© Gunnar Tómasson 25 April 2017 NB. The Circumference of a Circle of Radius 339999 is shown here as 2,137,137. The correct value of this reference magnitude is 2,136,277 and other parts of the presentation need to be reviewed in light thereof. Foreword During the reign of Saxon King Athelstan of England (920-940 A.D.) the […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 24 April 2017 Foreword During the reign of Saxon King Athelstan of England (920-940 A.D.) the law of the land spelled out the size of the King’s holy verge, as defined from its center in terms of 6 different units of measurement as follows: 3 miles, 3 furlongs, 9 acres, 9 feet, […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 23 April 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 22. apríl 2017 I. „Út vil ek.” (Íslendingasaga, 143. kafli) 407189 16506 = Um vetrinn eftir Örlygsstaðafund 16980 = váru þeir með Skúla hertoga í Niðarósi 31481 = Snorri Sturluson ok Órækja sonr hans, ok Þorleifr Þórðarson, 19322 = en Þórðr kakali var í Björgyn með Hákoni konungi. 12685 = En um […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 21.apríl 2017 I. Koma Gylfa/Ganglera í Ásgarð (Gylfaginning, 2. kafli) 872370 20018 = Gylfi konungr var maðr vitr ok fjölkunnigr. 22647 = Hann undraðist þat mjök, er ásafólk var svá kunnigt, 15559 = at allir hlutir gengu at vilja þeira. 23380 = Þat hugsaði hann, hvárt þat myndi vera af eðli sjálfra […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 20.apríl 2017 Inngangsorð Útskýring á heiti pistilsins fylgir. I. Upphaf Landnáms Íslands (Landnáma, I hluti, 9. Kafli) Þá er Ísland fannst ok byggðist af Nóregi, var Adríanús páfi í Róma ok Jóhannes eftir hann, sá er inn fimmti var með því nafni í postulligu sæti, en Hlöðver Hlöðvesson keisari fyrir norðan fjall, […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 19 April 2017 Background A Francis Bacon? „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. […] „There is something rather pleasant […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 18 April 2017 I. Biblical End of Time Prophecy (Daniel, 12:1-4, KJB, 1611) 311082 12:1 15544 = And at that time shall Michael stand vp, 27354 = the great Prince which standeth for the children of thy people, 12973 = and there shalbe a time of trouble, 20603 = such as neuer […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 17 April 2017 Foreword The first part of this note consists of my elaboration of transcriptions from a draft prepared this morning against a background of 40 years of study on related issues. The second part identifies the Gnostic Christ – Jesus Patibilis or the Passible Jesus – as Our Ever-living Poet […]
© Gunnar Tómasson Easter Day 16 April 2017 I. Francis Bacon‘s “Death“ and Last Letter¹ (Alfred Dodd. Text continues in # IV.) 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 […]