Tolkien Art Index

2 TAI reproductions in Beowulf

Tolkien, J. R. R., and Christopher Tolkien. Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, Together with Sellic Spell. London: HarperCollins, 2014.

This is a listing of all works in the Tolkien Art Index reproduced in Beowulf, presented in the same order. This list represents a complete listing of Tolkien’s art in Beowulf. Note that, as a side effect of presenting items in the order in which they’re reproduced in a book, items represented more than once within the book will be duplicated in this listing.

TAI #40	“hringboga heorte gefysed” — See also TAI #213 ‘”Now was the heart of the coiling beast stirred“, Beowulf, line 2,561.’ Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, p. 270.
	Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 37r tableaux black ink pencil watercolor dragons	Year	Source	H&A	Page	Figure	Notes
		1976	Drawings	E·i·1	[upper cover]
		1978	’79 Calendar (Unwin)	E·ii·18	January	top
		1979	Pictures 1	E·i·2	[91]	40, top
		1991	’92 Diary	E·ii·29	1992-11-06
		1992	Life & Legend		[3]		monochrome
		1992	Life & Legend		[52]	132	monochrome
		1995	Art. & Ill.		52	48, center
		1995	Art. & Ill.		back cover
		2014	Beowulf		dust jacket (front)
		2014	Beowulf		[frontispiece]
		2015	Tolkien Estate web site		Website Illustrations gallery	9th item
		2018	Maker of Middle-earth		[271]	95, center
		2018	Tolkien Treasures		[57]	center
		2019	Voyage en Terre du Milieu		233	153, center	as “Dragon torsadé”
TAI #40	“hringboga heorte gefysed” — See also TAI #213 ‘”Now was the heart of the coiling beast stirred“, Beowulf, line 2,561.’ Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth, p. 270.
	Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 87, fol. 37r tableaux black ink pencil watercolor dragons	Year	Source	H&A	Page	Figure	Notes
		1976	Drawings	E·i·1	[upper cover]
		1978	’79 Calendar (Unwin)	E·ii·18	January	top
		1979	Pictures 1	E·i·2	[91]	40, top
		1991	’92 Diary	E·ii·29	1992-11-06
		1992	Life & Legend		[3]		monochrome
		1992	Life & Legend		[52]	132	monochrome
		1995	Art. & Ill.		52	48, center
		1995	Art. & Ill.		back cover
		2014	Beowulf		dust jacket (front)
		2014	Beowulf		[frontispiece]
		2015	Tolkien Estate web site		Website Illustrations gallery	9th item
		2018	Maker of Middle-earth		[271]	95, center
		2018	Tolkien Treasures		[57]	center
		2019	Voyage en Terre du Milieu		233	153, center	as “Dragon torsadé”

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