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James Dunning

2007-12-27T18:07:05Z

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'''James Duning''''s art is featured in [[A Tolkienian Mathomium]] by [[Mark T. Hooker]]. He has read and digested Tolkien’s various works for forty years and has constructed evolving mental landscapes of scenes in [[Middle-earth]]. He has tried to depict Tolkien themes presented here in a style consistent with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s own illustrative style. He also has written articles on Tolkien, which can be found in [[Beyond Bree]].

Dunning is the winner of the [[North East Tolkien Society]]'s 2006/07 [[Imperishable Flame Award]] for Tolkien/Inklings-Inspired Creativity.

==External links==
* [http://www.dolmentreeart.com/ Dolmen Tree Art - the website of James Dunning]
* [http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/James-dunning-interview.htm Q&A with James Dunning]

[[Category:People]]

Imperishable Flame Award

2007-12-27T18:05:26Z

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'''The Imperishable Flame Awards''' are presented by [[The Northeast Tolkien Society]] in recognition of Scholarship, Creativity and the building of fan community resources celebrating and honoring Tolkien and The Inklings.

The 2006/2007 winners were:

Category 1: Tolkien/Inklings Scholarship:
[[Diana Pavlac Glyer]] for
''The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien as Writers in Community''

Category 2: Tolkien/Inklings Inspired Creativity
[[James Dunning]] for 40 Years of Tolkien Art

Category 3: Tolkien/Inkling Fan Community Award
[[Pieter Collier]] and [[Hyarion]] for Organizing ''The Children Of Hurin Release Party''

Imperishable Flame Award

2007-12-27T18:04:18Z

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'''The Imperishable Flame Awards''' are presented by [[Heren Istarion |The Northeast Tolkien Society]] in recognition of Scholarship, Creativity and the building of fan community resources celebrating and honoring Tolkien and The Inklings.

The 2006/2007 winners were:

Category 1: Tolkien/Inklings Scholarship:
[[Diana Pavlac Glyer]] for
''The Company They Keep: C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien as Writers in Community''

Category 2: Tolkien/Inklings Inspired Creativity
[[James Dunning]] for 40 Years of Tolkien Art

Category 3: Tolkien/Inkling Fan Community Award
[[Pieter Collier]] and [[Hyarion]] for Organizing ''The Children Of Hurin Release Party''

James Dunning

2007-12-27T17:50:54Z

156.56.171.172:

'''James Duning''''s art is featured in [[A Tolkienian Mathomium]] by [[Mark T. Hooker]]. He has read and digested Tolkien’s various works for forty years and has constructed evolving mental landscapes of scenes in [[Middle-earth]]. He has tried to depict Tolkien themes presented here in a style consistent with [[J.R.R. Tolkien]]'s own illustrative style. He also has written articles on Tolkien, which can be found in [[Beyond Bree]].
Dunning is the winner of [[Heren Istarion]]'s 2006/07 [[Imperishable Flame Award]] for Tolkien/Inklings-Inspired Creativity.

==External links==
* [http://www.dolmentreeart.com/ Dolmen Tree Art - the website of James Dunning]
* [http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/James-dunning-interview.htm Q&A with James Dunning]

[[Category:People]]

Lembas

2007-08-17T17:27:46Z

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{{quote|Lembas, [[Elvish]] waybread. One small bite is enough to fill the stomach of a grown man.|[[Legolas of Mirkwood|Legolas]]}}
[[Image:Lembas bread with Mallorn leaves.jpg|thumb|200px]]
'''Lembas''', also called '''waybread''' in the [[Common Speech]], is a special food made by the [[Elves]]. The cakes are very nutritious, stay fresh for months when wrapped in leaves, and are used for sustenance on long journeys. Lembas is a brownish colour on the outside and a cream colour on the inside. The secret of lembas is closely guarded, and only on rare occasions is it given to non-Elves. Like other products of the Elves, it is offensive to evil creatures; [[Gollum]] refuses outright to eat of it.

[[Melian]], the queen of [[Doriath]], was the one who originally held this recipe. Later it was passed to [[Galadriel]] and other [[Elves]].

[[Galadriel]] gives a large store of it to the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] upon its departure from [[Lothlórien]]. One of the elves comments "[...] we call it lembas or waybread, and it is more strengthening than any food by men, and it is more pleasant than [[Cram]], by all accounts." [[Frodo Baggins]] and [[Samwise Gamgee]] subsist on it through the majority of their journey from there into [[Mordor]].

[[Image:John Howe - Lembas.jpg|thumb|left|''Lembas'' by [[John Howe]].]]
Tolkien most likely based lembas on bread known as ''hard tack'' that was used during long sea voyages and military campaigns as a primary foodstuff. This very un-magical bread was little more than flour and water which had been baked hard and would keep for months as long as it was kept dry. However, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa wrote in his book ''Libri tres de occulta philosophia'' (Book 3, Chapter 13) of a herb from Scythia that allowed people to go for twelve days afterward without any need for food or water. It is also possible that Tolkien based lembas on this description in Agrippa's writings.

