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Much later, Tolkien signed as ''[[Arcastar]] Mondósaresse'' "Tolkien in Oxford" in a 1968 letter to the producer of the BBC documentary ''[[Tolkien in Oxford]]''.<ref>Christie's, ''Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts'', Sale 7275, lot 152. See also [[Mellonath Daeron]] [http://www.forodrim.org/daeron/mdtci.html#DTS70 Tengwar Specimen #70]</ref>  
Much later, Tolkien signed as ''[[Arcastar]] Mondósaresse'' "Tolkien in Oxford" in a 1968 letter to the producer of the BBC documentary ''[[Tolkien in Oxford]]''.<ref>Christie's, ''Valuable Printed Books and Manuscripts'', Sale 7275, lot 152. See also [[Mellonath Daeron]] [http://www.forodrim.org/daeron/mdtci.html#DTS70 Tengwar Specimen #70]</ref>  
According to a map of [[Middle-earth]] annotated by [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Hobbiton]] was at approximately the same lattitude as [[Oxford]]. <ref>http://www.tolkiensociety.org/2015/11/tolkiens-annotated-map-of-middle-earth-transcribed/</ref>
==See also==
==See also==
* [[University of Oxford]]
* [[University of Oxford]]

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The name Oxford refers to more than one character, item or concept. For a list of other meanings, see Oxford (disambiguation).
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Oxford is the city in which J.R.R. Tolkien spent a great deal of his life living in. Both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were written in North Oxford.

In the legendarium

Oxford (Old English: Oxena Ford) is referenced in the earliest form of the legendarium, the Book of Lost Tales. It was associated with Horsa, son of Eriol and Cwen. The name Oxford is translated as Qenya Taruktarna and in Gnomish *Taruithorn.[1]

Much later, Tolkien signed as Arcastar Mondósaresse "Tolkien in Oxford" in a 1968 letter to the producer of the BBC documentary Tolkien in Oxford.[2]

According to a map of Middle-earth annotated by J.R.R. Tolkien, Hobbiton was at approximately the same lattitude as Oxford. [3]

See also

References