TAI #30 | “Lúthien Tinúviel” plaque with heraldic device MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 10r, shows that Hammond & Scull‘s orientation in Artist & Illustrator is correct, and that the diameter (unclear as to inner or pencil guide) is (or should be) 54mm — though this figure was crossed out and not emended. | ||||||
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Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 9r heraldic devices black ink colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia plants · flowers · grasses stars Lúthien Tinúviel | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | back cover | top | device only | ||
1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | April | top right | device only; [unsure of orientation] | ||
1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | December | verso | device only | ||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [105] | 47, upper left | device only | ||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1993-01-01 | device only | |||
1992 | Life & Legend | 77 | 216 | enlarged detail of plaque showing device and inscription | |||
1992 | Life & Legend | 85 | monochrome; device only | ||||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 197 | 195 | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [237] | item 81 | device and title inscription only | |||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 82 | |||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [83] | device only | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 270 | 191, upper | as one of “Emblèmes héraldiques de Lúthien Tinúviel, vers 1960”; device and title inscription only | |||
TAI #31 | Fingolfin heraldic device Inscribed in pencil to right, “Fingolfin & / his house”. MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 4r, shows that all reproductions of this device before 2018 are rotated 90º counterclockwise to what was intended; also, that each side is (or should be) 51mm — though this figure was crossed out and not emended. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 3r heraldic devices blue ink colored pencil pencil red ink emblems · insignia stars sun Fingolfin | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | back cover | top left | rotated 90º counterclockwise | ||
1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | February | top right | [unsure of orientation] | ||
1977 | The Silmarillion | A·15·a | dust jacket (back) | top left | rotated 90º counterclockwise | ||
1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | November | verso, right | rotated 90º counterclockwise | ||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [105] | 47, top right | rotated 90º counterclockwise | ||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-03-06 | rotated 90º counterclockwise, then inverted | |||
1992 | Life & Legend | 67 | top left | rotated 90º counterclockwise; monochrome | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 195 | 192, lower | rotated 90º counterclockwise | |||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | 81 | 39 (lower) | ||||
TAI #32 | Finwë heraldic device — See also TAI #63 MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 2r, confirms orientation; also, that each side is (or should be) 51mm — though this figure was crossed out and not emended. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 1r heraldic devices colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia sun Finwë | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | back cover | top right | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 194 | 191, upper | ||||
TAI #33 | Fëanor heraldic device Inscribed to the right in pencil, “Fëanor”. MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 6r, confirms orientation; also, that each side is (or should be) 51mm — though this figure was crossed out and not emended. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 5r heraldic devices colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia sun Fëanor | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | back cover | left | |||
1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | February | top left | [unsure of orientation] | ||
1977 | The Silmarillion | A·15 | dust jacket (back) | bottom right | |||
1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | October | verso, left | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [105] | 47, near top right | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-07-17 | mirrored vertically | |||
1992 | Life & Legend | [66] | middle left | monochrome | |||
TAI #35 | Eärendil heraldic device MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 6r, confirms orientation; also, that each side is (or should be) 51mm — though this figure was crossed out and not emended. Faint compassed circle guide surrounds it, several mm outside of furthest extremities | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 5r heraldic devices black ink colored pencil pencil watercolor emblems · insignia stars Eärendil | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | back cover | right | |||
1977 | The Silmarillion | A·15 | dust jacket (back) | top right | |||
1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | February | verso, right | tipped 45º | ||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [105] | 47, near bottom right | |||
1992 | Life & Legend | [66] | top left | monochrome | |||
TAI #36 | “Lúthien Tinúviel” plaque with heraldic device MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 8r shows that Hammond & Scull‘s orientation is correct, and that the diameter (unclear as to inner or pencil guide) is 54mm — though this was crossed out and not emended) | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 7r heraldic devices patterns black ink colored pencil pencil watercolor emblems · insignia plants · flowers · grasses Lúthien Tinúviel | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | back cover | bottom left | device only | ||
1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | front cover | device only; [unsure of orientation] | |||
1977 | The Silmarillion | A·15 | dust jacket front | device only | |||
1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | July | verso, left | device only | ||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [105] | 47, upper right | device only | ||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-01-24 | device only | |||
1992 | Life & Legend | 74 | 217, center left | monochrome | |||
