Wudu Wyrtum Fæst
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- Genre/Type Descriptor(s)
- Graphic Artwork
- Language(s)
- Old English
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- Artist
- Tolkien, J. R. R.
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- Date
- 1928 (published 1995)
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- Relationships
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(Downstream) Reproduced in new context as -> [Wudu Wyrtum Fæst], Tolkien, J. R. R. (2014)(Downstream) Reproduced in new context as -> Wudu Wyrtum Faest (Grendel's Mere) [ii], Tolkien, J. R. R. (1995)
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- Descriptive Notes
A drawing made with black ink in July 1928 of the monster mere in Beowulf, with handwritten caption "wudu wyrtū fæst," depicting a pool of black water into which a stream cascades from bluffs with blasted trees. The caption is Beowulf, l. 1364a.
The image has been reproduced at original size in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995), plate 51; and on the back of the dust jacket of Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary, together with Sellic Spell, by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Christopher Tolkien (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014).
- Scholarship
Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995), 53-54.
- Authentication
Information in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull, J. R. R. Tolkien: Artist and Illustrator (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995), 53-54.
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- Last Updated
- 03/29/2022