{"id":113503,"date":"2022-07-05T17:43:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T22:43:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=113503"},"modified":"2022-07-07T09:18:57","modified_gmt":"2022-07-07T14:18:57","slug":"lost-tolkien-manuscript-found-concerning-the-hoard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2022\/07\/05\/113503-lost-tolkien-manuscript-found-concerning-the-hoard\/","title":{"rendered":"Lost Tolkien Manuscript FOUND: “Concerning… The Hoard”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It\u2019s the discovery of a lifetime: a handwritten manuscript by JRR Tolkien, penned and signed in 1964, has surfaced. This nine-page text, which Christopher Tolkien painstakingly recreated from memory, tells a mostly familiar story for readers of The Silmarillion in chapter 22. Yet, as the ‘original’ manuscript for this part of the story, it contains new treasures to delight the serious Tolkien reader.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

First Report<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Italian Tolkien Society\u2019s group Associazione Italiana Studi Tolkieniani<\/em> broke the news yesterday in this phenomenal write-up: Il Silmarillion, scoperto un manoscritto inedito<\/a> Bring your Italian for this one! I sure wish I had mine… <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Opening Bid: 15 Large via Heritage Auctions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This treasure goes under the auction gavel in two weeks with a starting bid of $15,000! Looking over the offerings for this lot is impressive, as The Professor keeps company with the likes of Poe,  Dickens, Doyel, Washington, Jefferson, Einstein, Beethoven, and some other incredible artifacts and memorabilia. The manuscript includes a rare genealogy chart titled \u201cKinship of the Half-Elven,\u201d a signed letter to Mrs. Eileen Elgar in transmission of the manuscript, and \u201cConcerning\u2026 The Hoard,\u201d the manuscript itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Check out the auction lot here at Heritage Auctions<\/a>, and be prepared for beauty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Courtesy of Heritage Auctions<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Here\u2019s to hoping this find becomes available for scholarly study far and wide! A special, “Thag you berry buch!” to Lasswen and DrNosy for bringing the news to our Discord chat this morning.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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