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| − | The Miskatonic University's Orne Library is famous for its collection of rare occult books, including several authentic tomes such as the ''[[Necronomicon]]'', and ''[[Book of Eibon]]''. It also has several of the more rare and less famous fragmented and untranslated writings. | + | The [[Miskatonic University (Location)|Miskatonic University]]'s Orne Library is famous for its collection of rare occult books, including several authentic tomes such as the ''[[Necronomicon]]'', and ''[[Book of Eibon]]''. It also has several of the more rare and less famous fragmented and untranslated writings. |
The library is headed by the prestigious Dr. [[Henry Armitage]] who himself is a great researcher of the occult and linguistics. From experience he has learned to keep much of the collection under lock and key. A guard dog is also kept chained up outside the building. | The library is headed by the prestigious Dr. [[Henry Armitage]] who himself is a great researcher of the occult and linguistics. From experience he has learned to keep much of the collection under lock and key. A guard dog is also kept chained up outside the building. | ||
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[[File:Mulibrary2.png|150px|thumb|Right|MU Library, Upstairs]] | [[File:Mulibrary2.png|150px|thumb|Right|MU Library, Upstairs]] | ||
Confirmed acquisitions: The Orne Library has copies of: | Confirmed acquisitions: The Orne Library has copies of: | ||
| − | * The ''[[Necronomicon]]'' of the mad Arab [[Abdul Alhazred]] in [[Olaus Wormius]]’ Latin version, as printed in Spain in the seventeenth century. ([[History of the Necronomicon]] and [[The Dunwich Horror]]) | + | * The ''[[Necronomicon]]'' of the mad Arab [[Abdul Alhazred]] in [[Olaus Wormius]]’ Latin version, as printed in Spain in the seventeenth century. ([[History of the Necronomicon]] and [[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]]) |
| − | * A collection of journals, and old badly kept books from the belongings of Wilbur Whateley. ([[The Dunwich Horror]]) | + | * The ''[[Ghorl Nigral]]'', in Mulder's German translation (''[[Lovecraft at Last]]'' by [[H.P. Lovecraft]] and [[Willis Conover]]) |
| − | * ''[[The Book of Eibon]]'' ([[The Dreams in the Witch House]], [[The Thing on the Doorstep]], [[The Shadow out of Time]]) | + | * ''[[The Book of Yog-Sothoth]]'' (''[[Strange_Aeons:_The_Thing_on_the_Doorstep_(2005_film)|Stranger Aeons]]'') |
| − | * ''[[Unaussprechlichen Kulten]]'' of [[Friedrich von Junzt]] ([[The Dreams in the Witch House]], [[The Thing on the Doorstep]], [[The Shadow out of Time]]) | + | * ''[[A Study of the Pnakotic Manuscripts]]'' (''[[Strange_Aeons:_The_Thing_on_the_Doorstep_(2005_film)|Stranger Aeons]]'') |
| + | * A collection of journals, and old badly kept books from the belongings of Wilbur Whateley. ([[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]]) | ||
| + | * ''[[The Book of Eibon]]'' ([[The Dreams in the Witch House]], [[The Thing on the Doorstep]], [[The Shadow out of Time (fiction)]]) | ||
| + | * ''[[Unaussprechlichen Kulten]]'' of [[Friedrich von Junzt]] ([[The Dreams in the Witch House]], [[The Thing on the Doorstep (fiction)]], [[The Shadow out of Time (fiction)]]) | ||
* The ''[[Daemonolatreia]]'' of Remigius | * The ''[[Daemonolatreia]]'' of Remigius | ||
* The ''[[Pnakotic Manuscripts]]'' | * The ''[[Pnakotic Manuscripts]]'' | ||
| − | * ''[[The Golden Bough]]'', full 12 volumes of the third edition set (CoC RPG scenario [[ | + | * ''[[The Golden Bough]]'', full 12 volumes of the third edition set (CoC RPG scenario "[[Halloween At St. Odilio's]]") |
