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Old 01-03-2012, 01:56 PM   #1
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Ha! So I was right in my deciphering/ guessing.

I couldn't identify all Tengwar letters though. The writing looks similar to the inscription on the One Ring, which, according to Gandalf, is "Elvish of an ancient mode". But in Ilbereth's writing there are no Tehtar.
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Old 01-04-2012, 12:13 PM   #2
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You're right, no tehtar. I'm no scholar on the timeline of Tengwar's development, but it appears at this point the vowels had standalone letters of their own instead (or at least in English mode?).

Tolkien would've had The Hobbit published this year, and just received his publisher's encouragement for writing a sequel around the time of writing this annual letter.
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