Amurgsval's Library

Amurgsval's Library

The Library is defended by Olga the Librarian, who has been taking care of the books for more than a mortal lifetime, thanks to a longevity potion from Gambrinus. Due to the influence of the scriptorium! upon the library, the magi keep a number of tomes in a portion of the library not easily accessible (and hidden from visitors).

Notations on texts:

Amurgsval-origin or -purchased texts are default
÷ means it was copied from the Constantinople covenant using the scriptorium! in conjunction with a Sun. book-duplicating formulaic and Arcane Connections obtained while their library was safe at Amurgsval during the sack of Constantinople
¤ means it was salvaged from Radis Magica
° that it was from a ruined Tytalus covenant that Zahar found
§ that it was salvaged from the ruins of the covenant of Incendium Menses. Most things with this flag are also kept quiet.

The arcane library may be summarised as:

Creo	5°, 14, 14¤, 17§, 22§	Terram	14, 15÷, 17¤, 8°, 17§, 21	Animál	6°, 9§, 13, 13¤, 15
Intéllego	12§, 13°, 20¤, 24, 31÷	Auram	2°, 15¤, 19, 20§	Herbam	9°, 11§, 11¤, 13
Muto	14, 16¤, 16°, 16§, 24	Ignem	8°, 13¤, 17, 19§	Mentem	13°, 18§, 18, 20¤, 30,
Rego	15°, 18, 18¤, 22§	Aquam	4°, 10¤, 10§, 20	Corpus	8°, 12¤, 12§, 18§, 20
Perdo	4°, 13¤, 18§, 19	Vim	8°, 12§, 15, 18§, 20÷, 20¤	Imágonem	7°, 13§, 14¤, 20

Special texts:

Intéllego 31: by Maris'nikara of Constantinople, written at 100% understanding.
Terram 21: by Gambrinus.
Mentem 30: by Visitor Somni, containing 42 spells marked with °, containing Animál 5. Me 30 is at 100% understanding at Scribe Latin 6. It's written in several volumes that are supposed to be open at the same time.
Corpus 20: bound in human skin, gets goosebumps when cold and bruises when dropped.
Creo 22: traded with Leonis Felicitis of Jerbiton for it. He lives in a broken-down stone tower south of Paris.
A book of possible mostly-Hermetic Aetherum magic, purporting to be very low level, with spells called "Visions of the Distant Future" and "Communing with Creatures of the Aether", lab note-like things for several other spells. Currently under lock and key until someone with good Church Knowledge and Occult Lore can look it over and evaluate it.

The "mundane" library contains a number of texts:

