Mepu yepakati-pasi izere nezvidimbu naJRR Tolkien yakawanikwa neBodleian Library, Oxford. Mepu inoyeuchidza zvizvarwa zvevateveri veyekufungidzira kukuru kwati kwambogadzirwa yakawedzerwa kuunganidzwa wakakura kwazvo wezvinhu zvine chekuita nebasa remunyori, kusanganisira zvinyorwa zveThe Hobbit uye The Lord of the Rings.
Zvinyorwa zvemunyori, zvakanyorwa neingi girini nepenzura, zvinoratidza kuti chii chaive chisikwa chenyika mupfungwa dzaTolkien:
"Hobbiton inobata panosvika nzvimbo yeOxford."
Iwo enzvimbo enzvimbo aive yakagadzirirwa kupa Pauline Baynes, iye muimbi aive achifananidzira mepu munyika yake, iyo nhungamiro yemamiriro ekunze kwenzvimbo dzakasiyana siyana dzakakosha yenhoroondo.
"Minas Tirith ine nharaunda yeRavenna (asi iri mamaira mazana mapfumbamwe kumabvazuva kweHobbiton, padyo neBelgrade). Chikamu chemukati chemepu (mamaira mazana chiuru nemazana matanhatu) ingangoita latitude yeJerusarema. "
"Nzou dzinowanikwa muhondo huru kunze kweMinas Tirith (sezvavakaita kuItari pasi paPyrrhus), asi dzichava panzvimbo imwechete mumatanga machena muHarad - ngamera zvakare."
Pauline Baynes ndiye chete muenzanisi akatenderwa naTolkien uye akamusvitsawo kushamwari yake yeOxford CSLewis, waakabatsira kufananidza mabhuku ake ese eNarnia. Tolkien naLewis vaive nhengo dzeboka reInklings revanyori veOxford nevadzidzi. Vaigara vachisangana uye vachiverenga basa razvino mubhawa rinonzi "Gondo neMwana."
Mepu poster yaive rakaburitswa muna 1970 uye rakapoteredzwa neyekutanga mifananidzo yevatambi vaTolkien, asi yaive yakavakirwa pamepu yekupeta kubva kumavhoriyamu ekutanga e1954 trilogy kubva kuna Ishe weRings, iyo yakanga yadhonzwa nemwanakomana waTokien Christopher, achitevera rairo yababa vake.
Pauline Baynes akabvarura mepu kubva mukopi yake ndokuenda nayo kuna Tolkien, uyo yakavharwa nezvinyorwa zvinosanganisira akawanda ekuwedzera mazita enzvimbo asingaonekwe mubhuku. Sezvo mazhinji emazita aive mumutauro wavo wakagadzirwa gumi nemana, achitaurwa zvakatsetseka nevazhinji vateveri iyo nyaya yakaunganidzwa, zvaive zvakakosha kuunza iyo dudziro, uye tsananguro, yevamwe:
"Eryn Vorn [= Dema Sango] nharaunda yesango rakasviba nemiti [pine?]"
Akaratidza zvakare mavara engarava uye zviratidzo pamaseiri avo.
"Elves: ngarava diki, chena kana grey ... Gondor, Iyo Nhema uye Sirivha Ngarava ... Iwo maCorsairs aive nemaseiri matsvuku ane nyeredzi kana ziso dema."
Pauline Baynes akafa muna 2008, asi mepu haina kuwanikwa zvakare kusvika gore rapfuura, akapinda mubhuku raakange akachengeta. Chitoro chemabhuku cheOxford cheBlackwells chakachiisa pakutengesa uye chakachikoshesa pa- $ 60000. Iye Bodleian akakwanisa kuitenga nekuda kwezvipo kubva kuV & A uye neshamwari dzeraibhurari.
Chris Fletcher, muchengeti weakakosha kuunganidzwa anoumba Bodleian, akadaro mepu dzaive pakati penhoroondo yaTolkien Uye kuti zvaizove zvinonyadzisa dai zvainge zvapera kunze kwenyika kana muunganidzwa wega.
"Iyi mepu chaiyo inopa ratidziro mugadziriro yekusika iyo yakagadzira mimwe yemifananidzo yekutanga yeMiddle-pasi, iyo vazhinji vedu tatoziva kare. Isu tinofara kuve takakwanisa kutenga mepu iyi. "Zvinenge zvave zvinonyadzisa dai mepu iyi yakazoguma yaenda kune dzimwe nyika kana muunganidzwa wega."
"Tolkien akashandisa yakawanda yehupenyu hwake hwevakuru mudhorobha uye aifunga zvakajeka nezvekukosha kwenzvimbo sezvinoonekwa kubva kuzvinhu zvinogadzira mepu."
Pakati-pasi harisi chete nyika rinoonekwa mumabhuku mashoma, asi nyika iyo munyori iye pachake aifunga mupfungwa dzake, akagadzirwa kusvika pakukwana aine ruzivo rwakanyanya kuitira kuti nanhasi zvimwe zviwanikwe nezvazvo. Nyika yechokwadi inodarika zvakajairwa mifananidzo inoperekedza mabhuku mazhinji nhasi.