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On [[8 August]] [[1904]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote '''[[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|a letter]] to [[Francis Xavier Morgan|Father Francis Morgan]]'''.
On [[8 August]] [[1904]], [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] wrote '''[[Letters not published in "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien"|a letter]] to [[Francis Xavier Morgan|Father Francis Morgan]]'''.


*'''Description:''' The letter, a "remarkable code letter" written by the 12-year-old Tolkien, is kept at the [[Bodleian Library]] in [[Oxford]], and ends with the limerick seen below.<ref>"The AB Language Lives" by [[Arne Zettersten]] in ''[[The Invented Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien|The Invented Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien: Drawings and Original Manuscripts from the Marquette University Collection]]'' (2004)</ref>
*'''Description:''' The letter, a "remarkable code letter" written by the 12-year-old Tolkien, is kept at the [[Bodleian Library]] in [[Oxford]], and ends with the limerick seen below.<ref name=AB>"The AB Language Lives" by [[Arne Zettersten]] in ''[[The Invented Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien|The Invented Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien: Drawings and Original Manuscripts from the Marquette University Collection]]'' (2004)</ref>
*'''Publication:''' An excerpt of the letter was published in ''[[The Invented Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien|The Invented Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien: Drawings and Original Manuscripts from the Marquette University Collection]]''.
*'''Publication:''' An excerpt of the letter was published in ''[[The Invented Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien|The Invented Worlds of J.R.R. Tolkien: Drawings and Original Manuscripts from the Marquette University Collection]]''.<ref name=AB/> The full letter in colour was published in ''[[Beyond Bree]]'', October 2020 issue, together with a commentary by Denis Bridoux.<ref>{{webcite|author=|articleurl=http://www.tolkienguide.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=27591|articlename=Tolkien's 1904 Rebus letter to Father Morgan|dated=|website=Guide|accessed=29 October 2020}}</ref>


==Excerpt==
==Excerpt==

Revision as of 21:14, 29 October 2020

First page of the letter

On 8 August 1904, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to Father Francis Morgan.

Excerpt

There was an old priest named Francis
Who was so fond of "cheefongy" dances
That he sat up too late
And worried his pate
Arranging these Frenchified Prances

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