Magical theory	[inventing spells]	12	Latin	"The Art of Spellcraft"
Magical theory/ Enigmatic Wisdom	[nature power]	16/8	Latin	"Some Deeper Aspects of Nature", by Gambrinus of Verditius
Enigmatic Wisdom	[explaining the Enigma]	5	Latin	"The Annotated Travels of Fedoso"
Enigmatic Wisdom	[twilight]	6÷	Latin	"Mysteries of the Twilight Void"
Enigmatic Wisdom	[the Far Lands]	(11)	Latin	"The Teeming Void" by Visitor Somni: written to take people from Enig Wis 9 to 11, with two extra seasons taken to make it accessible without building on a specific other book. Nemo will eventually write in a riddle as a forward.
Enigmatic Wisdom	[Imágonem]	12¤	Latin	Book of enigmatic poetry about Imágonem. Spont PeVi(Im) to read, otherwise it's blank. Roll a die: 0-3 reading Im text of level 2(Stress + your EW), 4-7 = EW text of level 2(your Im + Stress), 8-9 whichever score of yours is lower
Enigmatic Wisdom	[Vim]	?	Latin	Apparent wretched biography of Julius Caesar; turns to "Vim Magica's Guide to the Realm of Vim" if "Rego Imagonem" spoken on opening. Study it for a season: get 3 xp EW or roll for twilight.
Hermes Lore	[House Bonisagus]	4	Latin	"A History of House Bonisagus"
Hermes Lore	[tomes]	5÷	Latin	"Great Works of Hermetic Authors"
Hermes Lore	[House Tytalus]	?	Latin	History of House Tytalus to about 950 ad
Hermes Lore/Philosophy	[House Tytalus]	?	Latin	Memoirs of Huriste, 2nd primus "To Fight is to Grow"
Hermetic Law	[traditionalist]	4	Latin	"The Peripheral Code of the Order of Hermes"
Hermetic Law	[transitionalist]	6÷	Latin	"Interpretation of Hermetic Law"
Faerie Lore	[local]	4	Latin	"The Good Neighbors of the Stone-Girt Vale", by Gambrinus
Faerie Lore	[diplomacy]	4÷	Latin	"Treaties and Pacts with the Faerie Folk"
Fantastic Beast Lore	[aves]	3	Latin	"The Avian Bestiary"
Fantastic Beast Lore	[vis content]	4÷	Latin	"The Magical Power of Beasts"
Fantastic Beast Lore	[undead]	7	Latin	"Upon the Magical Beasts of Europe and Asia", by Magister Osseum
Dragon Lore	[lifestyle]	6	Latin	"Dragons: Most Noble of the Mystic Beasts"
Occult Lore	[undead]	5	Latin	"The Walking Dead"
Occult Lore	[undead]	10	Latin	"The Occult", by Magister Osseum
Legend Lore	[forests]	6	Latin	"Tales of the Forests"
Medicine	[apothecary]	4	Latin	The Healing Properties of Forest Plants
Medicine	[physicianry]	5	Greek	some of Galen's work
Medicine	[anatomy]	7	Latin	"Upon the Constitution of the Human Body", by Magister Osseum
Veterinary Medicine	[anatomy]	3	Arabic	"On the Bodies of Animals"
Church Lore	[politics]	4÷	Greek	"Politics of the Byzantine Church"
Church Knowledge (Catholic)	[history]	1	Latin	Compilation of the ex cathedra statements of the Pope ca. 1050
Church Knowledge	[Eastern Orthodox]	2	Latin	Fairly generic.
Church Knowledge (Judeo-Christian)	[Talmudic roots]	5	Greek	Annotations on the Bible by a Talmudic scholar
Church Lore	[angels]	2	Latin?	Beautifully illuminated book with pictures and tales of angels
Islam Lore (the Koran)	[?]	?	Arabic	Rather elegant copy of the Koran
Humanities (music/tales)	[Storytelling]	--	Rumanian	"Exploits of Jack the Giant-Deceiver"
Humanities	[Classics]	?	Latin	Caesar's Gallic Wars
Humanities	[Philosophy]	?	Latin	Book on the philosophy of combat (from at latest 975 ad)
Humanities	[music only]	?	Arabic	Collections and Collations of Popular Folk Melodies, by Shafir
Humanities (mathematics only)	[Mathematics]	4 = 5	Greek	Annotations by Al-Khwarismi on Pythagoras
Humanities (philosophy only)	[Philosophy]	3	Greek	Plato's Timaeus
Humanities	[Math, Philosophy]	1	Greek, Latin	Miscellaneous materials
Humanities	[literature]	?	Latin	Aristotle's Poetics
Humanities	[Philosophy]	8	Greek	Complete works of Aristotle, rescued from burning
Astrology	[Prediction]	5	Arabic	Techniques and Tables Relating to Predicting the Movements of Heavenly Bodies, and Annotations Pertaining to the Meanings Thereof, by Al-Kahazar
Farming Lore	[animal, plant care]	1	Greek	Written by a scholar who talked to farmers
?			[?]	? Chinese Scroll: "Organization, Taxation, Large Cities, Surrounding Farms"
Area Lore: Mythic Europe	[Geography]	6	Latin	Collection of maps and traveller's journals
Area Lore: Far East	[Geography]	3	Latin	Collection of miscellaneous info of Cathay and other points east; can only learn at 2 xp per season, students lose 1 xp in 3
Area Lore: Far South	[Geography]	3	Latin	Collection of miscellaneous info of the realms of the Ring of Fire and south; can only learn at 2xp per season, students lose 1 xp in 3
Area Lore: Northlands	[Geography]	3	Latin	Collection of miscellaneous info of the realms of the Norsemen and Hyperborea; can only learn at 2xp per season, students lose 1xp in 3
Master Tharanos' languages collection, all for Latin speakers to learn other languages:
Speak Latin	[formal speech]	5÷
Scribe Latin	[reading silently]	5÷		There are three copies in the library: one to remain pristine, two to be used by apprentices.
Speak Arabic	[magical terminology]	4÷
Scribe Arabic	[calligraphy]	4÷
Speak Greek	[gutter]	4÷
Scribe Greek	[deciphering enscriptions]	3÷
Speak Hebrew	[romantic]	6÷
Scribe Hebrew	[deciphering enscriptions]	6÷
Speak Hungarian	[mercantile]	3÷
Speak Rumanian	[romantic]	4÷
Speak Languedoc	[romantic]	3÷
Speak German	[gutter]	3÷
Speak Turkish	[gutter]	3÷