© Gunnar Tómasson 6 August 2015. I. Ben Jonson – Shakespeare Commendatory Ode (First folio, 1623.) 21616 = Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were 17318 = To see thee in our waters yet appeare, 19678 = And make those flights upon the bankes of Thames, 14184 = That so did take Eliza […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 2. ágúst, 2015 I. Dráp Skutilsveins (Íslendinga saga, 151. kafli) 29224 = Gizurr kom í Reykjaholt um nóttina eftir Mauritíusmessu. 20587 = Brutu þeir upp skemmuna, er Snorri svaf í. 32733 = En hann hljóp upp ok ór skemmunni í in litlu húsin, er váru við skemmuna. 19023 = Fann hann þar […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 2. ágúst, 2015 Að vita meira en menn skilja. „Íslendinga vita of mikið um sögu sína í hlutfalli við það, sem þeir skilja.“ (Sigurður Nordal, Íslenzk menning, I. bindi, Mál og Menning, Reykjavík, 1942, bls. 35.) „Hvað mundum vér þekkja til Snorra Sturlusonar, ef vér hefðum ekki aðrar heimildir um hann en […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 1. ágúst, 2015. I. Ráðgjöf Snorra til Ungra Skálda (Skáldskaparmál, 8. kafli) 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 23725 = eða girnast þeir at kunna skilja þat, er hulit er […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 31 July 2015. I. The King James Bible (1611) (Dedication) Alpha 17083 = To the most high and mightie Prince, Iames 14782 = by the grace of God King of Great Britaine, 13600 = France and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, [&] c. [c = 100 in &c] 16142 = The […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 30 July 2015. I. The Lazarus Myth (John 11:30-35, KJB 1611) 11:30 23377 = Now Iesus was not yet come into the towne, 19476 = but was in that place where Martha met him. 11:31 24674 = The Iewes then which were with her in the house, 16836 = and comforted […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 29. júlí 2015. Lykilhugtök Tákn Krossins -1000 = Myrkur – Austur 108 = Tala vonbiðla Penelopes – Suður 1796 = Graal – Vestur 9322 = William Shakespeare 10226 Þrí-Einn Hómer 2627 = Homer 5175 = Odysseus 3783 = Penelope 11585 Brennu-Njálssaga 6257 = Mörðr hét maðr. 12685 = Höfðingjaskipti varð í Nóregi. […]
© Gunnar Tomasson 27 July 2015. Augustan-Saga-Shakespeare Monuments I. Monument of Quintus Horatius Flaccus 262982 15415 = Exegi monumentum aere perennius 15971 = regalique situ pyramidum altius, 18183 = quod non imber edax, non Aquilo impotens 16667 = possit diruere aut innumerabilis 15808 = annorum series et fuga temporum. 16838 = Non omnis moriar […]
© Gunnar Tómasson 26 July 2015. John 18:37-38 (King James Bible, 1611) Pilate therefore saide vnto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou saiest that I am a king. To this end was I borne, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should beare witnesse vnto the trueth: euery […]
Pythagoras: All is number An Irish friend and correspondent who is fluent in several languages, including Greek, Hebrew and Icelandic, and also a mathematical wizard, noted yesterday that the numerical value of the name Pythagoras in so-called Greek 800 gematria is 864. This evening I responded to his message as follows: Many years ago I […]
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