Taswirar tsakiyar-ƙasa cike da bayanai ta JRR Tolkien an sami shi ta Labarin Bodleian, Oxford. Taswirar da ke tunatar da ƙarni na magoya baya daga cikin mafi girman tunanin da aka ƙirƙira an kara shi zuwa mafi yawan tarin kayan da suka danganci aikin marubucin, ciki har da rubutun Hobbit da Ubangijin Zobba.
Bayanin marubucin, wanda aka rubuta cikin tawada kore da fensir, ya nuna menene halittar duniya a cikin tunanin Tolkien:
"Hobbiton yana da kusan latitude na Oxford."
Abubuwan da ke cikin ƙasa sun kasance da aka ƙaddara don ba Pauline Baynes, mai zane wanda yake kwatanta taswira a cikin duniyarsa, da jagororin yanayi don shafuka masu mahimmanci daban-daban na tarihi
“Minas Tirith yana da latitude na Ravenna (amma yana da nisan mil 900 daga gabashin Hobbiton, kusa da Belgrade). Sashin ciki na taswirar (mil mil 1400) yana da kusan filin Kudus. "
Giwaye sun bayyana a cikin babban yaƙi a wajen Minas Tirith (kamar yadda suka yi a Italiya ƙarƙashin Pyrrhus), amma za su kasance a wuri ɗaya a cikin fararen shararru a Harad - suma raƙuma.
Pauline Baynes ita ce kadai mai zanen da Tolkien ta amince da shi kuma ta gabatar da shi ga abokinsa na Oxford CSLewis, wanda ya taimaka ya kwatanta duk littattafan Narnia. Tolkien da Lewis membobi ne na ƙungiyar Inklings na marubutan Oxford da masana. Sun kasance suna haduwa suna karanta sabon aiki a gidan giya mai suna "Mikiya da Yaro."
Alamar taswira ta kasance wanda aka buga a shekara ta 1970 kuma yayi iyaka da zane-zane na farko na halayen Tolkien, amma ya dogara ne akan taswirar nadawa daga kundin farko na abubuwanda aka kirkira a 1954 daga Ubangijin Zobba, wanda ɗan Tokien ɗan Christopher ya zana, yana bin umarnin mahaifinsa sosai.
Pauline Baynes ta tsaga taswirar daga nata kuma ta kawo wa Tolkien, wanda an rufe shi da bayanin kula gami da ƙarin sunayen wurare da yawa da ba su bayyana a littafin ba. Tunda yawancin sunaye suna cikin ƙirar kirkirarren harshe, waɗanda yawancin masoya ke magana da kyau cewa labarin ya faɗo, ya zama dole a gabatar da fassara, da bayanin wasu, wasu:
"Eryn Vorn [= Black Forest] wani yanki na gandun daji mai duhu tare da bishiyoyi [pine?]"
Ya kuma nuna launuka na jiragen ruwa da kuma alamun da ke jikin shaffansu.
"Elves: ƙananan jiragen ruwa, fari ko ruwan toka ... Gondor, Blackan Jirgin Baƙi da Azurfa ... Theungiyar Corsairs tana da jajajan jirgi tare da tauraro ko baƙar ido."
Pauline Baynes ta mutu a cikin 2008, amma taswira ba a sake ganowa ba sai a shekarar da ta gabata, ta shiga cikin littafin da ta ajiye. Oxford's Blackwells kantin sayar da littattafai ya sanya shi don siyarwa kuma ya darajar at 60000. Bodleian ya sami damar siyan shi ta hanyar tallafi daga V&A da abokai na ɗakin karatu.
Chris Fletcher, mai kula da tarin kayayyaki na musamman wadanda suka hada da Bodleian, ya ce taswirori sun kasance tsakiyar labarin Tolkien Kuma wannan zai zama abin takaici idan ya ƙare zuwa ƙasashen waje ko cikin tarin keɓaɓɓu.
"Wannan musamman map yana ba da hango cikin tsarin kirkirar da ya samar da wasu hotunan farko na Tsarin-Duniya, wanda yawancinmu mun riga mun san shi. Muna farin cikin samun damar siyan wannan taswirar. Zai zama abun kunya idan wannan taswirar ta ƙare zuwa ƙasashen ƙetare ko a cikin tarin keɓaɓɓu. "
"Tolkien ya yi rayuwarsa ta manya a cikin birni kuma yana tunani sosai game da mahimmancin yanayin ƙasa kamar yadda ake gani daga abubuwan da ke tattare da taswirar."
Tsarin duniya ba wai kawai duniya ce da ta bayyana a cikin 'yan littattafai ba, amma duniya ce da marubucin kansa ya hango a cikin tunaninsa, wanda aka kirkira shi zuwa cikakke tare da cikakkun bayanai dalla-dalla har ma a yau an sami ƙarin bincike game da shi. Duniya ta gaskiya wacce ta wuce zane-zane na yau da kullun waɗanda ke tare da littattafai da yawa a yau.