| + | * ''[[The Kranorian Annals, Fact or Fallacy?]]'' by Garson Casterwell (CoC RPG scenario ("[[Fear in a Bottle]]") | ||
| + | * ''[[Daemonigraphia]]'', the historical significance of the single known copy of this rare text was recognized by the Essex County Court in Salem, which donated the volume to the library in the late 1920s. | ||
Rumored but unconfirmed acquisitions (mentioned by Lovecraft, not necessarily in connection with the library): | Rumored but unconfirmed acquisitions (mentioned by Lovecraft, not necessarily in connection with the library): | ||
| − | * The ''[[Picatrix]]'' | + | * The ''[[Occult_Books#Picatrix|Picatrix]]'' |
| − | * Joseph Glanvil's ''[[Saducismus Triumphatus]]'' ([[The Festival]]) | + | * Joseph Glanvil's ''[[Occult_Books#Saducismus_Triumphatus|Saducismus Triumphatus]]'' ([[The Festival (fiction)]]) |
| − | * ''[[The Witch-Cult in Western Europe]]'' by Margaret Murray | + | * ''[[Non-Occult_Books#The_Witch-Cult_in_Western_Europe|The Witch-Cult in Western Europe]]'' by Margaret Murray |
| − | * By way of Joseph Curwen ([[The Case of Charles Dexter Ward]]): | + | * [[Cultes des Goules]] by the Comte d'Erlette, possibly donated by the estate of Doctor Dexter of Providence, RI ([[The Haunter of the Dark (fiction)|The Haunter of the Dark]]) |
| − | ** Hermes Trismegistus' ''[[Hermetic Corpus]]'' in Mesnard's edition | + | * By way of Joseph Curwen ([[The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (fiction)]]): |
| − | ** The ''[[Turba Philosophorum]]'' | + | ** Janus Aquaticus' ''[[Liber Damnatus Damnationum]]'' |
| − | ** Geber's ''[[Liber Investigationis]]'' | + | ** Hermes Trismegistus' ''[[Occult_Books#Hermetic_Corpus|Hermetic Corpus]]'' in Mesnard's edition |
| − | ** Artephius's ''[[Key of Wisdom]]'' | + | ** The ''[[Occult_Books#Turba_Philosophorum|Turba Philosophorum]]'' |
| − | ** The cabbalistic ''[[Zohar]]'' | + | ** Geber's ''[[Occult_Books#Liber_Investigationis|Liber Investigationis]]'' |
| − | ** Peter Jammy's set of ''[[Albertus Magnus]]'' | + | ** Artephius's ''[[Occult_Books#Key_of_Wisdom|Key of Wisdom]]'' |
| − | ** Raymond Lully's ''[[Ars Magna et Ultima]]'' in Zetsner's edition | + | ** The cabbalistic ''[[Occult_Books#Zohar|Zohar]]'' |
| − | ** Roger Bacon's ''[[Thesaurus Chemicus]]'' | + | ** Peter Jammy's set of ''[[Occult_Books#Albertus_Magnus|Albertus Magnus]]'' |
| − | ** Fludd's ''[[Clavis Alchimiae]]'' | + | ** Raymond Lully's ''[[Occult_Books#Ars_Magna_et_Ultima|Ars Magna et Ultima]]'' in Zetsner's edition |
| − | ** Trithemius's ''[[De Lapide Philosophico]]'' | + | ** Roger Bacon's ''[[Occult_Books#Thesaurus_Chemicus|Thesaurus Chemicus]]'' |
| − | ** A fine volume of the forbidden ''[[Necronomicon]]'' conspicuously labelled as the ''[[Non- | + | ** Fludd's ''[[Occult_Books#Clavis_Alchimiae|Clavis Alchimiae]]'' |
| − | ** ''[[Magnalia Christi Americana]]'' by Cotton Mather | + | ** Trithemius's ''[[Occult_Books#De_Lapide_Philosophico|De Lapide Philosophico]]'' |
| − | ** ''[[Wonders of the Invisible World]]'' by Cotton Mather | + | ** A fine volume of the forbidden ''[[Necronomicon]]'' conspicuously labelled as the ''[[Non-Occult_Books#Qanoon-e-Islam|Qanoon-e-Islam]]'' |
| + | ** ''[[Occult_Books#Magnalia_Christi_Americana|Magnalia Christi Americana]]'' by Cotton Mather | ||
| + | ** ''[[Occult_Books#Wonders_of_the_Invisible_World|Wonders of the Invisible World]]'' by Cotton Mather | ||
| + | * By way of Prof. [[George Gammell Angell]] of Brown University: | ||
| + | ** ''[[Occult_Books#The_Story_of_Atlantis_and_The_Lost_Lemuria|The Story of Atlantis and Lost Lemuria]]'' by William Scott-Elliot | ||
