bondage, to fix a Beleefe; […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 15 December 2017 Marlowe and Shakespeare (S. Schoenbaum) „The circumstances of [Marlowe’s] slaying are set forth in detail in the legal records; a jury of sixteen accepted the coroner’s findings. But of such impossibilities the anti-Stratfordians make instruments to plague us,“ Schoenbaum wrote of claims that Christopher Marlowe had in fact written […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 14 December 2017 Prince Hamlet My Fathers Spirit in Armes? All is not well: I doubt some foule play: would the Night were come; Till then sit still my soule: foule deeds will rise, Though all the earth orewhelm them to mens eies. *** Overview I + IV 2797575 2487682 = A […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 14. desember 2017 Spásagnir Feðranna (Sjá III. A, B, C, D, E) 115061 Fyrr Íslendingasaga 6994 = Örlygsstaðir 2106 = 21. ágúst* 1238 = 1238 A.D Nú Gylfaginning 9752 = Svá segir í Völuspá: 8301 = Bræðr munu berjask 8582 = ok at bönum verðask, 9707 = munu systrungar 6607 = […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 14. desember 2017 Prisca theologia is the doctrine that asserts that a single, true, theology exists, which threads through all religions, and which was given by God to man in antiquity. (Wikipedia) Prisca theologia er sú kenning að Guð hafi í árdaga gefið mannkyni ein, sönn trúarbrögð. *** I. Umsögn Snorra Sturlusonar (Formáli Eddu, […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 13 December 2017 I. The Ghost‘s First Two Visits on Stage (Hamlet, Act I, Sc. i. First Folio, 1623) 1913918 Marcellus 5475 = Holla Barnardo. Barnardo 12499 = Say, what is Horatio there? Horatio 4177 = A peece of him. Barnardo 19792 = Welcome Horatio, welcome, good Marcellus. Marcellus 18533 = What, […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 12 December 2017 Overview A Shakespeares Sonnets 1027983 271661 = # 1 261048 = # 2 248718 = # 153 246556 = # 154 1027983 B A Poet’s Passage 1027983 105113 = Platonic World Soul -1000 = Darkness 43746 = Brennu-Njálssaga 777077 = Poet Sturla Þórðarson’s Final Years -6067 = Miðeyjarhólmr – […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 11 December 2017 Two-part solution of a literary puzzle. FIRST PART I. The Murder of William Peeter (Creative News) 18247 Victim 7482 = William Peeter Murderer 6642 = Edward Drew Date 2511 = 25 January – 11th month old-style 1612 = 1612 A.D. 18247 II. Envious Death and Monument Shakspeare (Stratford, Holy […]