The Túrin Wrapper was presented and analysed by Carl H. Hostetter in Vinyar Tengwar n° 50. It is a big envelope made by Tolkien of University of Ireland paper to keep plot-synopses of the story of Túrin. It can be dated from the 1950 decade, and most probably in its earlier years. Tolkien wrote several jottings on it:

• various forms of the name of Ireland
• two working titles in Elvish for the story of Túrin; since they are very close from each other, we only give one;
• Elvish words attributed to Rían, mother of Tuor.

This form of Elvish is either Sindarin or a very late form of Noldorin in Tolkien’s life, depending whether he wrote the texts before or after the major change in his internal linguistic scenario by which the former became the substitute of the latter. Tolkien left no translation, so the interpretation (based on Hostetter’s analysis) is somewhat tentative.

The text is transcribed in tengwar or “letters of Fëanor” according to the mode of Beleriand created by Tolkien and illustrated for instance by the Moria gate inscription in The Lord of the Rings, book II, chapter 4. We made use of Måns Björkman Berg’s typeface Tengwar Parmaite.  Open this mode in Glaemscribe