This is an extremely unique piece of Tolkien memorabilia! This map of Middle Earth was based directly on the original maps featured in the Lord of the Rings trilogy. It is ENTIRELY hand drawn! Inked on canvas cloth using five different colours and seven diffenent pens. This piece was also heat-aged giving it the appearance of an ancient scroll.The entire map measures approximately 16 x 19 inches and is ready for framing.



If this piece isn't unique enough as it is... although the original map is written all in English, this version has been entirely transliterated into Tolkien's created texts of Tengwar and Angerthas. The Tengwar alphabet was used for almost all the text on the map. The Agnerthas alphabet was used for the larger place names and for the compass point. Not a single place name nor a single detail from the original map has been ommitted from this exteremly detailed replica.







This close-up of the map shows the detail put into this replica. Bilbo Baggins prefers red ink in marking his favorite trails. All the trees and forests are marked in green and brown, mountains and hills in brown, lakes, rivers and seas in blue and all the text is in black. This scan also shows the beautiful weaving of the heavy canvas cloth used for this piece.

A brief note on transliteration: I have tried to transliterate this map as closely as Tolkien would have liked using methods genrally imployed in transliterating Greek and other non-Roman text languages. There are many equally "correct" ways to transliterate any given word, so I have considered accuracy as well as asthetics when making this map. I'm sure any serious fan of Tolkien's alphabets will appreciate the work that has gone into this piece.