Oxonmoot 2024

This paper continues my interest in Tolkien's deployment of botanical detail in his work. The paper explores the links between Tolkien's use of distinctive colours to define the races of Middle-earth, and the flora he names in The Lord of the Rings. It sets these in the context of known Elvish textile skills, and other textiles described, as well as the heraldry of Gondolin, to link colours and textiles with the processes required to create them and so add depth and definition to the appearance of each culture.