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TCG Letter #583
/ Carpenter Letter #209
From
J.R.R. Tolkien
To
Robert Murray, S.J.
Date
4 May 1958
Type
Unknown
Transcript
Partial
Tolkien discusses philology and the original meaning of words.
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Languages
Philology
Old English
Greek
Latin
References
The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien (1981)
, pp. 267-70
The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Chronology (2017)
, p. 554
Cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien
, pp. 396-9
The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien: Revised and Expanded ed. (HarperCollins, UK)
, pp. 386-89
Error in hardcover and Kindle editions: it _improbably_ formally related to > it is _probably_ formally related to p. 388
J.R.R. Tolkien A Descriptive Bibliography
, Di1, p. 350
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