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Medieval Books

Started by WERDNA, October 22, 2024, 10:45:38 PM

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WERDNA

October 22, 2024, 10:45:38 PM
Back when I was planning for a 12th century S&C campaign, I made a list of texts from which to pull from for generating the contents of bookshelves as magisters looking for lore or curious players looking for flavor are wont to search them. This list is far from comprehensive, but I'll likely update it.

Of course, these are all named titles. Many are sizeable books but some are shorter and would likely be found as part of larger compendiums. If you use these to make random tables, it's worth mentioning generic books one may find like a devotional illuminated psalter, a Book of Hours (in the Late Middle Ages), a bestiary, liturgical missals, graduales, an evangelium, an epistolary, a sacramentary, or others.

Rajaat99

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October 23, 2024, 06:41:09 AM
This is an interesting resource to have and will make magister bookshelves easier to stock. Thank you for sharing.

swzl

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October 23, 2024, 08:28:50 AM
Quote from: WERDNA on October 22, 2024, 10:45:38 PMBack when I was planning for a 12th century S&C campaign, I made a list of texts from which to pull from for generating the contents of bookshelves as magisters looking for lore or curious players looking for flavor are wont to search them. This list is far from comprehensive, but I'll likely update it.

Of course, these are all named titles. Many are sizeable books but some are shorter and would likely be found as part of larger compendiums. If you use these to make random tables, it's worth mentioning generic books one may find like a devotional illuminated psalter, a Book of Hours (in the Late Middle Ages), a bestiary, liturgical missals, graduales, an evangelium, an epistolary, a sacramentary, or others.

Thanks. This is a nice resource for the low fantasy game I am running now.

WERDNA

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October 23, 2024, 03:25:56 PM
There is also a general Liber Sacer/Liber Sacratus/Liber Consecrationis which should not be confused with the Liber Juratus. This is a book of names, powers and sigils of demons and spirits made with virgin parchment and a gem-encrusted cover which is then consecrated in a 7-40 day process (depending on the source of instruction). According to Michael Scot, some such book must be opened with strings attached to the pages as merely opening to a page will summon its spirit. Ganellus says each magister must craft his own and store it in a consecrated place (Magister's temple or the like) and be ritually pure when using it.
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