Parma Eldalamberon

2009-12-11T10:32:05Z

81.234.178.13: Typo

{{journal
| name=Parma Eldalamberon
| image=
| editor=[[Paula Marmor]], [[Christopher Gilson]]
| latest=[[Parma Eldalamberon 18|18]]
| website=[http://www.eldalamberon.com/ Eldalamberon]
| publisher=
| date=
| frequency=Irregular
| format=Irregular
| pages=
| issn=
|}}
'''Parma Eldalamberon''' ([[Quenya]] "The Book of Elven-tongues"), often simply '''Parma''' or '''PE''' for short, is a journal of the [[Elvish Linguistic Fellowship]] dedicated to [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s [[languages]].

==History==
''Parma Eldalamberon'' was started in [[1971]], as an irregular periodical published by the Linguistic Fellowship of the [[Mythopoeic Society]]. The first editor was [[Paula Marmor]]. It ran for five issues, ending in [[1977]], but resulted in the landmark book ''[[An Introduction to Elvish]]''. Of that book Paula Marmor was co-author, several other co-authors, [[Bill Welden]], [[Christopher Gilson]], [[Lawrence J. Krieg]] and editor [[Jim Allan]], were regular contributors to ''Parma'' and parts of it had grown from their articles in the journal. The publication of ''[[The Silmarillion]]'', ''[[Unfinished Tales]]'' and ''[[The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien]]'' made most of the discussions outdated, however, and the project was shelved.

Another regular contributor was [[Robert Foster]], who had already published his ''Guide to Middle-earth'', which he revised and extended to ''[[The Complete Guide to Middle-earth]]'' after the publication of ''The Silmarillion''.

Six years later, Chris Gilson revived ''Parma''. He kept the original name, despite the fact that the increase in Quenya material gave the correct translation as ''Parma Eldalambion''. Gilson published ''Parma'' outside the Linguistic Fellowship<ref>[[David Doughan]], "Book Reviews: Parma Eldalamberon 6", in: [[Quettar]] 21 ([[November]] [[1984]]), page 8</ref>, but after the [[Elvish Linguistic Fellowship]] was founded it became associated with that organisation.

In [[1991]], [[Christopher Tolkien]] approved of ''Parma'' publishing original text by Tolkien, especially the long linguistic texts for which he could find no place in ''[[The History of Middle-earth]]''.<ref>[[Christopher Gilson]], "Foreword", in: [[Parma Eldalamberon 11]] ([[1995]]), page 2</ref>

In the meantime, ''[[Vinyar Tengwar]]'' also started publishing Tolkien's original texts. Now, they are both edited by more or less the same team, and ''Parma'' specializes in the longer wordlists, while ''Vinyar Tengwar'' publishes Tolkien's essays.<ref>[[David Bratman]], "Posthumous Publications", in: ''[[J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia]]'' (edited by [[Michael Drout]]), page 547-8</ref>

== Issues ==
* [[1971]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 1]]
* [[1972]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 2]]
* [[1973]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 3]]
* [[1974]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 4]]
* [[1977]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 5]]
* [[1983]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 6]]
* [[1988]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 7]]
* [[1989]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 8]]
* [[1990]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 9]]
* [[1994]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 10]]
* [[1995]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 11]]: ''I-Lam na-Ngoldathon: The Grammar and Lexicon of the Gnomish Tongue'' by J.R.R. Tolkien
* [[1998]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 12]]: ''Qenyaqetsa: The Qenya Phonology and Lexicon'' by J.R.R. Tolkien
* [[2001]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 13]]: ''The Alphabet of Rúmil & Early Noldorin Fragments'' by J.R.R. Tolkien
* [[2003]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 14]]: ''Early Qenya and The Valmaric Script'' by J.R.R. Tolkien
* [[2004]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 15]]: ''Sí Qente Feanor and Other Elvish Writings'' by J.R.R. Tolkien
* [[2006]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 16]]: ''Early Elvish Poetry and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets'' by J.R.R. Tolkien
* [[2007]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 17]]: ''Words, Phrases and Passages in The Lord of the Rings'' by J.R.R. Tolkien
* [[2009]]: [[Parma Eldalamberon 18]]: ''Tengwesta Qenderinwa and Pre-Fëanorian Alphabets, Part 2'' by J.R.R. Tolkien

{{references}}

==External links==
* '''[http://www.eldalamberon.com/ Official website]'''
*[http://www.elvish.org/errata/ Errata for ''Parma Eldalamberon'' on Elvish.org]

[[Category:Journals]]
[[de:Parma Eldalamberon]]
[[fi:Parma Eldalamberon]]

Tolkien Gateway - User contributions [en]

Parma Eldalamberon