This template may be used on Wiktionary entry pages to quote J. R. R. Tolkien's work The Silmarillion (1st American edition, 1977); the 1st edition (London: Allen & Unwin, 1977; →ISBN) is not currently available online. The template can be used to create a link to an online version of the work (contents) at the Internet Archive.
The template takes the following parameters:
|1=
or |page=
, or |pages=
– mandatory: the page number(s) quoted from. When quoting a range of pages, note the following:
|pages=10–11
.|pageref=
to specify the page number that the template should link to (usually the page on which the Wiktionary entry appears).|chapter=
and/or |chaptername=
, or |subtitle=
– if the part of the work quoted from is divided into chapters, use |chapter=
to specify the chapter number in uppercase Roman numerals, and |chaptername=
the name of the chapter. Alternatively, use |subtitle=
to specify the subtitle of a part of the work quoted from.|2=
, |text=
, or |passage=
– a passage to be quoted from the work.|footer=
– a comment on the passage quoted.|brackets=
– use |brackets=on
to surround a quotation with brackets. This indicates that the quotation either contains a mere mention of a term (for example, "some people find the word manoeuvre hard to spell") rather than an actual use of it (for example, "we need to manoeuvre carefully to avoid causing upset"), or does not provide an actual instance of a term but provides information about related terms.{{RQ:Tolkien Silmarillion|page=298|passage=Of the Three Rings that the Elves had preserved unsullied no open word was ever spoken among the Wise, and few even of the Eldar knew where they were '''bestowed'''.}}
; or{{RQ:Tolkien Silmarillion|298|Of the Three Rings that the Elves had preserved unsullied no open word was ever spoken among the Wise, and few even of the Eldar knew where they were '''bestowed'''.}}
{{RQ:Tolkien Silmarillion|chapter=18|chaptername=Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin|page=153|passage=He passed over Dor-nu-Fauglith like a wind amid the dust, and all that beheld his onset fled in '''amaze''', thinking Oromë himself was come: for a great madness of rage was upon him, so that his eyes shone like the eyes of the Valar.}}
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