1992 | Life & Legend | 77 | 217, center | enlarged detail of plaque showing device and inscription | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 197 | 194 | device only | |||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [237] | item 80 | device and title inscription only | |||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | 80 | |||||
2018 | Tolkien Treasures | [81] | enlarged | ||||
2019 | Voyage en Terre du Milieu | 270 | 191, below | as one of “Emblèmes héraldiques de Lúthien Tinúviel, vers 1960”; device and title inscription only | |||
TAI #37 | Idril Celebrindal plaque with heraldic device Inscribed above in Tengwar in blue pencil, “Menelluin Irildeo Ondolindello”; in Latin characters in pencil to the lower right, “Idril’s Device / The ‘Cornflower‘ pattern / Menelluin. / Origin of (often / debased) Numenorean / circular patterns”; and in Latin characters below, “Inlaid plaque / preserved from Gondolin / & descending from Earendil / to Númenor, whence it was / saved by Elendil & taken to / Gondor”. MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 12r shows that Hammond & Scull‘s orientation is correct, and that the diameter (unclear as to inner or pencil guide) is 54mm — though this was crossed out and not emended) | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 11r heraldic devices colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia plants · flowers · grasses Idril Celebrindal | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | back cover | bottom right | device only | ||
1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | April | top left of center | device only; [unsure of orientation] | ||
1977 | The Silmarillion | A·15 | dust jacket (back) | center | device only | ||
1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | July | verso, right | device only | ||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [105] | 47, lower middle | device only | ||
1992 | Life & Legend | 77 | 218 | ||||
1992 | Life & Legend | 91 | left | device only; black & white | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 192 | 189 | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [237] | item 79 | device and title inscription only | |||
TAI #38 | Elwë heraldic device MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 2r, shows that Hammond & Scull‘s orientation is correct; also, that each side is (or should be) 51mm — though this figure was crossed out and not emended. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 1r heraldic devices black ink colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia stars Elwë | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1973 | ’74 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·6 | back cover | bottom | |||
1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | April | top left | [unsure of orientation] | ||
1977 | The Silmarillion | A·15 | dust jacket (back) | bottom left | |||
1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | May | verso, left | rotated 90º counterclockwise | ||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [105] | 47, top left | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 194 | 191, lower | ||||
TAI #61 | “Hador” heraldic device Inscribed to the right in pencil, “Hador”. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 28r heraldic devices colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia Hador | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | February | lower left | [unsure of orientation] | ||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [105] | 47, bottom left | |||
TAI #62 | “Eärendil” heraldic device Oriented on page such that the four star tails extend to the SW, with “Earendil” inscribed in pencil to the right, with the same orientation. However, there is an arrow pointing NE, and another “Earendil (2)” inscription with that orientation; if that’s done, then the tails of the stars travel straight down, as if the stars are rising, rather than falling. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 35r heraldic devices blue ink colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia stars Eärendil | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | February | lower right | [unsure of orientation] | ||
1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | February | verso (left) | rotated 180º | ||
TAI #63 | “Finwë” heraldic device — See also TAI #32 Inscribed in pencil to right of item, “Finwe´ of the High / Kings of the Noldor / Lozenged form”. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 26r heraldic devices colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia sun Finwë | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | April | top right of center | [unsure of orientation] | ||
1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | May | verso (right) | rotated 180º | ||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [105] | 47, near top left | rotated 90º counterclockwise | ||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | intro | ||||
TAI #64 | “Finrod” Felagund heraldic device Inscribed in pencil to the lower left, “___ emblem / of Finrod” and two more lines I cannot read. The device and its inscribed text are rotated 180º compared to everything else on MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 29r, but the torch and the inscription confirm this orientation. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 29r heraldic devices colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia fire tools · instruments Finrod Felagund | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | April | center left | device only; [unsure of orientation] | ||
1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | August | verso, left | device only | ||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [105] | 47, lower left | device only | ||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [238] | item 82 | rotated 180º | |||
TAI #65 | “Melian” heraldic device Inscribed to the lower right in pencil, “Melian”, with the orientation shown in Pictures and A&I. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 32r heraldic devices black ink blue ink colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia stars Melian | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | April | center | [unsure of orientation] | ||
1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | September | verso | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [105] | 47, top center | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-08-14 | rotated 180º | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 196 | 193 | ||||
