Tolkien's handwriting scans

[fuchsiaprincess]

Thank you very much to the original OP, and to the person who bumped this up again. I really enjoyed looking at Tolkien's hand.

 

Regards,

Soki

[f22pilot72]

What I find interesting is the blotter with the Elvish bit on it. What's interesting about it, if you're a Tolkien geek, is that it definitely looks Elvish, but doesn't look like most of the Elvish script seen in LOTR. To me it looks like a blotting from a sample of an earlier script Tolkien developed, called the Sarati of Rumil, which in the history of middle-earth was one of the systems of writing developed by the Elves before the "standard" Elvish letters, the Tengwar of Feanor, were invented.

 

AFAIK examples of writing in Sarati by Tolkien are extremely rare.

 

And this is where I admit that one of the things I usually write with any new FP when I'm testing it out is the ring-inscription in cursive Tengwar - the one written in the black speech which starts "Ash nazg durbatuluk" : "One Ring to Rule Them All".

 

My excuse is that my penmanship in Tengwar is much better than in the Roman alphabet! (Being a bit of a Tolkien geek helps as well...)

 

Paul.

 

 

 

I've always loved that sort of script. Being able to write it well and incorporate it into my own writing (as it appears Tolkien has done) would be great! I really should just give it a go and see what comes of it.

 

To the OP, thanks for the great handwriting samples!

 

-Michael