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   From: omeallymd@geemail.com   
      
   On 2019-02-19 04:46:16 +0000, Bill O'Meally said:   
      
   > On 2019-02-18 23:41:13 +0000, Fred Smith said:   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> IDHTBIFOMATM, but I seem to recall that Elendil (or Gil Galad?)   
   >> would look into this stone to see Numenor (and/or Tol Eressa).   
   >> Maybe it only showed him these places as they were before the   
   >> world was changed.   
   >   
   > They could apparently look across both time and space. In describing   
   > the Palatíri to Pippin, Gandalf expresses his heart's desire to look   
   > across the sea and time to Tirion and watch Fëanor at work.   
   >   
   >> Also, wasn't there some super dupa master stone   
   >> somewhere in the West (and I don't mean the one in Osgiliath)?   
   >> There's an essay somewhere on Palantiri that would probably tell.   
   >   
   > You are referring to the essay _The Palantíri_ in _Unfinished Tales_. I   
   > don't recall reading of any master stone in the West.   
      
   Ah, but you were right Fred. In footnote 16 in the essay, it mentions   
   the Master Stone on the Tower of Avallónë upon Eressëa. That appears to   
   be its only mention that I can see. Good call!   
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