Extracts from Erestor's Library Catalogue, by Himring

[hhimring]

B2MeM Challenge: "Any kind of fanwork - story, art, craft - show us or tell us about a book/scroll/manuscript from Elrond’s library. Title, description, summary, cover, binding, endpapers, the art of book-binding, illumination or anything related, or a story about one particular book, be it its creation, history, content, or just playing a major role in any kind of story. It doesn’t have to be a complete work/book either. Anything goes here, provided it centers around anything that has to do with the Library of Rivendell." - the_winterwitch
Format: catalogue, WIP
Genre: meta
Rating: General
Warnings: none
Characters: Erestor
Pairing: Rivendell's librarian/books
Summary:
Erestor tries hard to keep track of Rivendell's growing number of books. It can be a bit of a struggle, especially in March...
Creator's Notes:
Please help by submitting any books or literary works you invent for B2MeM 2015 fanworks in the comments to this post (with link to the post, if possible). They don't have to be invented for a Rivendell book prompt to be included, but it would be appreciated if you mentioned briefly how the work ended up in the Rivendell library, if your fanwork itself doesn't already make it obvious!


1)
The Tale of Beren and Luthien.
Language: Quenya.
Rumoured to have been written by Maglor Feanorion himself (!).
Location: top shelf
Note: recently consulted by Estel (Aragorn).
Note/2: section on Nargothrond mysteriously missing (Maglor?)
Note/3: see also copies of the Tale in Sindarin and Westron
Scribe: Amy Fortuna (starbrow)
Reference: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/284948.html

2)
Healing Diseases of the Spirit
Location: top shelf
Note: consulted by Elrond and more recently by Aragorn
Note/2: see also "Yavanna’s travels in Middle-earth"
Scribe: Linda Hoyland (lindahoyland)
Reference: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/285833.html

3)
Scrolls on Narsil
Location: several shelves, labelled by Gilraen
Note: recently consulted by Aragorn
Note/2: see also "documents on Telchar"
Scribe: Suzelle (suzll)
Reference: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/288426.html

Note to self: Have conversations with Aragorn about his reading habits--with especial emphasis on careful treatment of books!

4)
Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth
Note/1: for a time the sole surviving copy!
Note/2: see also: other philosophical writings by Finrod (notebooks)
Note/3: see also: other non-philosophical writings by Finrod re Edain (not publicly accessible; to consult, request from Elrond directly)
Scribe: Amy Fortuna (starbrow)
Reference: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/287450.html.

5)
There Is No Returning
Note/1: a collection of poems about Cuiviénen
Note/2: contains "I looked first on stars"  by Anon.
Scribe: Amy Fortuna (starbrow)
Reference: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/296852.html

6)
Love Poems Of The Noldorin
Note/1: includes "I looked first on stars" by Anon.
Note/2: may contain poems allegedly by "Anon." that the authors preferred not to acknowledge...
Scribe: Amy Fortuna (starbrow)
Reference: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/296852.html

7) Translations From The Elvish (Volume 2) by Bilbo Baggins
Note/1: includes "I looked first on stars" by Anon.
Note/2: vol. 2 of a set of 3
Note 3: request return of vol.1 from Aragorn and return of vol. 3 from Lindir (!)
Scribe: Amy Fortuna (starbrow)
Reference: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/296852.html

8) Form And Function Of First Age Poetry, attributed to Maglor Feanorion
Note/1: includes discussion (and praise) of  "I looked first on stars" by Anon.
Note/2: in fact, obviously written in the 2nd Age in Lindon (cf, title)
Scribe: Amy Fortuna (starbrow)
Reference: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/296852.html

9)
Development of earthenware drinking vessels in Gondor and Arnor, by Cennan
Note/1: Gondor: prone to patterned handles;
Note/2: Arnor: fond of solid bases
See also: comic songs of the fifth century; evolution of the tra-la-la songs
Scribe: Rhymer
Reference: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/296610.html

10)
A Treatise on the Herbs of the North and Their Associated Lore, by Lasseth
Note/1: note on author: occasionally called the "great Lasseth" in view of her medical authority
Note/2: consulted by Estel (Aragorn)
Note/3: said also to contain remedies suitable for rabbits
Scribe: Rhymer
Reference: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/296610.html

11)
An illustrated treatise on the beards of Annúminas
Note/1: shelfmark?!
Note/2: reconsider categorization
Scribe: Rhymer
Reference: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/296610.html

12)
Bunnykins' Big Adventure: a tale for very young Men, by Tegoldir
Note/1: keep on bottom shelf
Note/2: "boing"
Scribe: Rhymer
Reference: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/296610.html

Note to self: Have a word with Tegoldir about the contents of that 20th scroll.

13)
Rhymes For Little People
Note/1: Maglor's autograph
Note/2: self-portrait on fol. 6 verso
Note/3: Elrond's personal copy; on  permanent loan
Note/4: for use in the library and copying purposes only! (for borrowing by children there are currently four other copies)
Note/5 includes "The Lore of Living Creatures" (original version?)
Scribe: Amy Fortuna (starbrow)
Reference: http://b2mem.livejournal.com/291366.html



ETA: Erestor's still working on this, although his updates are irregular and may be a little delayed.
I know there have been further additions to the Rivendell library by Moetushie, Starbrow  and Dreamflower--and I may have overlooked others!

