Gil-Galad?

[Airetalathwen]

Okay, this might have alread been done before, but I need some evidence for/against this:

Did Gil-Galad ever have Vilya (the sapphire ring) before Elrond? I don't want opinions really, (althought you're welcome to post them);I want direct book quotes/evidence!!!

Thanks to all those who help out!

~Airetalathwen

[obloquy]

Celebrimbor followed her counsel that the Ring of Air and the Ring of Fire should be sent out of Eregion; and he entrusted them to Gil-galad in Lindon.
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At that time also Gil-galad gave Vilya, the Blue Ring, to Elrond, and appointed him to be his vice-regent in Eriador; but the Red Ring he kept, until he gave it to Círdan when he set out from Lindon in the days of the Last Alliance.(11)
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(Editor's Note 11)Earlier in this narrative (p.249) it is said that Gil-galad gave Narya, the Red Ring, to Círdan as soon as he himself received it from Celebrimbor, and this agrees with the statements in Appendix B to The Lord of the Rings and in Of the Rings of Power, that Círdan held it from the beginning. The statement here, at variance with the others, was added in the margin of the text.

Unfinished Tales - The History of Galadriel and Celeborn