Tolkien Art Index

Art showing Gondor : 20 items

TAI #52“Stanburg / Steinborg”
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 18r
perspectives
colored pencil pencil
architecture buildings mountains · hills roads · paths
Gondor Minas Tirith Mindolluin White Tower 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1976’77 Calendar (Unwin) E·ii·12Augustrightwith “Orthanc”
1979Pictures 1 E·i·2[65]27, right
1995Art. & Ill. 173168
2015Art of LR 142106
2019Voyage en Terre du Milieu [158]82as “Stanburg ou Steinborg”
TAI #124Map of Stonewain Valley and Minas Tirith

Described by C.T. in HM8 p. 353.

Marquette 3/7/17/4a
maps
black ink pencil
mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths trees · forests
Anduin Eilenach Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Gondor Minas Tirith Mindolluin Osgiliath The Stonewain Valley 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1984CatalogOfMSs E·i·321
2015Art of LR 172135
TAI #168Map of Rohan, Gondor, and Mordor
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 126r
maps
blue pen colored pencil pencil pink pen
bridges · fords mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths trees · forests
Anduin Barad-dûr (Dark Tower) Gondor Plateau of Gorgoroth Ithilien Lebennin Minas Morgul Minas Tirith Mordor Orodruin (Mt. Doom) Rohan 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1990HM8: War A·281171detail showing Sam & Frodo’s journey from Emyn Muil to the Morannon; redrawn in black ink by CT
2015Art of LR 134102detail showing Sam & Frodo’s journey from Emyn Muil to the Morannon
2015Art of LR 183144detail showing Sam & Frodo’s journey in Mordor
2015Art of LR 206161
2015Tolkien Estate web site Maps gallery3rd item (“Rohan ~ Gondor ~ Mordor”)
2018Maker of Middle-earth 394–[95]item 178
2018Tolkien Treasures 132
2018Tolkien Treasures [133]enlarged detail centering on Minas Tirith
2019Voyage en Terre du Milieu [148]–974as “Carte du Rohan, du Gondor et du Mordor, vers 1948”; two-page spread
TAI #178Map of Rohan and Gondor (original art) — See also TAI #419
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 118r
maps
colored pencil pencil
fire mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths
Anduin Barad-dûr (Dark Tower) The Cross-roads Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Gondor Lebennin Mordor Orodruin (Mt. Doom) Osgiliath Rohan 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1990HM8: War A·28269redrawn in black in by CT
2015Art of LR 168132
2018Maker of Middle-earth 402
TAI #179Mindolluin (I) — See also TAI #180

Together with TAI 180.

Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/1/24/3b
maps
black ink
mountains · hills
Gondor Minas Tirith Mindolluin 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1990HM8: War A·28280upper: top leftmonochrome
2004Invented Worlds 23
2015Art of LR 144108, center upper left
TAI #180Mindolluin (II) — See also TAI #179

Together with TAI 179.

Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/1/24/3b
maps
black ink
mountains · hills
Gondor Minas Tirith Mindolluin 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1990HM8: War A·28280upper: bottom rightmonochrome
2004Invented Worlds 23
2015Art of LR 144108, center lower right
TAI #181Minas Tirith
Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/1/24/3b
maps
black ink
mountains · hills roads · paths
Gondor Minas Tirith Mindolluin 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1990HM8: War A·28280lower
2004Invented Worlds 23
2015Art of LR 144108, near bottom
TAI #182Plan of Minas Tirith