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| + | == Anthropology, History, Natural Sciences == | ||
| + | * ''[[The Misquat]]'' an 1881 monograph by Dr. Horton Shelby of Boston University, ~70 softbound pages ("[[With Malice Aforethought]]") | ||
| + | * periodical: ''[[International Anthropological Research Society Journal of Man]]'' hundreds of issues from the late 1800s to early 1900s ("[[With Malice Aforethought]]"), may require hours to search through to find mundane scholarly articles on anthropological subjects (such as on Arkham native tribes) | ||
| + | * Indian Tribes of Ancient Massachusetts (tome), a book of local Native American tribes and their lore. [[Return to Dunwich (Supplement)]]. | ||
== Anthropodermic Book Collection == | == Anthropodermic Book Collection == | ||
| − | + | <!--Actually in possession of the Brown University Library, the model for the Orne Library at MU--> | |
The Orne Library is well known for its collection of anthropodermic books (books bound in human skin). The library acquired the books in the 1920s as gifts from two alumni, at least one an avid book collector. The books were not originally bound in human skin, but were instead rebound for private collectors in the 19th century. The library has three such human-skin books: | The Orne Library is well known for its collection of anthropodermic books (books bound in human skin). The library acquired the books in the 1920s as gifts from two alumni, at least one an avid book collector. The books were not originally bound in human skin, but were instead rebound for private collectors in the 19th century. The library has three such human-skin books: | ||
| − | * ''[[Non- | + | * ''[[Non-Occult_Books#De_Humani_Corporis_Fabrica|De Humanis Corporis Fabrica]]'' (Andreas Vesalius, 1543) |
| − | * ''[[Non- | + | * ''[[Non-Occult_Books#Danse_Macabre|Danse Macabre]]'' (two copies), featuring wood-cut illustrations by Hans Holbein the Younger |
== Crytopgraphy Collection == | == Crytopgraphy Collection == | ||
| + | Various books on cryptography mentioned in [[The Dunwich Horror (fiction)]] (these are real books, Lovecraft copied the list verbatim from his ''Encyclopaedia Britannica''): | ||
| − | + | * Trithemius’ ''[[Non-Occult Books|Poligraphia]]'' | |
| + | * Giambattista Porta’s ''[[Non-Occult Books|De Furtivis Literarum Notis]]'' | ||
| + | * De Vigenère’s ''[[Non-Occult Books|Traité des Chiffres]]'' | ||
| + | * Falconer’s ''[[Non-Occult Books|Cryptomenysis Patefacta]]'' | ||
| + | * Klüber’s ''[[Non-Occult Books|Kryptographik]]'' | ||
| + | * Other [[Non-Occult Books]] by Davys, Thicknesse, Blair, and von Marten in the subject of cryptography ("Davys’ and Thicknesse’s eighteenth-century treatises"). | ||
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| + | == Links == | ||
| + | * [https://callofcthulhu.obsidianportal.com/wiki_pages/orne-library External Description] | ||
[[Category: Arkham]] | [[Category: Arkham]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:45, 17 August 2022
The Miskatonic University's Orne Library is famous for its collection of rare occult books, including several authentic tomes such as the Necronomicon, and Book of Eibon. It also has several of the more rare and less famous fragmented and untranslated writings.
The library is headed by the prestigious Dr. Henry Armitage who himself is a great researcher of the occult and linguistics. From experience he has learned to keep much of the collection under lock and key. A guard dog is also kept chained up outside the building.
