Gandalf in the Library of Minas Tirith
Copyright ©1990 Patrick Wynne
Used with permission
“It had begun with a leaf
caught in the wind, and it
became a tree; and the
tree grew, sending out
innumerable branches,
and thrusting out the
most fantastic roots.”
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The Collected Vinyar Tengwar Vol. 5b now available
Volume 5b of The Collected Vinyar Tengwar collects issues 41–49, and is available for order on the E.L.F. Storefront at Lulu.com and from the Vinyar Tengwar Web Shop. Note that the volume is offered in two different bindings: Perfect (i.e. as a typical softcover book) and Coil (which allows the issue to open and lie flat, for ease of reference).
Nota Bene: This is a provisional volume. When issue 50 is published, it will be added to the volume to form the completed Vol. 5, which will collect issues 41–50.
This 60-page issue features the third and final part of Patrick Wynne’s presentation of “Eldarin Hands, Fingers & Numerals and Related Writings”, which concludes with an analysis of the seven versions of a Quenya text concerning Elvish ambidexterity, and features an appendix presenting Tolkien’s late writings on the verb nā ‘to be’, several forms of which appear in these texts. This issue also features a presentation of five late Quenya volitive inscriptions in nai, ranging from 1964 to 1969, one of which arose on the same sheet as the Ambidexters Sentence (AS). Presented as appendices to this are two late sets of notes on Quenya pronominal inflections and related forms—dating from 1964 and c. 1968, respectively—which shed further light on the pronominal endings encountered in the inscriptions, and in the AS.
Vinyar Tengwar format, subscription, and back-issue changes
Due to the vastly increased demands of time required for subscription and back-issue-order fulfillment as readership has grown past 500; and to the reality of irregular publication dictated by its changed focus on publishing new primary material; and in order to remove format constraints on the size and scope of its contents, Vinyar Tengwar will undergo a format change and a switch to per-issue ordering after the publication of issue 50. New subscriptions will be accepted only through issue 50. Those whose subscriptions currently extend past issue 50 will be refunded the pro-rated balance for all issues past 50. Starting with issue 51, VT will be produced and published through the print-on-demand services of Lulu.com. In addition, effective immediately, back-issue orders will no longer be accepted or filled by the editor. Instead, back-issue collections will be published and available for order as a series of softcover volumes through Lulu.com (in both pefect- and spiral-bound formats), as The Collected Vinyar Tengwar.
The Collected Vinyar Tengwar Vol. 1 now available
Volume 1 of The Collected Vinyar Tengwar collects issues 1–10, and is available for order on the E.L.F. Storefront at Lulu.com and from the Vinyar Tengwar Web Shop. Note that each volume is offered in two different bindings: Perfect (i.e. as a typical softcover book) and Coil (which allows the issue to open and lie flat, for ease of reference).
Nota Bene: these earliest issues of Vinyar Tengwar had to be scanned from photocopies, and were rather crudely produced to begin with, and so this volume is not nearly of the same quality as later volumes. It is offered here primarily for historical interest.
Vinyar Tengwar Index
Diego Segui has very kindly provided his index of Vinyar Tengwar for publication here, in both English and (the original) Spanish versions. Diego writes: "This index lists in alphabetical order all words, roots, affixes, etc. belonging to languages invented by J.R.R. Tolkien which appear attested, discussed or mentioned in the journal Vinyar Tengwar (VT). Its purpose is to provide the researcher with quick access to a reference, or to allow focusing on a particular form by checking it against other locations where information can be found."
Errata Page for E.L.F. Publications
Per Lindberg has graciously volunteered to compile and maintain a web site listing known, corroborated errata to the two print publications of the E.L.F., Parma Eldalamberon and Vinyar Tengwar, at http://www.elvish.org/errata/. I encourage everyone who spots a potential erratum to either of these publications to report it at errata@elvish.org. If the erratum is confirmed, it will be added to the page and reported to the Lambengolmor list.
Please read my open letter to readers of Vinyar Tengwar for important news regarding changes to the subscription cost and back-issue availability, effective immediately.
Vinyar Tengwar sample issue available for download
With the very kind permission of the Tolkien Estate, I am pleased to be able to provide for download a PDF version of VT issue 43, containing the presentation and analysis of Tolkien's Quenya translations of the Paternoster (Átaremma), the Ave Maria (Aia María), and the Gloria Patri (Alcar i Ataren).
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Members and non-members alike can now help support the E.L.F. and the production and publication of Vinyar Tengwar by purchasing from a nifty selection of E.L.F.- and VT-related swag, courtesty of CafePress.com.
Vinyar Tengwar (ISSN 1054-7606) is a not-for-profit refereed journal of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship, devoted to the scholarly study of the invented languages of J.R.R. Tolkien. VT is indexed by the Modern Language Association.
The editor of Vinyar Tengwar can be reached at:
Carl F. Hostetter
2509 Ambling Circle
Crofton, MD 21114
USA
E-mail: Aelfwine@elvish.org
The VT review panel are: Ivan Derzhanski, John Garth, Arden R. Smith, and Patrick Wynne.
Subscriptions to VT can be purchased via the Vinyar Tengwar Web Shop
Subscribers can check their subscription status on the E.L.F. Members Page .
A listing of the contents of all back-issues to date is available in the Vinyar Tengwar Web Shop
All submissions must in some manner deal with Tolkien’s invented languages. All submissions must be typed, or must be exquisitely legible: the editor will not decipher lower-glyphics. The editor reserves the right to edit any material (except artwork) for purposes of clarity, brevity, and relevance. Ilúvatar smiles upon submissions by e-mail in plain text, RTF, PDF, or Microsoft Word formats. All sumbissions are subject to review.
Note: The pages of VT are now, and for the foreseeable future will continue to be, primarily devoted to the publication and analysis of new primary materials from Tolkien’s linguistic papers, and these will of course continue to take precedence over other submissions. Materials may alternatively be submitted to the Lambengolmor mailing list or to the E.L.F.’s online journal, Tengwestië.
Copyright of all material submitted is retained by the author or artist, although VT reserves the right to reprint the material at any time. Acknowledgement that original material subsequently reprinted elsewhere first appeared in VT would be a welcome courtesy.
