Welcome to HoMe Base
This site is intended to be the hub of the Digital Tolkien Project’s work on The History of Middle-earth series edited by Christopher Tolkien. We are at an early stage of development, working on The Book of Lost Tales (‘transversely’) and the Music of the Ainur / Ainulindalë (‘longitudinally’), and our goal is to provide a foundation for education and scholarship with an initial focus on metadata, search, data models, bibliography, and citation systems.
We are ‘working with the garage door open’ which means much of what appears here is provisional and incomplete. We welcome feedback and suggestions as we continue to develop the site.
Please contact us if we can assist in your research in any way.
Getting Started
Understand the Data Model and Text Type Examples
Understand how we are structuring and categorizing the component texts.
Try Out Search HoMe
Search within P-texts in The Book of Lost Tales or group results by text type in The Music of the Ainur.
Browse Information on Volumes and Chapters
Browse through the information we’re gathering on each volume and chapter.
Check Status
See the progress on particular tasks for each volume and chapter.
Explore Articles Like the Lost Tales Frame Timeline
The first of many articles planned on specific topics relating to the series.