Contents
Rare Occult Book Collection
Confirmed acquisitions: The Orne Library has copies of:
- The Necronomicon of the mad Arab Abdul Alhazred in Olaus Wormius’ Latin version, as printed in Spain in the seventeenth century. (History of the Necronomicon and The Dunwich Horror (fiction))
- The Ghorl Nigral, in Mulder's German translation (Lovecraft at Last by H.P. Lovecraft and Willis Conover)
- The Book of Yog-Sothoth (Stranger Aeons)
- A Study of the Pnakotic Manuscripts (Stranger Aeons)
- A collection of journals, and old badly kept books from the belongings of Wilbur Whateley. (The Dunwich Horror (fiction))
- The Book of Eibon (The Dreams in the Witch House, The Thing on the Doorstep, The Shadow out of Time (fiction))
- Unaussprechlichen Kulten of Friedrich von Junzt (The Dreams in the Witch House, The Thing on the Doorstep (fiction), The Shadow out of Time (fiction))
- The Daemonolatreia of Remigius
- The Pnakotic Manuscripts
- The Golden Bough, full 12 volumes of the third edition set (CoC RPG scenario "Halloween At St. Odilio's")
- The Kranorian Annals, Fact or Fallacy? by Garson Casterwell (CoC RPG scenario ("Fear in a Bottle")
- Daemonigraphia, the historical significance of the single known copy of this rare text was recognized by the Essex County Court in Salem, which donated the volume to the library in the late 1920s.
Rumored but unconfirmed acquisitions (mentioned by Lovecraft, not necessarily in connection with the library):
- The Picatrix
- Joseph Glanvil's Saducismus Triumphatus (The Festival (fiction))
- The Witch-Cult in Western Europe by Margaret Murray
- Cultes des Goules by the Comte d'Erlette, possibly donated by the estate of Doctor Dexter of Providence, RI (The Haunter of the Dark)
- By way of Joseph Curwen (The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (fiction)):
- Janus Aquaticus' Liber Damnatus Damnationum
- Hermes Trismegistus' Hermetic Corpus in Mesnard's edition
- The Turba Philosophorum
- Geber's Liber Investigationis
- Artephius's Key of Wisdom
- The cabbalistic Zohar
- Peter Jammy's set of Albertus Magnus
- Raymond Lully's Ars Magna et Ultima in Zetsner's edition
- Roger Bacon's Thesaurus Chemicus
- Fludd's Clavis Alchimiae
- Trithemius's De Lapide Philosophico
- A fine volume of the forbidden Necronomicon conspicuously labelled as the Qanoon-e-Islam
- Magnalia Christi Americana by Cotton Mather
- Wonders of the Invisible World by Cotton Mather
- By way of Prof. George Gammell Angell of Brown University:
- The Story of Atlantis and Lost Lemuria by William Scott-Elliot
Anthropology, History, Natural Sciences
- The Misquat an 1881 monograph by Dr. Horton Shelby of Boston University, ~70 softbound pages ("With Malice Aforethought")
- periodical: International Anthropological Research Society Journal of Man hundreds of issues from the late 1800s to early 1900s ("With Malice Aforethought"), may require hours to search through to find mundane scholarly articles on anthropological subjects (such as on Arkham native tribes)
- Indian Tribes of Ancient Massachusetts (tome), a book of local Native American tribes and their lore. Return to Dunwich (Supplement).
Anthropodermic Book Collection
The Orne Library is well known for its collection of anthropodermic books (books bound in human skin). The library acquired the books in the 1920s as gifts from two alumni, at least one an avid book collector. The books were not originally bound in human skin, but were instead rebound for private collectors in the 19th century. The library has three such human-skin books:
- De Humanis Corporis Fabrica (Andreas Vesalius, 1543)
- Danse Macabre (two copies), featuring wood-cut illustrations by Hans Holbein the Younger
Crytopgraphy Collection
Various books on cryptography mentioned in The Dunwich Horror (fiction) (these are real books, Lovecraft copied the list verbatim from his Encyclopaedia Britannica):
- Trithemius’ Poligraphia
- Giambattista Porta’s De Furtivis Literarum Notis
- De Vigenère’s Traité des Chiffres
- Falconer’s Cryptomenysis Patefacta
- Klüber’s Kryptographik
- Other Non-Occult Books by Davys, Thicknesse, Blair, and von Marten in the subject of cryptography ("Davys’ and Thicknesse’s eighteenth-century treatises").
