Kenjina continues her in-depth series on the architecture of middle earth.
I’m still amazed from the nice response you are giving me, people. Thank you so much!
It was a pleasure to be in Gondor for a couple of weeks, but now it is time to move somewhere else, for the moment. Today we will go to Rohan, in particular to Edoras. And from the white stone of Minas Tirith, we will focus on the timber construction of another King’s Hall: Meduseld.
As we know, J.R.R. Tolkien took a great amount of inspiration from the epic poem Beowulf and Rohan’s culture, and so its architecture, are the perfect example. (If you have never read the poem, I highly recommend you to – this year the translation from our beloved Professor came out on stores, with a long and interesting commentary, and you can buy it here.)
As he wrote in one of his letters (no. #31):
“Beowulf is…
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This is fabulous … thanks for linking 🙂
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It’s a fine piece of research and writing. Glad you enjoyed it.
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