© Gunnar Tómasson 6. janúar 2018 The Kingdom of God is Within You A The voyce of one crying in the wilderness. 17696 7998 = Ari Þorgilsson – Father of Saga Literature 1000 = Heimsljós – Light of the World -4000 = Myrkt Sverð – Mannskepna; Dark Sword – Man-Beast 11359 = Snorri Sturluson […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 5 January 2018 I. Snorri Sturluson’s Advice to Young Poets¹ (Skáldskaparmál, Ch. 8) 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 4. janúar 2018 Halldór Laxness benti einhvers staðar á að nafnið Ingólfur hafi verið óþekkt á Norðurlöndum fyrr en löngu eftir að Ingólfr Arnarson er sagður hafa numið Ísland árið 874. Arngrímur lærði sagði reyndar í Crymogæa að landnám Íslands hafi verið árið 864. Nútíma fræðimenn vita ekki hvaðan hann kann að […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 3 January 2018 Background (British Library) The legend of the Holy Grail is one of the most enduring in Western European literature and art. The Grail was said to be the cup of the Last Supper and at the Crucifixion to have received blood flowing from Christ’s side. It was brought to […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 2 January 2018 I. Sonatorrek – Saga Tempest¹ (Egilssaga, Ch. 78) 1716177 18005 = Þat var eitt sumar, at skip var í Hvítá, 12242 = ok var þar mikil kaupstefna. 21818 = Hafði Egill þar keypt við margan ok lét flytja heim á skipi. 23077 = Fóru húskarlar ok höfðu skip áttært, […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 1 January 2018 I. All lost, to prayers, to prayers, all lost. (Act I, Sc. i. First Folio 1623) 1289140 22795 = A tempestuous noise of Thunder and Lightning heard: 15661 = Enter a Ship‑master, and a Boteswaine. Master 6016 = Boteswaine. Boteswaine 10964 = Heere Master: What cheere? Master 11684 = […]
© Gunnar Tómasson New Year’s Eve 31 December 2017 I. The Ride of the Valkyries Vefr Darraðar (Brennu-Njálssaga, Ch. 157 – M) Translation in Appendix 569741 Föstumorgininn varð sá atburðr á Katanesi, at maðr hét Dörruðr, er út gekk. Hann sá at menn riðu tólf saman til dyngju nökkurrar ok hurfu þar allir. Hann gekk […]
©Gunnar Tómasson 29 December 2017 Background Francis Bacon and Don Quixote de la Mancha A „It is impossible to help but notice now and then that Armado [of Shakespeare’s ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’] is extraordinarily like Don Quixote in his consistent overestimate of himself and in his insistence on imagining himself a superhuman storybook hero. […] […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 28 December 2017 From the most able, to him that can but spell: There you are number´d. I. Prisca Theologia (Construction G. T.) 32551 7521 = Prisca Theologia Foreuer, O LORD (Psalm 119:89, KJB 1611) 6862 = Foreuer, O LORD, 13070 = thy word is setled in heauen. Alpha 666 = […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 27 December 2017 Part ONE I. Snorri Sturluson – Advice to Young Poets¹ (Skáldskaparmál, Ch. 8) 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 […]
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