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|title=Tolkien: Life and Legend | |title=Tolkien: Life and Legend | ||
|image=[[Image:Tolkien, Life and Legend.jpg|225px]] | |image=[[Image:Tolkien, Life and Legend.jpg|225px]] | ||
|author= | |author=Judith Priestman | ||
|publisher=[[Bodleian Library]] | |illustrator=[[J.R.R. Tolkien]] | ||
|publisher=[[Bodleian Library]], Oxford | |||
|date=[[1992]] | |date=[[1992]] | ||
|format=Paperback | |format=Paperback exhibition catalogue | ||
|pages= | |pages=96 | ||
|isbn=1851240276 | |isbn=1851240276 | ||
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'''''Tolkien: Life and Legend''''' is | '''''Tolkien: Life and Legend''''' is the catalogue of the [[1992]] centenary exhibition held by the [[Bodleian Library]], Oxford, to commemorate the centenary of the birth of [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]. | ||
"Tolkien: Life and Legend" in 1992 was the first largest exhibition focused on Tolkien. In this exhibition 250 items are listed in the catalogue, with almost all coming from the Bodleian archives — a few were donated by Tolkien's publisher [[HarperCollins]], and a small number from Corpus Christi College and Exeter College from Tolkien's time there.<ref>[https://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=21554 Historical context of the 2018 Bodleian Exhibition] (accessed 11 June 2022)</ref> | |||
This catalogue lists, describes, and gives background on the items displayed during the exhibition. It reproduces a large selection of artwork, photographs, maps, manuscript pages, annotations, letters, and other momentos in both colour and black & white. | |||
A few examples are: the cover of ''[[Ye Chequers Clubbe Binge]]''<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=11340|articlename=Chequers Clubbe Binge. 1914|dated=|website=TB|accessed=13 February 2012}}</ref>, of ''[[Exeter College Smoker (1913)|Exeter College Smoker]]''<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienbooks.net/php/details.php?reference=11340|articlename=Chequers Clubbe Binge. 1914|dated=|website=TB|accessed=13 February 2012}}</ref>, a page from [[Book of the Foxrook]].<ref name=Seven>[[Arden R. Smith]], [[Patrick H. Wynne|Patrick Wynne]], "Tolkien and Esperanto", in [[SEVEN 17|''SEVEN'', Volume 17]], p. 29</ref> | |||
==Table of content== | |||
[[File:Life and Legend poster.jpeg|thumb|225px|The catalogue was published with a poster]] | |||
* Introduction | |||
* Catalogue | |||
** Family and Early Life (item 1-15) | |||
** Schooldays and Oxford (item 16-45) | |||
** War (item 46-61) | |||
** Lexicography and Leeds (item 62-86) | |||
** 'Mr. Baggins' (item 87-146) | |||
** ''The Lord of the Rings'' (item 147-191) | |||
** ''The Silmarillion'' (item 192-223) | |||
** Academic Life (item 224-232) | |||
** Last Years (item 233-250) | |||
* Afterword | |||
==See also== | |||
*''[[Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth]]'' (Bodleian's 2018 exhibition catalogue) | |||
*''[[J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator]]'' | |||
*[[Tolkien Exhibitions]] | |||
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Revision as of 18:56, 20 September 2022
Tolkien: Life and Legend | |
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Author | Judith Priestman |
Illustrator | J.R.R. Tolkien |
Publisher | Bodleian Library, Oxford |
Released | 1992 |
Format | Paperback exhibition catalogue |
Pages | 96 |
ISBN | 1851240276 |
Tolkien: Life and Legend is the catalogue of the 1992 centenary exhibition held by the Bodleian Library, Oxford, to commemorate the centenary of the birth of J.R.R. Tolkien.
"Tolkien: Life and Legend" in 1992 was the first largest exhibition focused on Tolkien. In this exhibition 250 items are listed in the catalogue, with almost all coming from the Bodleian archives — a few were donated by Tolkien's publisher HarperCollins, and a small number from Corpus Christi College and Exeter College from Tolkien's time there.[1]
This catalogue lists, describes, and gives background on the items displayed during the exhibition. It reproduces a large selection of artwork, photographs, maps, manuscript pages, annotations, letters, and other momentos in both colour and black & white.
A few examples are: the cover of Ye Chequers Clubbe Binge[2], of Exeter College Smoker[3], a page from Book of the Foxrook.[4]
Table of content
- Introduction
- Catalogue
- Family and Early Life (item 1-15)
- Schooldays and Oxford (item 16-45)
- War (item 46-61)
- Lexicography and Leeds (item 62-86)
- 'Mr. Baggins' (item 87-146)
- The Lord of the Rings (item 147-191)
- The Silmarillion (item 192-223)
- Academic Life (item 224-232)
- Last Years (item 233-250)
- Afterword
See also
- Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth (Bodleian's 2018 exhibition catalogue)
- J.R.R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator
- Tolkien Exhibitions
References
- ↑ Historical context of the 2018 Bodleian Exhibition (accessed 11 June 2022)
- ↑ "Chequers Clubbe Binge. 1914", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 13 February 2012)
- ↑ "Chequers Clubbe Binge. 1914", TolkienBooks.net (accessed 13 February 2012)
- ↑ Arden R. Smith, Patrick Wynne, "Tolkien and Esperanto", in SEVEN, Volume 17, p. 29