PARMA ELDALAMBERON 13 THE ALPHABET OF RÚMIL  and EARLY NOLDORIN FRAGMENTS by J. R. R. TOLKIEN Parma Eldalamberon 'The Book of Elven-tongues' is a journal of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship, a special interest group of the Mythopoeic Society.  This issue has two sections containing newly published writings by J. R. R. Tolkien: "The Alphabet of Rumil" edited by Arden R. Smith; and "Early Noldorin Fragments" edited by Christopher Gilson, Bill Welden, Carl F. Hostetter, and Patrick Wynne.  Both of these have been prepared with the guidance of Christopher Tolkien and with the permission of the Tolkien Estate. The Rúmilian Sarati are the earliest of the Elvish writing systems devised by Tolkien, ultimately envisioned as the historical precursor to the Feanorian Tengwar, the Elvish script seen in The Lord of the Rings.  "The Alphabet of Rúmil" is an edition of Tolkien's Rúmilian writings, with examples of the script reproduced in fascimile, including charts of the sounds represented by the letters, and both Elvish and English texts written in Rúmilian.  Transcriptions of these texts and detailed commentary on the chronology of the documents and evolution of the conception of the writing system are included in this edition. "Early Noldorin Fragments" is a collection of Tolkien's word-lists and grammatical descriptions of the Noldorin language from the 1920s.  These trace the evolution the language from its beginnings as the Goldogrin of the "Gnomish Lexicon" to its conception as the Exilic Noldorin that would appear in "The Etymologies".  These writings reveal the emergence of significant conceptual details, such the use of vowel mutation to mark Noldorin plural nouns, and the place of Old Noldorin in the internal history of the language.  Detailed annotations and commentary on these conceptual developments in the documents are included in this edition.      Issue 13 is  Out of Print * PARMA ELDALAMBERON No.13 The Alphabet of Rúmil& Early Noldorin Fragments by J.R.R.Tolkien     edited by  Christopher Gilson, Carl F. Hostetter, Patrick Wynne,  Arden R. Smith and Bill Welden     Contents     The Alphabet of Rúmil Documents by J.R.R.Tolkien Edited by Arden R. Smith       Early Noldorin Fragments by J.R.R.Tolkien edited by Christopher Gilson, Bill Welden Carl F. Hostetter and Patrick Wynne    Heraldic Devices of Tol Erethrin  Goldogrin Pronominal Prefixes  Early Chart of Names  The Official Name List  The Gnomish Lexicon Slips  Early Noldorin Grammar  Noldorin Word-Lists  Noldorin Dictionary   Front cover | Back cover | Title page | Inscription 1     Parma Eldalamberon is sold on a per-issue basis Currently Available Order via PayPal on the pages at these links: Issue 21 | Issue 20 | Issue 19 Issue 16  Issue 7 | Issue 6     Out of Print Issue 18 | Issue 17 Issue 15 | Issue 14 | Issue 13 | Issue 12 | Issue 11 Issue 10 | Issue 9 | Issue 8    Photocopies of issues 1 through 5 are available from the  Mythopoeic Society     A retrospective collection of cover art, title pages and other illustrations by artists Patrick Wynne and Adam Christensen  appear in the Eldalamberon Gallery Return to Eldalamberon page design, colorization and animations © 2001 - 2002 Adam Victor Christensen