Photo of the front and back of the newly reprinted "Parma Eldalamberon 16: Early Elvish Poetry and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets"
"Parma Eldalamberon 16: Early Elvish Poetry and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets, Part 1" is available again on demand at:
The Great British Bookshop:
www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/search?type=...
and at Barnes and Noble:
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It means the theory and methodology of interpretation, especially of scriptural text. It took me less time to "search" for this definition than to type this message :)
Omentielva Minquëa will be held at Marquette University, Milwaukee, from July 30 to August 2, 2026
omentielva.com/next.htm
Star of wonder in darkness,
Star in very beautiful brilliance,
You proceed for us westward
With starlight in perfection.
#TolkienTrewsday
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Él elmendo mornies,
Él mimírim’ alkares,
Elye lenna men númenna
Silmenen ilvanies.
I never knew what BASIC stood for (or even that it was an acronym), though I see that is the first thing Wikipedia tells one about it. On the other hand, interestingly enough, the home page of basiconline.com does not mention this :)
Do you mean that "we will have cried out to you" seems awkward in English or that *clamaverimus ad te* seems awkward in Latin?
I will delve into what Tolkien meant by: “Nobody believes me when I say that my long book is an attempt to create a world in which a form of language agreeable to my personal aesthetic might seem real.”
I hope you will join me for a weekend of exploring Tolkien's worlds from many points of view.
I am going to bea keynote speaker at the Prancing Pony Podcast Moot 2025 this December 18-21. The theme of the moot is “Creating Historical Depth within Fantastical Worlds.”
theprancingponypodcast.com/moot/
My working title is:
“From Words to Worlds: Elvish Roots of Tolkien’s Mythology.”
"Parma Eldalamberon 18: Tengwesta Qenderinwa and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets, Part 2" is available again on demand at:
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and at Barnes and Noble:
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It's not complex -- just explicit.
"Parma Eldalamberon 12: Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon" is available again on demand at:
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"Parma Eldalamberon 17: Words, Phrases & Passages in _The Lord of the Rings_" is available again on demand at:
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and at:
Barnes and Noble:
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“Parma Eldalamberon 19 : Quenya Phonology” is available again on demand at
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“Parma Eldalamberon 20 : The Qenya Alphabet” is available again on demand at
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“Parma Eldalamberon 21 : Qenya Noun Structure” is available again on demand at
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I'm trying to decide whether to propose a presentation on "Qenya and Phonetic Fitness" or "Qenya and Glottochronology." The former could focus more on Tolkien's linguistic thoughts during World War I, but the latter could more likely arrive at a cogent point in 20 minutes.
Ve si, ve sa ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMbb...
I like this cover of "Golden Leaves" from _Rings of Power_
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-TV...
Hopefully I can keep this going. I'm working now on making volume 21 available. Support from the community of Tolkien's readers helps 💙🦋
Thanks to @cgilson75.bsky.social for making Parma Eldalamberon Volume 22 available to order by print-on-demand again!
U.S. here: www.barnesandnoble.com/w/parma-elda...
U.K. here: www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/products/par...
Parma Eldalamberon, No. 23, "The Feanorian Alphabet, Part 2" and "Eldarin Pronouns" by J. R. R. Tolkien, is now available from:
Barnes and Noble:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/parma-elda...
The Great British Bookshop:
www.thegreatbritishbookshop.co.uk/products/par...
They've turned the page on and off a couple of times now, so it may be a stop-gap measure because of receiving a lot of orders all at one. That they seem to be shipping the orders they receive in due course is a hopeful sign :)
What Tolkien alluded to was the "inner consistency of reality" and as we know "real" legends and languages are not consistent in the ways that most people seem to demand from invented legends and languages.
Since Tolkien is talking about the LotR being the culmination of what he started in 1914, I don't think this contradicts your point about his drawing on non-Germanic sources.
>> "… trembled at: …"
"… to be told that I have succeeded, at least with those who have still the undarkened heart and mind."
There is also this:
"Having set myself a task, the arrogance of which I fully recognized and tremble at: being precisely to restore to the English an epic tradition and present them with a mythology of their own: it is a wonderful thing to be told that I have succeeded, ..." Letter 180 (1956).
If you try the link I gave above, it should work now.