TAI #66 | Gilgalad heraldic device | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 30r heraldic devices colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia stars Gilgalad | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | April | center right | [unsure of orientation] | ||
1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | April | verso, right | |||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [105] | 47, lower right | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-04-24 | rotated 180º | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 193 | 190, far right | ||||
TAI #67 | heraldic device of the Silmarils Inscribed in pencil to the right, “Ancient / Emblem / representing / one derivation of / the Silmarils / from the light of / the trees upon / Ezellohar”. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 34r heraldic devices colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia rings · jewels · gold | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | April | lower left | [unsure of orientation] | ||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [105] | 47, bottom center | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-04-04 | ||||
TAI #68 | “Bëor” heraldic device | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 33r heraldic devices emblems · insignia Bëor | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | April | lower left of center | [unsure of orientation] | ||
1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | January | verso (left) | rotated 180º | ||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [105] | 47, near bottom left | |||
TAI #69 | “House of Haleth” heraldic device Inscribed in pencil to the right, “House of Haleth” and two more words. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 27r heraldic devices emblems · insignia plants · flowers · grasses trees · forests Haleth | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | April | lower right of center | [unsure of orientation] | ||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [105] | 47, bottom right | |||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-05-08 | ||||
TAI #70 | ‘Beren Gamlost’ heraldic device and plaquard Inscribed to the right in pencil, “Beren Gamlost / historical / plaque”. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 29r heraldic devices black ink colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia mountains · hills stars sun Beren | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1977 | ’78 Calendar (Unwin) | E·ii·15 | April | lower right | device only; [unsure of orientation] | ||
1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | August | verso, right | device only | ||
1979 | Pictures 1 | E·i·2 | [105] | 47, upper middle | device only | ||
1991 | ’92 Diary | E·ii·29 | 1992-01-03 | device only | |||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | [238] | item 82, top | ||||
TAI #117 | Eärendil heraldic device | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 30 heraldic devices pencil emblems · insignia moon stars Eärendil | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | April | verso (left) | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 193 | 190 (top left) | ||||
TAI #118 | heraldic device (of Man)? | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 33r heraldic devices emblems · insignia | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | June | verso | |||
TAI #119 | Idril Celebrindal heraldic device | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 13r heraldic devices black ink colored pen colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia Idril Celebrindal | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1978 | ’79 Desk Calendar (Ball.) | E·ii·20 | October | verso (right) | rotated 45º clockwise | ||
1992 | Life & Legend | [75] | center | monochrome; rotated 45º counter-clockwise | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 192 | 188, top right | ||||
TAI #294 | Mordor Special Mission Flying Corps emblem Inscribed in pen to the lower left, “MSMFC [in Tengwar] / MSMFC / Mordor Special Mission / Flying Corps / Emblem”, and in pencil “seen from below / Aug 1969”. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 93, fol. 11r objects patterns black pen green pen pencil red pen emblems · insignia | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 189 | 185, top | ||||
TAI #305 | Devices of Idril Celebrindal, sketch | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 13r diagrams · designs heraldic devices pencil emblems · insignia Idril Celebrindal | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 192 | 188, top left | ||||
TAI #306 | Device of Idril Celebrindal | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 13r heraldic devices black ink colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia Idril Celebrindal | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 192 | 188, top center | ||||
TAI #307 | Device of Idril Celebrindal | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 13r heraldic devices colored pen colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia Idril Celebrindal | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 192 | 188, center | ||||
TAI #308 | Device of Idril Celebrindal | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 13r diagrams · designs heraldic devices black ink colored pen colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia Idril Celebrindal | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 192 | 188, lower left | ||||
TAI #309 | Gilgalad heraldic device | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 30r heraldic devices blue pen pencil emblems · insignia stars Gilgalad | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 193 | 190, bottom left | ||||
TAI #310 | Finarphin heraldic device Inscribed in pencil to the right “Finarphin & / his House / esp. Finrod”. Related folio 4r says “DO NOT USE”. | ||||||
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 91, fol. 3r heraldic devices black ink colored pencil pencil emblems · insignia sun Finarphin | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1992 | Life & Legend | [66] | bottom left | monochrome | |||
1995 | Art. & Ill. | 195 | 192, top | ||||
2018 | Maker of Middle-earth | 80 | 39 (upper) | ||||
TAI #464 | device | ||||||
heraldic devices emblems · insignia | Year | Source | H&A | Page | Figure | Notes | |
1992 | Life & Legend | 57 | black and white | ||||
1992 | Life & Legend | [66] | black and white | ||||
1992 | Life & Legend | [82] | black and white |
All images by J.R.R. Tolkien are copyright © The Tolkien Estate Limited or © The Tolkien Trust. The omission of greeting cards and jigsaw puzzles from the above list of sources is intentional.