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ERRATA FOR ARDA RECONSTRUCTED (Page numbers in brackets indicate table pages)

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ERRATUM

8

15, 18

Emend: the Silmarillion > The Silmarillion

13

2

Emend: The Unfinished Tales > Unfinished Tales 

20

5

 Emend: The Wanderings > The Wanderings

25

1

Emend: appear to negligible > appear to be negligible

26

1

Emend: weaken the role > weaken the roles

27

1

Emend quotation from Noad: passages for the various > passages from the various

27

2

Emend: The > The

[29]

6

Emend: QS > QS

[29]

8

Emend: QL > QL

40

2

Emend: the Silmarillion > The Silmarillion

42

1

Move citation (MR, 203) to after quotation from Christopher and change the existing citation to (Ibid.)

[57]

1

Delete terminal period in table title

62

5Emend: most extensive description the > most extensive description of the

[67]

1

Delete terminal period in table title, and emend: Of Thingol and Melian > "Of Thingol and Melian" 

[67]

3Delete whole line (first line of Table 4 repeated in error)

[71]

2Emend: 'hills," > "hills,"

72

0Add a note stating that the form "Calacirya" actually appears in The Lord of Rings, which would certainly explain why Christopher used that form. (LOTR, 378; see also Words, Phrases & Passages, 73).

98

2Add a note indicating that there are several very brief statements referring to Morgoth destroying the Trees that could have influenced Christopher's decision to use the older version of the Darkening of Valinor: (1) two contradictory statements in Appendix A of The Lord of the Rings (LOTR, 1033, 1034); (2) in Letter 297, an Aug. 1967 draft letter to Mr. Ring' (Letters, 387); and "a very late and partially illegible note" about Galadriel and Celeborn, written in  the last month of Tolkien's life (UT, 231-232).

100

3

Emend: work to this chapter > work on this chapter

[102]

3

Emend: [Later Chap. 7] > (Later Chap. 7)

[104]

8Emend: AAm §134 > AAm §§134-135

108

3

Emend: grinding ice > Grinding Ice

110

1

Emend: Orc’s origins > Orcs’ origins

112

2Emend: before Noldor > before the Noldor

113

1

Emend: Endóre > Endórë

[118]

6

Emend: Excursus on the languages of Beleriand > "Excursus on the languages of Beleriand"

129

1

Emend: "earlier Quenta" > "earlier Quenta"

[138]

11Emend: earlier Quenta" > "earlier Quenta"

146

2, 3Emend: GA, § > GA §

151

2

Emend: the Silmarillion > The Silmarillion

155

1

Emend: Silmarillion > "Silmarillion"

162

2Emend: GA, § > GA §

166

1, 3Emend: GA, § > GA §

183

1Emend: I have not located a cource for the version of the name that was used in the published text > This is taken from "The Etymologies" which includes the term "Dor firn i Guinar Land of the Dead that Live" under the entry for PHIR (Lost Road, pp. 381-2.)

[185]

3

Emend: the Narn text > the Narn text

188

1

Emend: Gondolim > Gondolindrim

191

1Emend: Silm, 195 > Silm, 195)

191

1

Emend: Haladim > Haladin

[197]

12Emend: SoMe > some

[199]

19Emend: SoMe > some

202

3Emend: GA, § > GA §

216

2

Emend: as renown a Tolkien scholar > as renowned a Tolkien Scholar

205

1, 2Emend: GA, § > GA §

205

5Emend: there is small > there is a small

207

2Emend: for Finrod, > for Finrod.

214

2Emend: in older story > in the older story

216

4Emend: The Tale of Years other > The Tale of Years and other

219

2Emend: to text included > to the text included

219

3

Emend: the Silmarillion > The Silmarillion

225

2Emend "505" > 505

[230]

6

Emend: Silmaril > Silmaril.

[230]

6Emend: WotJ, 352 > WotJ, 351

[230]

13Emend: SoMe > some

237

0Emend: the Silmarillion > The Silmarillion

237

1

Emend: the Silmarillion > The Silmarillion.

237

1

Emend: later then > later than

[241]

1Emend: the Silmarillion > The Silmarillion

249

0Emend: the Silmarillion > The Silmarillion

249

1Emend: it would productive > it would be productive

249

3Emend: the Silmarillion > The Silmarillion

250

1Emend: Dangwith > Dangweth

251

HTEmend: THE SILMIARILLION > THE SILMARILLION

252

2

Emend: Beleth and > Beleth, and

253

3After Akallabêth add footnote stating "It should be noted that in "The Line of Elros" Tolkien states that this work was written by Elendil (UT, pp. 224, 227 n. 16)."

253, 261

HTEmend: CONCLUION > CONCLUSION

264

4The sentence comprising the note needs a terminal period

264

11Emend: one those > one of those

266

23Emend: GA, § > GA §

267

8Emend: chapter 24 > chapter 23

268

24Emend: the Silmarillion > The Silmarillion

271

n/aDelete final ; after entry Akallabeth 

273

n/aEmend:  Dangwith > Dangweth

273

n/aIn entry Iant Iaur emend: 147 > 147, 149

276

n/aDelete entry Iant Taur

278

n/aIn entry Olórin, remove Olórin, 42

279

n/aEmend:  Ringil:Sea of > Ringil: Sea of

280

n/aIn entry on Túrin Turambar, emend Húrin;Great Tales > Húrin; Great Tales

280

n/aRemove entry Vala

280

n/aIn entry Vala(r), emend: sum-morning > sum-moning