https://tolkiengateway.net/w/api.php?hidebots=1&urlversion=1&days=7&limit=50&target=The_Later_Quenta_Silmarillion&action=feedrecentchanges&feedformat=atomTolkien Gateway - Changes related to "The Later Quenta Silmarillion" [en]2024-03-28T15:53:34ZRelated changesMediaWiki 1.39.3https://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Ainulindal%C3%AB_(Morgoth%27s_Ring)&diff=388329&oldid=335507Ainulindalë (Morgoth's Ring)2024-03-25T05:36:18Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Ainulindalë C*: </span> Missed a Katherine</span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When he had just begun to write ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', [[Tolkien]] rewrote the cosmological myth in what [[Christopher Tolkien|his son]] lettered as [[Ainulindalë (Lost Road)|''Ainulindalë'' B]]. Christopher assumed that his father didn't come back to the matter of the [[Elder Days]] until finishing ''The Lord of the Rings'', but editing this new volume, he realized that Tolkien did work on the ''Ainulindalë'' before starting ''[[The Return of the King]]''. He found a single torn sheet of a new version of the ''Ainulindalë'' from [[1946]] and two drafts of the [[Letter 115]]. This letter was probably written in [[1948]], to [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Katherine </del>Farrer]], the wife of the theologian [[:Wikipedia:Austin Farrer|Austin Farrer]], answering her comments on the [[Legendarium]]. He had previously lent her some manuscripts, including a [[Round World version of the Silmarillion|Round World Version]] of the ''Ainulindalë'', which Christopher letters as C*, and the previous ''Ainulindalë'' B. Mrs. Farrer preferred the Flat World Version, answering Tolkien with great entusiasm:</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>When he had just begun to write ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', [[Tolkien]] rewrote the cosmological myth in what [[Christopher Tolkien|his son]] lettered as [[Ainulindalë (Lost Road)|''Ainulindalë'' B]]. Christopher assumed that his father didn't come back to the matter of the [[Elder Days]] until finishing ''The Lord of the Rings'', but editing this new volume, he realized that Tolkien did work on the ''Ainulindalë'' before starting ''[[The Return of the King]]''. He found a single torn sheet of a new version of the ''Ainulindalë'' from [[1946]] and two drafts of the [[Letter 115]]. This letter was probably written in [[1948]], to [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Katharine </ins>Farrer]], the wife of the theologian [[:Wikipedia:Austin Farrer|Austin Farrer]], answering her comments on the [[Legendarium]]. He had previously lent her some manuscripts, including a [[Round World version of the Silmarillion|Round World Version]] of the ''Ainulindalë'', which Christopher letters as C*, and the previous ''Ainulindalë'' B. Mrs. Farrer preferred the Flat World Version, answering Tolkien with great entusiasm:</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>She even asked to read more about ''The Silmarillion'', and Tolkien "''was really very touched by [her] kind letter – and also excited''",<ref>{{L|115}}</ref> although it took a long time for answering her, due he could not find some manuscripts to lend her. Thus, Tolkien rejected the Round World version of the ''Ainulindalë'' and wrote a new version directly from the version B. As Christopher summarizes:</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>She even asked to read more about ''The Silmarillion'', and Tolkien "''was really very touched by [her] kind letter – and also excited''",<ref>{{L|115}}</ref> although it took a long time for answering her, due he could not find some manuscripts to lend her. Thus, Tolkien rejected the Round World version of the ''Ainulindalë'' and wrote a new version directly from the version B. As Christopher summarizes:</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Ainulindalë'' B, a manuscript from 1930s, lent to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Katherine Ferrer </del>in 1948 with the 'Flat World Version' written in it.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Ainulindalë'' B, a manuscript from 1930s, lent to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Katharine Farrer </ins>in 1948 with the 'Flat World Version' written in it.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*A new version, lost apart from a single torn sheet, written in 1946.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*A new version, lost apart from a single torn sheet, written in 1946.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Ainulindalë'' C*, a typescript based on this last text, lent to <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Katherine Ferrer </del>in 1948 with the 'Round World Version' written in it.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*''Ainulindalë'' C*, a typescript based on this last text, lent to <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Katharine Farrer </ins>in 1948 with the 'Round World Version' written in it.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As is told above, this typescript was written before finishing ''The Lord of the Rings'' and was labelled 'Round World Version' when it was lent to [[<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Katherine </del>Farrer]] in 1948. Like [[#''Ainulindalë'' C]], this version was based on [[Ainulindalë (Lost Road)|''Ainulindalë'' B]], which was labelled 'Flat World Version'. </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>As is told above, this typescript was written before finishing ''The Lord of the Rings'' and was labelled 'Round World Version' when it was lent to [[<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Katharine </ins>Farrer]] in 1948. Like [[#''Ainulindalë'' C]], this version was based on [[Ainulindalë (Lost Road)|''Ainulindalë'' B]], which was labelled 'Flat World Version'. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Christopher only includes fragments of the text, as the notable cosmological and narrative differences only appear in some paragraphs from §23 to the end. Before that, he notices an important detail that will be repeated: in §15, the Valar beheld 'the Halls of Anar', which Tolkien changes to 'the Halls of Aman' in version C. He added a footnote indicating that ''Anar'' is the [[Sun]]. This cosmic idea is more explicit in §24, in which Manwë calls other spirits against Melkor: "''Let us go to the Halls of Anar, where the Sun of the Little World is kindled, and watch that Melkor bring it not all to ruin!''". After fighting with the Valar, "''Melkor withdrew beyond the arrows of the Sun''". </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Christopher only includes fragments of the text, as the notable cosmological and narrative differences only appear in some paragraphs from §23 to the end. Before that, he notices an important detail that will be repeated: in §15, the Valar beheld 'the Halls of Anar', which Tolkien changes to 'the Halls of Aman' in version C. He added a footnote indicating that ''Anar'' is the [[Sun]]. This cosmic idea is more explicit in §24, in which Manwë calls other spirits against Melkor: "''Let us go to the Halls of Anar, where the Sun of the Little World is kindled, and watch that Melkor bring it not all to ruin!''". After fighting with the Valar, "''Melkor withdrew beyond the arrows of the Sun''". </div></td></tr>
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