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'''Angerthas Daeron''' ([[Sindarin|S]]. 'Daeron's Runes') was the full extension of the [[Certhas Daeron]] which was used by the [[Elves]] to represent [[Sindarin]].  
'''Angerthas Daeron''' ([[Sindarin|S]]. 'Daeron's Runes') was the full extension of the [[Certhas Daeron]] which was used by the [[Elves]] to represent [[Sindarin]].  
[[Appendix E]] does not make clear who and when devised the mode called "Angerthas Daeron".


[[Robert Foster]] in ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'' identifies "Angerthas Daeron" with the script of the [[Noldor]] of [[Eregion]], from which the [[Dwarves]] created [[Angerthas Moria]].
[[Robert Foster]] in ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'' identifies "Angerthas Daeron" with the script of the [[Noldor]] of [[Eregion]], from which the [[Dwarves]] created [[Angerthas Moria]].


[[Jim Allan]] in ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'' interprets it that Angerthas Daeron was a modification by Daeron on his alphabet in the First Age, and uses the original term "Angerthas Eregion" for the script of the Noldor of the [[Second Age]].
[[Jim Allan]] in ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]'' says the same, but later gives the name "Angerthas Eregion" to their "full expansion". In the chronological table, he uses only the name "Angerthas Eregion" while the previous versions are dubbed "Early Daeron" and "Late Daeron".


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Revision as of 15:25, 5 April 2009

Angerthas Daeron (S. 'Daeron's Runes') was the full extension of the Certhas Daeron which was used by the Elves to represent Sindarin.

Robert Foster in The Complete Guide to Middle-earth identifies "Angerthas Daeron" with the script of the Noldor of Eregion, from which the Dwarves created Angerthas Moria.

Jim Allan in An Introduction to Elvish says the same, but later gives the name "Angerthas Eregion" to their "full expansion". In the chronological table, he uses only the name "Angerthas Eregion" while the previous versions are dubbed "Early Daeron" and "Late Daeron".