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35. Gondolin and the Vale of Tumladen |
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This drawing, dated September 1928, has not been previously published in its original form, but the coloured version by H. E. Riddett appeared in The Silmarillion Calendar 1978. The name Cristhorn, seen in the pencilled title, means 'The Eagles' Cleft'; it was afterwards changed to Cirith Thoronath, of the same meaning. Here Glorfindel fought with the Balrog who ambushed those who fled from the sack of the city (The Silmarillion Chapter 23, Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin).