Invented calligraphy in Louisiana

[Ondina]

I've stumbled upon this site of a man in Louisiana and found the calligraphic work very beautiful.

 

http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/language1.htm#calligraphy

Here is a sample:

http://www.elvish.org/gwaith/andries/andries_qcf.jpg

[merzig]

I think this is Tengwar (elvish) script, created by JRR Tolkien.

[Ondina]

Correct, the webpage has other examples and explanations on it. Very nice work.

[tipstricks]

I din't know nothing about tengwar, and looking at wikipedia seems to be an early script:

 

The tengwar were probably developed in the late 1920s or in the early 1930s. The Lonely Mountain Jar Inscription, the first published tengwar sample, dates to 1937 (The Hobbit, most editions). The full explanation of the tengwar was published in Appendix E of The Lord of the Rings in 1955.

 

Beautiful sample!

Thanks, Ondina.

[HDoug]

Fascinating. Thanks for posting. The first line is in English: "Quenya calligraphy fragments." Here's the wiki entry on Quenya.

 

Doug

[tipstricks]

Did you remember this previous topic?

https://www.fountainpennetwork.com/forum/in...showtopic=67509

Do you also see analogy with Tolkien's signature?

[Peter from Sherwood Park]

Fascinating -- thank you for posting this!

[jbn10161]

Great thread; thanks. And thanks to tipstricks for pointing out the previous, related thread.

[verdiinpink]

This prompts me to want to write Tengwar script...

Maybe I should start soon.

I'll post on the forum after my attempt then. (^ ^)

[georges zaslavsky]

superb handwriting :clap1:

[Apotheosis]

this is my unsuccessful attempt at the famous phrase so excuse me

 

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab19/yuckkie/Scribblings/OneRing001.jpg

regards

Leo