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'''Yellowskin''' or '''Year-book of [[Tuckborough]]''' was one of the oldest [[Hobbit]] chronicle books said to contain entries dating back some 900 years before the [[War of the Ring]]. | '''''Yellowskin''''' or the '''''Year-book of [[Tuckborough]]''''' was one of the oldest [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] chronicle books, said to contain entries dating back some 900 years before the [[War of the Ring]].<ref name="Calendar">{{App|Calendars}}</ref> | ||
It contained chronicles of the [[Took family]], including marriages, births and deaths, but also legal details and references to important events in | It contained chronicles of the [[Took Family|Took family]], including marriages, births and deaths, but also legal details and references to important events in [[the Shire]] as a whole. ''Yellowskin'' became a source for much of the historical information, especially about the Tooks, to find its way into the ''[[Red Book of Westmarch]]''.<ref name="Calendar"/> | ||
==Etymology== | ==Etymology== | ||
The name 'Yellowskin' presumably derives from the aged and decayed condition of the book, suggesting that the records of the Tooks were recorded on vellum, or some other form of parchment made from skin. | The name 'Yellowskin' presumably derives from the aged and decayed condition of the book, suggesting that the records of the Tooks were recorded on vellum, or some other form of parchment made from skin. | ||
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==Other Versions of the Legendarium== | |||
In the second version of [[Appendix F]], the official name of the book popularly called ''Yellowskin'' was ''The Great Writ of Tuckborough'' and it was supposed to be nearly a thousand years old.<ref>{{PM|Languages}}, p. 40</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 05:00, 7 February 2012
Yellowskin or the Year-book of Tuckborough was one of the oldest Hobbit chronicle books, said to contain entries dating back some 900 years before the War of the Ring.[1]
It contained chronicles of the Took family, including marriages, births and deaths, but also legal details and references to important events in the Shire as a whole. Yellowskin became a source for much of the historical information, especially about the Tooks, to find its way into the Red Book of Westmarch.[1]
Etymology
The name 'Yellowskin' presumably derives from the aged and decayed condition of the book, suggesting that the records of the Tooks were recorded on vellum, or some other form of parchment made from skin.
Other Versions of the Legendarium
In the second version of Appendix F, the official name of the book popularly called Yellowskin was The Great Writ of Tuckborough and it was supposed to be nearly a thousand years old.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix D, "The Calendars"
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Peoples of Middle-earth, "II. The Appendix on Languages", p. 40
