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Forum: The Books
09-08-2023, 06:34 AM
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Huinesoron
... okay, I need to check this. Working...
... okay, I need to check this. Working backwards: NoME 1.XIII.1 - Quendi awake VY 850, VY = 144 years. Finding VY 864 (2016). XVII.3 - last scheme, Finding FA 2016, March ca. 2232. XIII.2A -... |
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Forum: The Books
09-07-2023, 02:52 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 12,221
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Huinesoron
I do see your point. All indications are that...
I do see your point. All indications are that Tolkien was thinking of the Quendi awakening ca. 13,000 years before the death of the Trees, even if that specific source doesn't confirm the latter... |
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Forum: The Books
09-07-2023, 09:31 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 12,221
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Huinesoron
Yes; 1.XIII.1 is the latest text in the 'ca....
Yes; 1.XIII.1 is the latest text in the 'ca. 1959' texts, we think (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showthread.php?t=19554). As I recall it's a chronology of the Quendi from their Awakening to the Great... |
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Forum: The Books
09-06-2023, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 12,221
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Huinesoron
You're right, though I'm not sure Angband is...
You're right, though I'm not sure Angband is relevant. First off, NoME 1.VI A was revised into 1.VI B. Tolkien repeats the statement of how many years Men had existed before they entered... |
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Forum: The Books
09-04-2023, 05:04 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 12,221
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Huinesoron
I decided to pull all the competing timelines...
I decided to pull all the competing timelines into a table: https://i.imgur.com/ALhVP0T.png And by "all" I mean "both. :D Letter 211 aligns with the astronomy argument given by James the Just;... |
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Forum: The Books
09-08-2021, 08:59 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 12,221
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Huinesoron
As William Cloud Hicklin has noted...
As William Cloud Hicklin has noted (http://forum.barrowdowns.com/showpost.php?p=733722&postcount=27), the new NoME (Nature of Middle-earth) features an explicit timeline connecting the Elder Days to... |
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Forum: The Books
07-09-2021, 04:47 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 12,221
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Huinesoron
Had to come back to this, because I happened to...
Had to come back to this, because I happened to glance at The Lost Road, which lists Tolkien's notes on stories he could include while 'working backwards' to Numenor: The key point is up in... |
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Forum: The Books
01-09-2021, 06:05 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 12,221
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Huinesoron
Thanks! It's always hard to know what was known,...
Thanks! It's always hard to know what was known, what was obscure, and what postdates the professor anyway. :) According to the unassailable source We Three Kings, I think this means Aragorn... |
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Forum: The Books
01-08-2021, 09:20 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 12,221
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Huinesoron
From a "Legendarium is real" perspective, it all...
From a "Legendarium is real" perspective, it all feels a bit on-the-nose; but from a "mindreading Tolkien" angle, I agree that the Great War is probably the answer. Jumping back into the... |
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Forum: The Books
01-08-2021, 05:57 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 12,221
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Huinesoron
In which case... the Great War. Multiple empires...
In which case... the Great War. Multiple empires were broken up when it ended, notably the German and Ottoman; Ireland won its independence from English rule; and it was only a few years later that... |
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Forum: The Books
01-08-2021, 03:33 AM
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Replies: 37
Views: 12,221
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Huinesoron
I knew when I started having to look up Middle...
I knew when I started having to look up Middle Quenya trivia that it was going to be a strange experience... I can fix Jesus for you, provided you're happy to accept the Resurrection as the... |
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Forum: The Books
01-07-2021, 02:39 PM
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Replies: 37
Views: 12,221
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Huinesoron
Quibble was the wrong word - I should have said...
Quibble was the wrong word - I should have said I'm uncertain between the two. Because yes, absolutely! But also, I feel like Ages end rather than beginning, so to speak, and the Nativity was a... |
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Forum: The Books
01-07-2021, 08:17 AM
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Replies: 37
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Huinesoron
A little extra speculation:
The Seventh Age ...
A little extra speculation: The Seventh Age Do Catholics believe in the literal End of the World, as seen in the Book of Revelations? Given the connection of the number seven to endings in both... |
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Forum: The Books
01-07-2021, 07:26 AM
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Replies: 37
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Huinesoron
Fourth, Fifth, Sixth (and Seventh?) Ages
It's clear that Tolkien wasn't deeply invested in the 6000 years/Sixth Age idea, since he only mentioned it the once. But... given that he did mention it, and given that he's Tolkien, it's hard to... |
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