© Gunnar Tómasson Bastille Day 14 July 2017 Preface Jacob’s Ladder (Gen. Ch. 28) 28:10 And Jacob went out from Beer-sheba, and went toward Haran. 28:11 And hee lighted upon a certaine place, and taried there all night, because the sunne was set; and hee tooke of the stones of that place, and put them […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 13 July 2017 Background on Íslendingabók (Wikipedia) Íslendingabók (Book of Icelanders; Latin: Libellus Islandorum) is a historical work dealing with early Icelandic history. The author was an Icelandic priest, Ari Þorgilsson, working in the early 12th century. The work originally existed in two different versions but only the younger one has survived. […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 12. júlí 2017 Vituð ér enn – eða hvat? Í bók sinni Snorri Skáld í Reykholti segir Gunnar Benediktsson m.a. svo: „Í vitund almennings er Snorri Sturluson fyrsti Íslendingurinn, sem gerist handbendi norska konungsvaldsins til að fá Íslendinga til að ganga því á hönd. Jón Sigurðsson forseti segir á einum stað um […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 11. júlí 2017 Fræðimenn efast ekki um höfund 8. kafla Skáldskaparmála. A 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 = er […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 10 July 2017 I. Behold, I haue foretold you all things. (Mark 13:14, King James Bible 1611) 459063 9417 = But when ye shall see 25566 = the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the Prophet, 14289 = standing where it ought not 13645 = (let him that readeth vnderstand) […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 8 July 2017 Background (Alfred Dodd) 526846 Every schoolboy knows the story told in their history books how Francis Bacon one snowy day on or about All Fools Day, 1 April 1626, drove with the King’s Physician, Sir John Wedderburn, to Highgate and that at the foot of the Hill he stopped, […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 7. júlí 2017 I. Þessir menn létust á Örlögsstaðafundi með þeim er ór sárum dóu (Íslendinga saga, 138. kafli) 553002 29625 = Þessir menn létust á Örlygsstaðafundi með þeim er ór sárum dóu: 22464 = Sturla Sighvatsson vestan, Árni Auðunarson, 28882 = Snorri Þórðarson, Vigfúss Ívarsson, Ormr Halldórsson, 32913 = Marteinn Þorkelsson, […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 6. júlí 2017 …þa er scyllt at hava þat helldur er sann ara reynisc. (Stafréttur texti – Íslendingabók) 38673 16998 = En hvatki es nusagt es i froþo þesom 21675 = þa er scyllt at hava þat helldur er sann ara reynisc. 38673 4335 = Kristr 11359 = Snorri Sturluson 9814 […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 5 July 2017 Overview A AIDA¹ 1451424 198576 = Celeste Aida 454271 = Ritorna Vincitor 798577 = Final Scene 1451424 B REQUIEM² 1486454 94390 = Requiem and Kyrie 701640 = Sequence 249253 = Offertorio 75712 = Sanctus 50676 = Agnus Dei 78958 = Lux aeterna 235825 = Libera me 1486454 C […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 4 July 2017 Background Et tu, Brute ——— Then fall Cæsar. (Cæsar, Act III, Sc. i. First Folio) 12062 A 1796 = GRAAL – Quest of the Holy Grail 3263 = Beatrice – Object of Dante’s Quest -7 = Man-Beast of Seventh Day Decapitated 10 = Head Speaks Ten as it flies […]
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