Tolkien Gleanings #413
* The £95 book J.R.R. Tolkien and G.B. Smith: With Wind in our Ears (2026) has been published. The introduction/overview can be had for free from the Springer website.
* An undergraduate final dissertation, “Morphological Analysis of Oilima Markirya: Deciphering J.R.R Tolkien’s Early Elvish Poetry” (2026). Freely available online.
“This paper examines J.R.R. Tolkien’s Quenya poem Oilima Markirya (“The Last Ark”) through a morphological analysis of its linguistic structure. By constructing a detailed morphological chart, this study analyzes noun cases, verb conjugations, and derivational patterns in the poem, demonstrating how grammatical meaning is systematically encoded in Quenya. This paper also compares multiple versions of the poem preserved in Parma Eldalamberon 16, tracing how Tolkien revised morphological forms over time.”
* A Tolkien Fanart section at Saint Tolkien. So far, 35 posts, each appreciating a choice bit of Tolkien fanart.
* In Spain, the Barcelona Comics Festival has just closed. It had an exhibition of Tolkien related artwork. The exhibition was one of about ten themed shows at this huge annual comic-arts event. It surveyed Middle-earth as it has appeared in various…
“concept art for audiovisual productions, scale models, art, comics, role-playing games and board games, as well as showcasing the rich parody tradition of it [Middle-earth] in Spanish comics and cartooning.”
* Up for auction, a Farmer Giles of Ham first edition. I’d never seen the Pauline Baynes dustjacket before…
* And finally, talking of farmers, this week eBay has a picture of life at Sarehole Farm in 1919. Here newly colorised. Do we perhaps glimpse the “White Ogre” from the childhood of the Tolkien brothers, on the left?
