The Tolkien Compass

In Letter /a Christmas card infact/ no. 118 (on  December 1948 to  Hugh Brogan), J.R.R. send a text  with three inscriptions . First paragraph:  it is written in the Angerthas alphabet, that is dwarven runes similar but not identical to those used in The Lord of the Rings . Second paragraph:  here comes the writing in Fëanorian script with tehtar  to indicate vowels (marks above the consonants).  Third paragraph: this Fëanorian script writing uses vowels represented by full letters. Text: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, runes and tengwar from letter 118 First paragraph transcription : dear huʒ ðis z just to wiš you a happy kʰristmas in dwarf runəz. Dear Hugh, this is just to wish you a happy Christmas in dwarf runes. Second paragraph transcription: dea huʒ, ðis iz just to wiš yow a verry happy kristmas in two styles v elviš skript, i am sendiŋ somə eksplanations, nd hopə yow wont find ðem too komplikated. Dea (r) Hugh, this is just to wish you a v...

In Letter no. 112 (on  30 November 1947 to  Katherine Farrer), J.R.R. introduced  text in Runes . Text as a postcard, is written in Futhorc (not in Cirth), which are Old English (Anglo-Saxon) runes used by the author in The Hobbit . At that time, original runic writing system ( Cirth ) used in  The Lord of the Rings is not deviced yet. The text is a modern English, but display the use of Westron of Third Age . Runic text: The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien, runes from letter 112 Westron translation: þree manor road sunday noveber þe þirtieþ dear mrs farrer: of course i will sign yo ur copy of þe hobbit. i am honoured by þe recwest. it is good news þat þe book is obtain able again. þe next book will cotain more d etailed information about runes and oþer alfabets in respose to many encwiries. in þe meantime while þe great work is beiŋ finiš ed i wonder if you would like a proper key to þe special dwarviš adaptation of þe eŋliš runic alfabet only part ...