Compass rose has west and south switched. — cwmh

Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/7/1/4b
maps
pencil
arrows · compass roses mountains · hills roads · paths
Gondor Minas Tirith Mindolluin Rath Dínen (Silent Street) White Tower 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1990HM8: War A·28290monochrome
2015Art of LR 147110
TAI #186The ‘Second Map’ of Middle-earth
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 123r
maps
black ink blue ink colored chalk colored pencil pencil red ink
mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas trees · forests
Anduin Barad-dûr (Dark Tower) Emyn Muil Ephel Dúath (Mountains of Shadow) Ered Lithui (Ashen Mountains) Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Gondor Lebennin Minas Morgul Minas Tirith Mordor Orodruin (Mt. Doom) Rohan Udûn 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1990HM8: War A·28434–5redrawn in black ink by CT
2015Art of LR 135103track of Frodo and Sam
2015Art of LR 136104
2015Art of LR 179141detail of NW Mordor
2018Maker of Middle-earth 400–[01]item 180
2018Tolkien Treasures 134
2018Tolkien Treasures [135]enlarged detail of the White Mountains
2019Voyage en Terre du Milieu [146]72as “Carte de travail du Rohan, du Gondor et du Mordor, vers 1946”
TAI #258Later view of Minas Tirith (II)
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 3r
diagrams · designs perspectives
pencil
architecture buildings
Gondor Minas Tirith 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
1995Art. & Ill. 174169
2015Art of LR 148113
TAI #401Sketch of Minas Tirith — See also TAI #402
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 80v
perspectives
pencil
architecture buildings mountains · hills
Gondor Minas Tirith Mindolluin White Tower 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
2015Art of LR 143107, centercenter
TAI #403Mindolluin
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 19r
diagrams · designs maps
pencil
arrows · compass roses mountains · hills roads · paths
Gondor Minas Tirith Mindolluin 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
2015Art of LR 147109
TAI #404Later plan of Minas Tirith
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 5r
diagrams · designs maps
pencil
buildings mountains · hills roads · paths
Gondor Minas Tirith 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
2015Art of LR 148111
TAI #405Later view of Minas Tirith (I)
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 4r
diagrams · designs perspectives
pencil
architecture buildings roads · paths
Gondor Minas Tirith 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
2015Art of LR 148112
TAI #418Map of the White Mountains and the Stone of Erech

Described by C.T. in detail in HM8 pp. 296–7. Note compass rose in upper left which confirms the map is oriented north-south.

Bodleian MS. Tolkien S 11/2, fol. 18
maps
black ink colored pencil pencil
mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas
Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Gondor Stone of Erech 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
2015Art of LR 167130
TAI #419Map of Rohan and Gondor (corrected art) — See also TAI #178
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 118r & 119r
maps
colored pencil pencil
mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas
Anduin Barad-dûr (Dark Tower) Emyn Muil Ephel Dúath (Mountains of Shadow) Ered Lithui (Ashen Mountains) Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Gondor Lebennin Minas Morgul Minas Tirith Mordor Orodruin (Mt. Doom) Osgiliath Rohan Udûn 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
2015Art of LR 168131O9–Q19 only
2015Art of LR 168132all but O13–O16 & P13–P15
2018Maker of Middle-earth [403]item 181
2018Tolkien Treasures 140
2019Voyage en Terre du Milieu 14773as “Carte du Rohan, du Gondor et du Mordor”
TAI #420Map of Rohan and Gondor
Bodleian MS. Tolkien S 11/2, fol. 17
maps
black ink colored pencil pencil
mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas
Anduin Barad-dûr (Dark Tower) Ephel Dúath (Mountains of Shadow) Ered Lithui (Ashen Mountains) Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Gondor Minas Morgul Minas Tirith Mordor Orodruin (Mt. Doom) Osgiliath Rohan Udûn 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
2015Art of LR 170133
TAI #421Sketch-map of Stonewain Valley
Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/7/17/3a
diagrams · designs maps
blue ink
mountains · hills roads · paths
Gondor The Stonewain Valley 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
2015Art of LR 171134
TAI #423The White Mountains, Minas Tirith, and Osgiliath
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 122v
diagrams · designs perspectives
blue pen colored pencil pencil
arrows · compass roses buildings mountains · hills rivers · lakes · seas roads · paths
Anduin Emyn Muil Ered Nimrais (White Mountains) Gondor Lebennin Minas Morgul Minas Tirith Mindolluin Mordor Osgiliath 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
2015Art of LR 174137
2015Tolkien Estate web site Maps gallery5th item (“Minas Tirith ~ Elevation”)
2018Maker of Middle-earth 388122
2018Tolkien Treasures 131
2019Voyage en Terre du Milieu [158]81as “Vue aérienne de l’extrémité orientale des Montagnes blanches, vers 1946”
TAI #424Sketch-plan of the Pelennor
Marquette MS. Tolkien 3/7/21/2b
diagrams · designs maps
blue ink colored pencil
Gondor Minas Tirith The Pelennor 		YearSourceH&APageFigureNotes
2015Art of LR 175138

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