Tolkien Art Index #170: Plan of Shelob’s Lair

TAI #170	Plan of Shelob’s Lair North and south (not east and west!) are flipped on the compass rose: arrows point in direction of travel, which was indeed west to east.
Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 16r diagrams · designs black ink blue ink pencil mountains · hills roads · paths Ephel Dúath (Mountains of Shadow) Mordor Shelob’s Lair	Year	Source	H&A	Page	Figure	Notes
1990	HM8: War	A·28	201		monochrome
2015	Art of LR		126	94
2019	Voyage en Terre du Milieu		193	116	as “Plan de l’antre d’Araigne”

Plan of Shelob’s Lair

North and south (not east and west!) are flipped on the compass rose: arrows point in direction of travel, which was indeed west to east.

Bodleian MS. Tolkien Drawings 90, fol. 16r

Year

Source

H&A

Page

Figure

Notes

1990

A·28

201

monochrome

2015

126

2019

193

116

as “Plan de l’antre d’Araigne”

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