== Portrayal in Adaptations ==

In [[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]], the term "lembas bread" is occasionally used. This is incorrect usage; but because the gift of lembas at Lothlórien is not included in the theatrical release of ''[[Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring|The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', the redundant term "lembas bread" was probably chosen in order to immediately identify the substance to filmgoers at the beginning of ''[[Peter Jackson's The Two Towers|The Two Towers]]''.

[[Category:Food]]

== Journal Title ==
''Lembas'' is the title of the journal of the Dutch Tolkien Society (Tolkien Genootschap [[Unquendor]]). [[Beyond Bree]] usually has a summary of the contents in English.

Lembas

2007-08-17T17:25:36Z

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{{quote|Lembas, [[Elvish]] waybread. One small bite is enough to fill the stomach of a grown man.|[[Legolas of Mirkwood|Legolas]]}}
[[Image:Lembas bread with Mallorn leaves.jpg|thumb|200px]]
'''Lembas''', also called '''waybread''' in the [[Common Speech]], is a special food made by the [[Elves]]. The cakes are very nutritious, stay fresh for months when wrapped in leaves, and are used for sustenance on long journeys. Lembas is a brownish colour on the outside and a cream colour on the inside. The secret of lembas is closely guarded, and only on rare occasions is it given to non-Elves. Like other products of the Elves, it is offensive to evil creatures; [[Gollum]] refuses outright to eat of it.

[[Melian]], the queen of [[Doriath]], was the one who originally held this recipe. Later it was passed to [[Galadriel]] and other [[Elves]].

[[Galadriel]] gives a large store of it to the [[Fellowship of the Ring]] upon its departure from [[Lothlórien]]. One of the elves comments "[...] we call it lembas or waybread, and it is more strengthening than any food by men, and it is more pleasant than [[Cram]], by all accounts." [[Frodo Baggins]] and [[Samwise Gamgee]] subsist on it through the majority of their journey from there into [[Mordor]].

[[Image:John Howe - Lembas.jpg|thumb|left|''Lembas'' by [[John Howe]].]]
Tolkien most likely based lembas on bread known as ''hard tack'' that was used during long sea voyages and military campaigns as a primary foodstuff. This very un-magical bread was little more than flour and water which had been baked hard and would keep for months as long as it was kept dry. However, Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa wrote in his book ''Libri tres de occulta philosophia'' (Book 3, Chapter 13) of a herb from Scythia that allowed people to go for twelve days afterward without any need for food or water. It is also possible that Tolkien based lembas on this description in Agrippa's writings.

== Portrayal in Adaptations ==

In [[Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings]], the term "lembas bread" is occasionally used. This is incorrect usage; but because the gift of lembas at Lothlórien is not included in the theatrical release of ''[[Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring|The Fellowship of the Ring]]'', the redundant term "lembas bread" was probably chosen in order to immediately identify the substance to filmgoers at the beginning of ''[[Peter Jackson's The Two Towers|The Two Towers]]''.

[[Category:Food]]

== Journal Title ==
''Lembas'' is the title of the journal of the Dutch Tolkien Society (Tolkien Genootschap Unquendor). [[Beyond Bree]] usually has a summary of the contents in English.

A Tolkienian Mathomium

2007-08-17T17:19:50Z

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|author=[[Mark T. Hooker]]
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|date=May 9 2006
|format=Paperback & Hardcover
|pages=291 pgs
|isbn=1411693701
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|amazonprice=£10.25
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==From the Publisher==
This monograph is a collection of analytic articles--both previously published and unpublished in about equal measure--on [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s "[[The Lord of the Rings]]" and "[[The Hobbit]]," written by Tolkien scholar and Comparative Translationist [[Mark T. Hooker]], most famous, perhaps, for his application of Comparative Translation to the study of Tolkien. All of the articles in the book have been reviewed and revised to take into consideration the materials newly made available in "[[The Lord of the Rings: A Reader’s Companion]]."

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[[Beyond Bree]] and [[Hither Shore]] say that there is "something here for everyone with even a passing interest in Tolkien. All of the articles are well researched, insightful, and highly informative."

[[Amon Hen]] (the September 2006 issue) says: "Highly recommendable."

[[Tolkien Studies]] (No. 4) says: a "pleasantly eccentric volume" . . . "Hooker has a wide variety of things to say that have not been heard before."

[[Lembas]] (No. 130, August 2007) says: "All in all, certainly a book that's worth the effort of taking the time to go through peacefully. For linguists--language nuts or not--and also for others, certainly one of the better products of [Tolkien] fandom."

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''The Raynor Memorial Library'' at [[Marquette University]] and the '''Thuringian University''' and State Library at Jena, Germany have added a copy of '''A Tolkienian Mathomium''' to their collections.
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Includes illustrations by [[James Dunning]].

