Imephu yomhlaba ophakathi ogcwele izichasiso zikaJRR Tolkien itholwe yiBodleian Library, e-Oxford. Imephu ekhumbuza izizukulwane zabalandeli ngemicabango emikhulu eyake yenziwa ingezwe eqoqweni elikhulu lezinto ezihlobene nomsebenzi wombhali, kufaka phakathi imibhalo yesandla yeThe Hobbit nethi The Lord of the Rings.
Izichasiselo zombhali, ezibhalwe ngoyinki nomsizi oluhlaza okotshani, zikhombisa ukuthi kwakudalwa yini emhlabeni engqondweni kaTolkien:
"IHobbiton ithatha cishe ububanzi be-Oxford."
Amaphuzu ezindawo abekhona Kumiselwe ukunikeza uPauline Baynes, umdwebi obonisa imephu emhlabeni wakhe, i- imihlahlandlela yesimo sezulu yezindawo ezahlukahlukene ezibalulekile zomlando
“IMinas Tirith inebubanzi beRavenna (kepha ingamakhilomitha angama-900 empumalanga yeHobbiton, eduzane neBelgrade). Ingxenye engaphakathi yemephu (amamayela ayi-1400) icishe ibe yi-latitude yeJerusalema. "
"Izindlovu zivela empini enkulu ngaphandle kwaseMinas Tirith (njengoba kwenzeka e-Italy ngaphansi kukaPyrrhus), kodwa zizoba sendaweni eyodwa ezibayeni ezimhlophe eHarad - namakamela."
UPauline Baynes nguyena kuphela umdwebi wezithombe ovunyelwe nguTolkien futhi wamethula kumngani wakhe wase-Oxford u-CSLewis, amsizile ukufanekisa zonke izincwadi zakhe zaseNarnia. UTolkien noLewis babengamalungu eqembu le-Inklings lababhali nezazi ze-Oxford. Babejwayele ukuhlangana bafunde umsebenzi wakamuva enkantini obizwa ngokuthi "Ukhozi nengane."
Iphosta yemephu yayi eyanyatheliswa ngo-1970 futhi yayiphethwe yimifanekiso yokuqala yezinhlamvu zikaTolkien, kodwa yayisekelwe ebalazweni lokugoqa kusuka kumavolumu wokuqala we-trilogy ka-1954 esivela ku-Lord of the Rings, ebikhishwe indodana kaTokien uChristopher, elandela iziyalezo zikayise ezicophelelayo.
UPauline Baynes udabule ibalazwe kwikhophi lakhe waliletha kuTolkien, owathi imbozwe ngamanothi kufaka phakathi amagama amaningi ezindawo angaveli encwadini. Njengoba iningi lamagama lalisolimini lwabo olusunguliwe, lukhulunywe kahle ngabalandeli abaningi ukuthi le ndaba iqoqiwe, kwakudingeka ukwethula ukuhumusha, nokuchazwa kwabanye:
"U-Eryn Vorn [= Ihlathi Elimnyama] indawo yehlathi elimnyama enezihlahla [zikaphayini?]"
Ubuye waveza imibala yemikhumbi nezifanekiselo eseyili zabo.
"Ama-Elves: imikhumbi emincane, emhlophe noma empunga ... IGondor, Imikhumbi Emnyama Nesiliva ... ICorsairs ibinoseyili obomvu ngenkanyezi noma ngeso elimnyama."
UPauline Baynes ushone ngo-2008, kodwa imephu ayitholakalanga kwaze kwaba ngonyaka odlule, afake incwadi abeyigcinile. Isitolo sezincwadi sase-Oxford eBlackwells sikuthengisile sabe sesikubiza ngo- £ 60000. IBodleian ikwazile ukuyithenga ngenxa yezibonelelo ezivela eV & A nakubangane bomtapo wolwazi.
UChris Fletcher, umgcini wamaqoqo akhethekile akha iBodleian, ukusho lokho amamephu ayephakathi kokulandisa kukaTolkien Nokuthi bekungaba ukudumala ukube kugcine phesheya noma eqoqweni elizimele.
"Le mephu ethile inikeza amazwibela enqubeni yokudala ekhiqize ezinye zezithombe zokuqala zomhlaba ophakathi nendawo, iningi lethu eselijwayele. Siyajabula ukuthi sikwazi ukuthenga le mephu. Bekungaba yihlazo ukube le mephu iphelele phesheya noma iqoqo elizimele. "
"UTolkien uchithe isikhathi esiningi sempilo yakhe yokuba ngumuntu omdala kuleli dolobha futhi ubecabanga kahle ngokubaluleka kwendawo njengoba kubonakala ezintweni ezakha ibalazwe."
Umhlaba ophakathi nendawo akuyona nje umhlaba ovela ezincwadini ezimbalwa, kepha umhlaba umbhali uqobo awubone engqondweni yakhe, owadalelwa ukuphelela ngemininingwane eminingi ukuze kutholakale okuningi ngakho namhlanje. Umhlaba weqiniso odlula imifanekiso ejwayelekile ehambisana nezincwadi eziningi namuhla.