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The Tolkien Estate has launched its updated official website at www.tolkienestate.com.

The website has been conceived to exhibit the literary and artistic works created by JRR Tolkien, and to provide further insights into his life and times. The website includes sections on Tolkien’s writing, painting and calligraphy, his scholarship, his letters, and a timeline of his life, together with numerous family photographs. It also features an audio-visual section containing audio recordings and video clips featuring both JRR and Christopher Tolkien.

As an official resource of the Tolkien Estate, the website includes materials that have not previously been publicized and are not available elsewhere.

The relaunch date of February 26 was significant in Tolkien lore because February 26, 3019 was the date in the Third Age when the Fellowship of the Ring was broken at Amon Hen and Frodo and Sam set out on their lonely and terrifying journey to Mordor.

The previously unpublished items available to view on www.tolkienestate.com include:

·       Draft manuscript of ‘The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth, Beorhthelm’s Son’, c.1953

·       Painting of ‘Lambourn Berkshire, West Door of Church’, 30 Aug 1912

·       Painting of flowers and exotic birds over a geometric design, 1928

·       Painting of untitled woodland scene, possibly 1913

·       Painting of imaginary landscape with moonlit fountain, c.1928

·       Painting of untitled frieze of trees, 1928

·       Flower design, probably 1960s

·       Photograph of Arthur Reuel Tolkien, Bloemfontein, 1892

·       Photograph of Michael and John Tolkien, Leeds, 1921

·       Photograph of Michael Tolkien, 1940

·       Photograph of JRR and Edith Tolkien, 1969

·       Photograph of JRR Tolkien with children John and Priscilla, 1972