The Clerke's Compleinte - The Gryphon - December 1922

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Does anyone know the significance of Tolkien using N.N. as his initials?

Trotter wrote:

Does anyone know the significance of Tolkien using N.N. as his initials?

Scull and Hammond, The J.R.R. Tolkien Companion and Guide Reader's Guide Part 1 2017 edition, p. 245

'N.N.' may stand for 'No Name', or perhaps Latin 'Nomen Nescio' or 'Nullo Nomine'.

No reasoning is given in S&H for why, though I seem to recall seeing some speculation about it written up somewhere I cannot find.

Oh, and many thanks to Druss for finding this and sharing it!

You're welcome !

About the No Name, the hypothesis comes from Shippey in first place, at the end of his commentary in Arda 1984, where the poem was reprinted, but he didn't give a reason why he suggests that.

Druss wrote:
You're welcome !

About the No Name, the hypothesis comes from Shippey in first place, at the end of his commentary in Arda 1984, where the poem was reprinted, but he didn't give a reason why he suggests that.

Thanks as well for posting this, it is very nice to see items like this, but I am now more intrigued as to why it is not signed J.R.R.T.

It's very good to see this; thanks.

I'm interested to see that someone has inserted between pages 94&95 a page from the January 1923 ed. of The Gryphon; page number 130 in fact, with Tolkien's poem ''Iumonna Gold Galdre Bewunden''.

That is an amazing collection. Over time I may download and read a larger selection than just the Tolkien related issues.

The issues with primary or related text I know so far are:

Vol. 4, No. 3 (Dec 1922, The Clerke's Compleinte)
Vol. 4, No. 4 (Jan 1923, Iumonna Gold Galdre Bewunden)
Vol. 6, No. 6 (June 1925, Light as Leaf on Linden Tree)
Vol. 10, No. 4 (Feb 1929, note "Professor Tolkien on Celts and Teutons" p.146)

Straight from the copyright notice on the Leeds University digital archive page for each issue I found this statement (I added the bold for emphasis):

Reproduction Material in this part of the collection is in copyright. Photocopies or digital images can be supplied by the Library for research or private study. It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain the copyright holder's permission to reproduce for any other purpose.

I've gone through and removed all of the copyrighted images and links to the PDFs on this site, as we must respect the copyright status of all of Tolkien’s (and other authors') works.

The archives are still online at Leeds University for any research or private study purposes, of course! I just cannot allow the issues/articles in question to be shared here in a public forum until the copyright status is clear or I can get permission.