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The '''Dome of Stars''' refers to two great starred domes.
The '''Dome of Stars''' was a great domed hall in the city [[Osgiliath]],<ref>{{HM|UI}}, entry ''Dome of Stars'', p. 694</ref>, the capital of [[Gondor]], where the chief ''[[palantíri|palantír]]'', the [[Osgiliath-stone]] was kept.<ref>{{TT|Palantir}}, p. 598</ref>


The first Dome of Stars was the Dome of Stars of [[Valinor]], created by the [[Valar|Vala]] [[Varda]] (also known as '''Elbereth'''), and referred both to the great domed building in [[Valimar]], as well as (poetically) the stars of the skies.
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<ref>{{App|Gondor}}, entry for king Eldacar, p. 1046</ref> in {{TA|1437}},<ref>{{App|TA}}, entry for the year 1437, p. 1086</ref><ref>{{UT|14a}}, note 3</ref>


 
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The second Dome of Stars was the great hall in the King's city of [[Osgiliath]], capital of [[Gondor]], which [[Elendil]] built on top of the great bridge across the [[Anduin]], and where the chief [[palantíri|palantír]] was housed.
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This second Dome of Stars was destroyed during the civil war of the Kin-strife.
 
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Revision as of 12:56, 25 May 2022

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[3] in T.A. 1437,[4][5]

References

  1. ↑ 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
  2. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Palantír", p. 598
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age", entry for the year 1437, p. 1086
  5. ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), Unfinished Tales, "The Palantíri", "Notes", note 3
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