Tolkien buttons
20 Sep
2023/9/20 20:31:38 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
2023/9/20 20:31:38 (GMT) Greenwich Mean Time, London, Dublin, Lisbon, Casablanca, Monrovia
In Colin Hardie's Latin oration celebrating Tolkien's honorary doctorate in 1972, Hardie refers to a button inscribed "vivit archimagus," that is, "the archmage lives," which I can only assume refers to Gandalf. I know of "Frodo lives" and "Gandalf for President," but I have never run across a button like this one.
Has anyone else seen a button like this, or is Hardie's memory faulty?
Has anyone else seen a button like this, or is Hardie's memory faulty?