Invented calligraphy in Louisiana

July 8, 2009

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

July 8, 2009

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

July 8, 2009

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

July 8, 2009

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.