==External links==
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* [http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/mark-hooker-interview.htm Tolkien Library]
:'''See a preview of the book: includes a sample of James Dunning's art'''
* [http://www.lulu.com/browse/preview.php?fCID=301046 Preview]
:'''See a more of James Dunning's Art'''
* [http://www.dolmentreeart.com Art]
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A Tolkienian Mathomium

2007-01-06T20:24:57Z

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{{book
|title=A Tolkienian Mathomium
|image=[[Image:A Tolkienian Mathomium.jpg|225px]]
|author=[[Mark Hooker]]
|publisher=Lulu.com
|date=May 9 2006
|format=Paperback & Hardcover
|pages=291 pgs
|isbn=1411693701
|amazon=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tolkienian-Mathomium-Mark-T-Hooker/dp/1411693701
|amazonprice=£10.25
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==From the Publisher==
The artifacts of [[Middle-earth]] are the products of the mind; words and names, rather than skeletons and pottery shards. The literary baggage of each word and name is built up out of all the usages of that word or name that a reader has ever been exposed to. The purpose of this study is to offer the reader a glimpse into my literary baggage for the words that make up [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s [[Legendarium]].

==External links==
:'''''Not'' available from Amazon.com. If it were on Amazon.com, the paperback would cost $25.'''
:'''Purchase from Lulu.com'''
* [http://www.lulu.com/content/301046 Paperback] ($17.98)
* [http://www.lulu.com/content/313992 Hardcover] ($27.47)
:'''Purchase from The Tolkien Shop in Holland'''
* [http://tolkienshop.com/index.html?lang=en-uk&target=d30_02.html Paperback] (€19.95)
:'''Learn more about the Book and the Author'''
* [http://www.lulu.com/Llyfrawr Llyfrawr]
* [http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/mark-hooker-interview.htm Tolkien Library]
:'''See a preview of the book: includes a sample of James Dunning's art'''
* [http://www.lulu.com/browse/preview.php?fCID=301046 Preview]
[[Category:Books]]

A Tolkienian Mathomium

2007-01-06T19:56:15Z

156.56.171.172: /* External links */

{{book
|title=A Tolkienian Mathomium
|image=[[Image:A Tolkienian Mathomium.jpg|225px]]
|author=[[Mark Hooker]]
|publisher=Lulu.com
|date=May 9 2006
|format=Paperback & Hardcover
|pages=291 pgs
|isbn=1411693701
|amazon=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tolkienian-Mathomium-Mark-T-Hooker/dp/1411693701
|amazonprice=£10.25
}}

==From the Publisher==
The artifacts of [[Middle-earth]] are the products of the mind; words and names, rather than skeletons and pottery shards. The literary baggage of each word and name is built up out of all the usages of that word or name that a reader has ever been exposed to. The purpose of this study is to offer the reader a glimpse into my literary baggage for the words that make up [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s [[Legendarium]].

==External links==
:'''Purchase from Lulu.com: ''not'' available from Amazon.com'''
* [http://www.lulu.com/content/301046 Paperback] ($17.98)
* [http://www.lulu.com/content/313992 Hardcover] ($27.47)
:'''Purchase from The Tolkien Shop in Holland'''
* [http://tolkienshop.com/index.html?lang=en-uk&target=d30_02.html Paperback] (€19.95)
:'''Learn more about the Book and the Author'''
* [http://www.lulu.com/Llyfrawr Llyfrawr]
* [http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/mark-hooker-interview.htm Tolkien Library]
:'''See a preview of the book: includes a sample of James Dunning's art'''
* [http://www.lulu.com/browse/preview.php?fCID=301046 Preview]
[[Category:Books]]

A Tolkienian Mathomium

2007-01-06T19:39:14Z

156.56.171.172: /* External links */

{{book
|title=A Tolkienian Mathomium
|image=[[Image:A Tolkienian Mathomium.jpg|225px]]
|author=[[Mark Hooker]]
|publisher=Lulu.com
|date=May 9 2006
|format=Paperback & Hardcover
|pages=291 pgs
|isbn=1411693701
|amazon=http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tolkienian-Mathomium-Mark-T-Hooker/dp/1411693701
|amazonprice=£10.25
}}

==From the Publisher==
The artifacts of [[Middle-earth]] are the products of the mind; words and names, rather than skeletons and pottery shards. The literary baggage of each word and name is built up out of all the usages of that word or name that a reader has ever been exposed to. The purpose of this study is to offer the reader a glimpse into my literary baggage for the words that make up [[J.R.R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]'s [[Legendarium]].

==External links==
:'''Purchase from Lulu.com: ''not'' available from Amazon.com'''
* [http://www.lulu.com/content/301046 Paperback] ($17.98)
* [http://www.lulu.com/content/313992 Hardcover] ($27.47)
:'''Learn more about the Book and the Author'''
* [http://www.lulu.com/Llyfrawr Llyfrawr]
* [http://www.tolkienlibrary.com/press/mark-hooker-interview.htm Tolkien Library]
:'''See a preview of the book: includes a sample of James Dunning's art'''
* [http://www.lulu.com/browse/preview.php?fCID=301046 Preview]
[[Category:Books]]