Comments

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

This is a fabulous idea for the library prompt! Do these have to be newly written books. I have at least two stories about books which might have found their way to the Rivendell Library through Elrond in my own body of work--

[hhimring]

Glad you like the idea!
This post here is for books invented or written for this year's B2MeM--but it was partly inspired by a post by Winterwitch, in which she said that she might be considering a more comprehensive project and that for that she would also be interested in collecting older stories!

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

Do you have any idea where the Winterwitch post is? If not I'll look!

[hhimring]

It's on her journal and I'm afraid it's a locked post, although I believe you can read it anyway, as you're on her f-list.
That more general project doesn't really exist yet, it's just in the first stage of consideration, although she might appreciate it if you told her you think it would be a good idea!

[ysilme]

She absolutely appreciates it! :oD And yes, Oshun, you can read our short conversation, I'll send you the link. This project idea of mine might see the light much sooner than I thought it would. *g* Thank you both for the encouragement!

[tehta.livejournal.com]

OMG this is amazing, but I can't do it! I already have a ficlet about some of the works in Erestor's private collection...

[hhimring]

See my response to Oshun--while this particular catalogue is intended for B2MeM 2015, a more general collection might be a possibility!

[suzll.livejournal.com]

OH, this is so cool!! I'll keep my eyes peeled for other books...might have a couple more from fics I post later in the month...

[hhimring]

Glad you like the idea!
Sorry I haven't actually commented on Ghosts otherwise yet!

[suzll.livejournal.com]

Oh gosh, no worries at all!! <3

[heartofoshun.livejournal.com]

A Ponderous Tome (viewstory.php?sid=486) contains a history book which is called A History of the Noldorin Settlement of Beleriand by Aicestel of Tirion. And again another story of mine Forbidden Lore (browse.php?type=class&type_id=5&classid=95) about young Elrond, who must have been a constant reader, features a bound manuscript, unattributed and undated, containing an detailed account of the love affair between Fingon and Maedhros.

Sorry! Misunderstood.

[zdenka]

Hee! This is a delightful idea, and I will be sure to let Erestor know if I come across anything relevant to his research.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Eeeee, metafic! :D Love the idea and I did laugh out loud at the mention of Aragorn's reading habits. I hope this catalogue grows a bit more yet!

[hhimring]

The library is actually growing by leaps and bounds and Erestor has trouble keeping up!

[starbrow.livejournal.com]

Love this idea!

(Aragorn and the rumours are 100% wrong about the authorship of the Quenya Tale, obviously, but it's good marketing for a poem to be attached to the name of a famous bard, and Daeron clearly can't have written this one! I also suspect that the Nargothrond part of the book, which doesn't paint two Feanorions in a very good light at all, has been mysteriously torn out and lost, and I do believe you can blame that on Maglor Feanorion!)

Also, there's a copy of Athrabeth Finrod ah Andreth and other notes by Finrod which concern themselves solely with philosophy, in the Library of Imladris, as per Elrond in Your First Legendary Elvenking (http://b2mem.livejournal.com/287450.html). (There are rumours that Elrond has a private collection of 'other works' by Finrod, but the only thing you can ever get out of him is that Finrod was clearly very, um, dedicated to his study of the Edain.)

[hhimring]

Thank you very much!
Erestor will add that to his catalogue as soon as he can!

[starbrow.livejournal.com]

And there's now another book for the catalogue, Rhymes For Little People (http://b2mem.livejournal.com/291366.html).

This one is definitely by Maglor, and carries great sentimental value to Elrond. Over time, it becomes one of the Library of Imladris' most popular works and is copied hundreds of times (though probably without the lovely hand illumination of the original).

It is one of the first books added to the library once it was built, donated from Elrond's personal collection, and one of the last books to leave it, as Elrond passed it on to his sons and their heirs, so it left the Library only when they left Imladris for good (whether that is to go to Valinor, or to die, I leave as an exercise in speculation for the reader).

[ysilme]

Himring, this is AWESOME! ♥ And it takes off my book projcet idea to another and even more fascinating level, for of course such a virutal library would need a catalogue, and writing that would be exciting in itself! *beams and does a happy dance*

Edit: And this is an idea in itself and might spawn fic, at least from my part. Or additional-bunnies-in-fic...

[hhimring]

Glad you approve of the concept! I should urgently update this catalogue--there have been some delightful additions to the Rivendell library in the meantime--but I haven't got around to it yet.
I hope your idea works out and you add to the library this March as well!

[ysilme]

I've had a guest staying until Saturday and am still catching up on sleep *g*, but from now on, it's also active participation at B2MeM!

[binkaslibrary.livejournal.com]

Ohhh, this is an awesome idea :) I'll be on the lookout for more books!

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Oh I love this idea and thank you so much for including the books I mentioned in my story. They feel real to me now!

[samtyr.livejournal.com]

Cool! Now if I can only get my ideas to settle themselves down in some kind of order...

[huinare.livejournal.com]

This is such a creative, interactive, and very Himring way to address that prompt. Love it!