Re: Runes in "The Hobbit"

From: Michael Everson (everson@evertype.com)
Date: Mon Mar 16 2009 - 06:11:01 CST

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    On 16 Mar 2009, at 11:46, Julian Bradfield wrote:

    > On 2009-03-16, Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com> wrote:
    >> On 16 Mar 2009, at 09:35, Julian Bradfield wrote:
    >>> For coding purposes, you could probably regard it as a glyphic
    >>> variant
    >>> of the "calc" rune ᛣ (U+16E3, missing in the font I'm using!).
    >> Doesn't Tolkien use that for Z?
    >
    > No, I don't think so. (Yes, in the Moria runes, but that's
    > irrelevant.)

    He may do so; there's a table on p. 379 of the Annotated Hobbit which
    lists it (and some other things). Will need a bit of research.

    Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com



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