Both “Mildor” and “Dorwinion” are Sindarin names. “MILDOR ” scribbled out.Further examination of the map has also revealed that “Dorwinion” was initially labelled “MILDOR ” by Tolkien before being scribbled out and re-labelled “Dorwinion”. Susan Theobald at Blackwell’s Rare Books has now completed the painstaking task of transcribing the annotations by both Baynes and Tolkien, and has kindly shared the end-product with the Tolkien Society. A catalogue can be viewed online, and hard-copy is available on request. In the late 1960s Baynes collaborated with Tolkien to produce a poster-map - known as “ A Map of Middle-earth” and first published in 1970 - based on the map of Middle-earth found in most copies of The Lord of the Rings.īlackwell’s Rare Books are currently selling a large number of items from Pauline Baynes’s collection.
Tolkien had been re-discovered in a copy of The Lord of the Rings owned by the late Pauline Baynes. Late last month we reported that a map of Middle-earth featuring annotations by J.R.R.
The map of Middle-earth annotated by illustrator Pauline Baynes and Tolkien himself has now been transcribed by Blackwell’s Rare Books. Posted by Daniel Helen at 19:17 on 10 November 2015
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