09-17-2003, 07:28 AM | #1 |
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Pictures of Numenorean Ships
Hi Folks,
Just dropping by to see if any of you can recommend some links where I could find artistic interpretations of Numenorean ships. Textual descriptions would be handy, too, as I'm accross the Atlantic from my library. Nothing urgent or necessary, though, but I thought maybe the odd person might have some wealth of information to share around here... Cheers,
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09-17-2003, 07:51 AM | #2 |
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One artistic interpretation I know of is this pic by Ted Nasmith. But you don't see much details there.
There is also a pic by John Howe on the cover of my copy of HoME 12, but I'm not able to put up a link right now.
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Ckeck this out: http://www.foolofatook.com/
It's a picture I really like of the Frodo and company at the Grey Havens. There's the nice ship behind them.
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Thanks for the images, folks.
Artanis: yeah, too bad there's not more detail. Oh well. Sort of looks like an ivory longship, neh? Bombadilo: Isn't that an Elvish ship, what with it sailing from the Grey Havens and all? If anybody knows of a textual description, do let me know too! Thanks again,
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I actually envision them as becoming quite sophisticated sailing ships - along the lines of the 3-masted, full-rigged ships of the late 18th / early 19th centuries. An open long boat would get quite uncomfortable for ocean-crossings - and for spending years away from home. Large ships of this type (think HMS Victory - EDIT: uh... without the canons! But maybe some kind of ship-born "seige engine" or other weapon) would be particularly suited to carrying 800-1000 or so exiles each (albeit in cramped quarters) under Elendil and his sons.
Perhaps these types of ships were first built by Aldarion - and continued in use for the remainder of Numenor's years. So perhaps the very first crossings from Numenor were in simpler ships - but the need for greater ships was seen - and probably acted upon. Last edited by Valandil : 10-08-2003 at 11:25 AM. |
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I think this is an illustration of the unfinished story about Tal-Elmar, where Númenoreans were coming to Middle Earth and the people there feared them.
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