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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
From Anor’s gloom with secrets found
To Black Pit where one is bound, - what on earth?
Among leaves that never were green
There we are seen. - this part is more or less clear, refering to the leafs of a book.
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So I suppose my answer is Books, or texts, but to be honest I'm very confused. Other than what I had in my previous post I'm still clueless.
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I'd say you got all the clues bar 2:
As you deduced, the whole first section is describing how we read a book (unless it's written in Hebrew or Chinese, but they're not ME writing systems).
As Mithalwen says The Black Pit is Moria and the Book of Marzarbul is found with its binding slashed and burned.
Faramir says that what brought Gandalf to Minas Anor was the treasury with its
"...many things preserved: books and tablets writ on withered parchments, yea, and on stone, and leaves of silver and of gold, in divers characters. Some none can now read; and for the rest, few ever unlock them..."
After leaving the Long-Expected Party it was in these books that Gandalf learned of the fiery letters which Isildur saw on the Ring while it was hot, but he did not share this secret with anyone until arriving back at Bag End.