Good day everyone,
With the release of the new Nature of Middle-earth, I have been launched into more editing and compiling related to the material in that book, most of which fits into the purview of Volume III. I figured I would post my new and improved outline for that Volume, as well as bring up a point of discussion.
Firstly, the discussion: I tried looking for a thread on this, but I couldn't find one. What was the consensus as to the limits of the linguistic material to be included? A great deal of the 'lore' that Tolkien wrote arose out of contemplation of various elvish words or roots, during the explanation of which he outlined complex philosophical concepts like the soul, spirits, light, dark, and the nature of the Valar. I know we have already decided to include some of the linguistic material which has more lore value, but what line are we drawing, and what should we include or not? I only ask because in my renewed editing, I have been revisiting the Tengwesta Quenderinwa, which was a document Tolkien wrote laying out the basis of the sound evolutions from Primitive Elvish into Quenya/Sindarin/Telerin etc. It's second draft dates to around the same period as Lord of the Rings, and contains the Lambion Ontalë, which we have agreed to use as our replacement for the Lhammas text from HoME V, due to its identical subject matter. However, the Lambion Ontalë is only the first of several sections of the Tengwesta Quenderinwa, which go into great detail about how words are formed, how sounds evolved, and how Elvish was pronounced. I personally think it's really interesting, and I would like to include it, as Tolkien considered it valid through the 1960s (as evidenced by several late notes and additions to it) but I am unsure of the scope of the project and where this text lies in relation to that.
Secondly, the outline: I will include the above-mentioned sections, as I have worked on them already, and we can decide if we wish to include them or not.
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VOLUME III: THE LORE OF THE WISE
Laws and Customs Among the Eldar
- Preamble
- Of Naming
- Of Death and the Severance of Fëa and {Hrondo [ >} Hröa {]}
- Of Re-{birth}[housing] and Other Dooms of Those That Go to Mandos
-- Death of Animals and Plants
-- Death of Incarnate Bodies
- Of the Severance of Marriage
- <Namna Finwë Míriello> The Statute of Finwë and Míriel
- The Converse of Manwë and Eru
-- Comments on the Converse
-- Manwë's ban
The {Lhammas}[Lammas]
- Dangweth Pengolodh
- Tengwesta Quenderinwa
-- A. Lambion Ontalë
--- The Division of Tongues
--- <Excursus on the Languages of Beleriand>
--- <Of Other Races>
--- <Of Orcs and the Black Speech>
-- B. Lámaquenta
--- Quenderin Ólamar
--- Quenderin Ómar
-- C. Sundocarmë
--- §1 Base Structure
--- §2 Prefixion
--- §3 Normal Vocalization
--- §4 Abnormal Vocalization
--- §5 Inversion
--- §6 KALTA-Stems
--D. Lámasampanë
--- Dipthongs
-- E. Mestanyatsë
--- Contact of Consonants
-- Interconnexion of Bases
-- Note on the Development of ñ, ʒ
-- F. Minquetyarmë
-- G. The Earliest Changes and Inventions Common to the Eldar
- {Essekenta}[Essecenta] Eldarinwa
-- The Primary Linguistic Elements Concerned
--- √KWEN
--- √EL
--- √DEL
--- √HEK
--- √AWA
--- √WO
--- √HO
--- √ABA
-- Meanings and Use of the Various Terms Applied to the Elves and Their Varieties in Quenya, Telerin, and Sindarin
--- Quenya
--- Telerin
--- Sindarin
--- *Abarī
-- The Clan Names, with Notes on Other Names for the Divisions of the Eldar
--- Lindar (Teleri)
--- Vanyar
--- Ñoldor
--- Sindar
--- Nandor
-- Appendix A. Elvish Names for Men
-- Appendix B. Elvish Names for the Dwarves
--- The Petty-dwarves
-- Appendix C. Elvish Names for the Orcs
-- Appendix D. *KWEN, Quenya, and the Elvish (Especially Noldorin) Words for ‘Language’
--- Note on the Language of the Valar
-- Appendix E. Ósanwë-{Kenta}[Centa]
-- Appendix F. On √PHAN; Fana and Related Matters
--- The Knowledge of the Valar, or Elvish Ideas Concerning Them
--- Other Derivatives of √PHAN
-- Appendix G. Notes on Órë
-- Dark and Light
-- Gender and Sex
[i]-- Primal Impulse and Spirit
--- The Primal Impulse
--- Concerning Spirit
- Eldarin Hands, Fingers, and Numerals
-- The Words for Hand
-- Left and Right
-- The Fingers
{Ambarkanta}[Ambarcanta]
- Maps and Diagrams
Of Time in Arda
- Of {the Beginning of} Time and Its Reckoning
- Concerning the Quendi in their mode of life and growth especially as compared with Men
- Time and Its Perception
- Elvish Time Reference
- Lives of the Númenóreans
-- Author's Notes
Assorted Lore
- Of Lembas
- The Palantíri
- The Line of Elros and the Kings of Númenor
- The Marshals of the Mark
- The Rivers and Beacon Hills of Gondor
-- The Names of the Rivers
--- Adorn
--- Erui
--- Serni
--- Sirith
--- Celos
--- Gilrain
--- Ciril
--- Ringló
--- Morthond
--- Lefnui
-- The Names of the Beacon Hills
--- Amon Dîn
--- Eilenach and Eilenaer
--- Erelas
--- Calenhad
--- Halifirien
Assorted Poems
- Over Old Hills and Far Away
- Tinfang Warble
- I Sit Upon the Stones Alone
- The Bidding of the Minstrel
- The Shores of {Faëry}[Eldamar]
- The Last Voyage of {Eärendel}[Eärendil]
- The Happy Mariners
Scholarly Notes and Essays
- Commentary on the Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth
-- Author's Notes on the Commentary
- Notes on Motives in the Silmarillion
-- Melkor Morgoth
-- (i)
-- (ii)
-- (iii)
- A Note on Númenórean Linear Measures
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