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Crayon drawing of the West Gate of Moria, on the western side of the Misty Mountains, by which the Fellowship of the Ring entered the Mines: cf. The Fellowship of the Ring, Book II, Chapter 4, A Journey in the Dark: 'Beyond the ominous water were reared vast cliffs, their stern faces pallid in the fading light: final and impassable.' It was published in The J. R. R. Tolkien Calendars 1973 and 1974, and in The Lord of the Rings Calendar 1977 (slightly truncated at top and bottom).
The drawing of the Doors of Durin above is reproduced from the same chapter of The Fellowship of the Ring, where the words on the arch were thus translated by Gandalf: The Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak, friend, and enter. I, Narvi, made them. Celebrimbor of Hollin drew these signs.' It was only when Gandalf perceived that pedo mellon a minno should be translated 'Say "Friend" and enter', and uttered the word Mellon, that the Doors opened.
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