Dome of Stars
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The Dome of Stars was a great domed hall in the city Osgiliath,[1] the capital of Gondor, where the chief palantír, the Osgiliath-stone was kept.[2]
The Tower of the Dome of Osgiliath was destroyed during the civil war of the Kin-strife in the siege and burning of Osgiliath and the palantír was lost in the river Anduin[3] in T.A. 1437.[4][5]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, "Unfinished index for The Lord of the Rings", in Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, entry Dome of Stars, p. 694
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Palantír", p. 598
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion", entry for king Eldacar, p. 1046
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age", entry for the year 1437, p. 1086
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Palantíri", "Notes", note 3