23-12-2002, 17:45
D'après Tolkien lui-même, les deux tours sont Orthanc et Cirith Ungol (cf. note 1 de la lettre 140 de The Letters of JRR Tolkien). Même s'il a lui aussi eu quelques hésitations : ("The Two Towers ... can be ... ambiguous - it might refer to Isengard and Barad-dûr, or to Minas Tirith and B; or Isengard and Cirith Ungol.", lettre 140).
Cela dit, comme le mentionne Ulmo ainsi que la note 1 suscitée, le dessin original de la jaquette pour The Two Towers qu'a fait Tolkien représente bien Orthanc et Minas Morgul : "On the other hand, in his original design for the jacket of The Two Towers (see no. 151) the Towers are certainly Orthanc and Minas Morgul. Orthanc is shown as a black tower, three-homed (as seen in Pictures no. 27), and with the sign of the White Hand beside it; Minas Morgul is a white tower, with a thin waning moon above it, in reference to its original name. Minas Ithil, the Tower of the Rising Moon (The Fellowship of the Ring p. 257). Between the two towers a Nazgûl flies.".
Cela dit, comme le mentionne Ulmo ainsi que la note 1 suscitée, le dessin original de la jaquette pour The Two Towers qu'a fait Tolkien représente bien Orthanc et Minas Morgul : "On the other hand, in his original design for the jacket of The Two Towers (see no. 151) the Towers are certainly Orthanc and Minas Morgul. Orthanc is shown as a black tower, three-homed (as seen in Pictures no. 27), and with the sign of the White Hand beside it; Minas Morgul is a white tower, with a thin waning moon above it, in reference to its original name. Minas Ithil, the Tower of the Rising Moon (The Fellowship of the Ring p. 257). Between the two towers a Nazgûl flies.".
Cédric.