© Gunnar Tómasson 23 February 201 I. T. S. Eliot – The Hollow Men (Poem 1925) 1001268 I. 10716 = We are the hollow men 9905 = We are the stuffed men 7177 = Leaning together 14865 = Headpiece filled with straw. Alas! 11032 = Our dried voices, when 11937 = We whisper together 10539 […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 22 February 2017 I. Icelandic Saga Myth (Construction) 532945 As in 401006 + 133709 – 2770 + 1000 = 532945 Where 401006 = Snorri Sturluson´s Murder – 1 133709 = Gangleri’s Homecoming – 2 -2770 = Flosi, Drowned at Saga’s End 1000 = LIGHT 532945 II. Augustan-Shakespeare Myth (Construction) 532945 As in […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 21. febrúar 2017 Fyrsti hluti Fyrir um 65 árum flutti Jón Helgason, rithöfundur og forstöðumaður Árnasafns, ávarp á Reykholtshátíð þar sem ég var viðstaddur, þá 10 ára gamall. Það eina sem festist í minni mínu var augnabliksmynd af Jóni þar sem hann lá makindalega á grasbala líkt og í hugleiðslu, með strá […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 20 February 2017 Introduction (Wikipedia) Sonatorrek („the irreparable loss of sons“) is a skaldic poem in 25 stanzas by Egill Skallagrímsson (ca. 910–990). The work laments the death of two of the poet’s sons, Gunnar, who died of a fever, and Böðvarr, who drowned during a storm. It is preserved in a […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 19 February 2017 I. And Jacob called vnto his sonnes (Genesis Ch. 46, KJB 1611) 1658132 49:1 15675 = And Jacob called vnto his sonnes, and said, 13786 = Gather your selues together, 26633 = that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last dayes. 49:2 23518 = […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 18 February 2017 I. Shall be preached in all the world (Matt. Ch. 24, KJB 1611) 2246396 24:1 21627 = And Iesus went out, and departed from the temple, 11513 = and his Disciples came to him 19631 = for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 24:2 11050 = And […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 17 February 2017 Recapitulation Day of Wrath, 16 February 2017 I. Dies Irae: Liber scriptus proferetur (Verdi’s Requiem Prophecy) 99681 II. A Written Book – Abomination of Desolation (Contemporary history) 468333 III. And at that time shall Michael stand vp (Daniel Ch. 12, KJB, 1611) 304364 IV. The Sybil’s Prophecy (Virgil, Fourth […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 16 February 2017 I. Dies Irae: Liber scriptus proferetur (Verdi’s Requiem Prophecy) 99681 Mezzo-soprano and Chorus: 14555 = Liber scriptus proferetur, 13886 = in quo totum continetur, 11495 = unde mundus judicetur. 9860 = Judex ergo cum sedebit, 11414 = quidquid latet apparebit: 10284 = nil inultum remanebit. 6601 = Dies […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 15 February 2017 I. Verdi’s Dies Irae – Day of Wrath¹ (Requiem, Sequence lyrics) 702232 Chorus: 6601 = Dies irae, dies illa, 11608 = solvet saeclum in favilla, 9978 = teste David cum Sibylla. 16943 = Quantus tremor est futurus, 14422 = quando judex est venturus, 16428 […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 14 February 2017′ I. And thou shalt bee brought downe. (Isaiah Ch. 29, KJB 1611) 1603819 29:1 23257 = Woe to Ariel, to Ariel the citie where Dauid dwelt: 17628 = adde yee yeere to yeere; let them kill sacrifices. 29:2 12921 = Yet I will distresse Ariel, 17127 = and there […]