Star map

Star map with Elven names of stars and constellations as known from the Silmarillion. This map uses the positions of the stars of the 23rd of September 1914. The night before Tolkien wrote his first poem about Earendil.

In September 1914, J.R.R. Tolkien visited his aunt's farm in Gedling near Nottingham. There, he wrote the poem "The Voyage of Éarendel the Evening Star", it was described by Christopher as "the first in the mythology".

These are the positions of the stars that he would have seen the night before he finished his poem from the location of Gedling.

21x15cm

Cotton paper

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