Tolkien genealogy chart on Auction July 16

Kinship of the Half-Elven and Concerning...The Hoard

Fëanor

Beautiful genealogy chart and outline of the yet-unpublished work, The Silmarillion, titled "Concerning... The Hoard," as transmitted to Eileen Elgar - all in J.R.R. Tolkien's unmistakable hand. On auction.¹

J. R. R. Tolkien.² Genealogy Chart and Autograph.

Manuscript: Kinship of the Half-Elven and Concerning...The Hoard with Transmittal Typed Letter Signed, ("Ronald Tolkien").[Circa1964].Manuscript Genealogy Chart in Tolkien's Hand of Kinship of the Half-Elven.

One leaf, recto only; black, green, and red ink and pencil. Creased along old fold, small staple holes not affecting text, minor thumbsoiling, fold toned on verso.

A simply stunning breakdown of Middle Earth genealogy, showing at a glance this complicated history all the way from Fëanor,³ master craftsmen of the Elves who first shaped the Silmarils,⁴ to Aragorn,⁵ heir to the throne of Gondor.⁶ This lineage tells us much about the strength of body, mind, and long life blessed among the Dúnedain,⁷ and their allegiances with the Elves.

Aragorn

1. Heritage Auctions. 2022 July 16 Historical Platinum Session Signature® Auction #6258.

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John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973)

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer, poet, philologist, and academic, best known as the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

3. Fëanor is a fictional character from J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium who plays an important part in The Silmarillion as the creator of the three Silmarils, the skillfully-forged jewels that give the book their name and theme. Tolkien's legendarium is the body of his mythopoeic writing, unpublished in his lifetime, that forms the background to his The Lord of the Rings, and which his son Christopher Tolkien summarized in his compilation of The Silmarillion and documented in his 12-volume series The History of Middle-earth. The legendarium's origins date back to 1914.

4. Silmarils , radiance of pure light- are three fictional brilliant jewels composed of the unmarred light of the Two Trees in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium. The Silmarils were made out of the crystalline substance silima by Fëanor, a Noldorin Elf.

5. Aragorn was the heir to the throne of Gondor and of the lost realm of Arnor.

6. Gondor is a fictional kingdom in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings, described as the greatest realm of Men in the west of Middle-earth at the end of the Third Age.

7. The Dúnedain "Men of the West") were a race of Men descended from the Númenóreans who survived the sinking of their island kingdom and came to Eriador in Middle-earth, led by Elendil and his sons, Isildur and Anárion. They are also called Men of Westernesse.