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) | ||||||
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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 |
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