Pnakotic Manuscripts
Description
A manuscript, 10" x 12.5" bound in pale green leather. The cover has no title, only a peculiar pentagram-like symbol, seared into the heavy bindings. The title page gives the work's name, followed by a subtitle "As written in the so-called Pnakotik Scrolls, as translatid from the Greke by the author togeder with addicional remarkes upon the worke in the light of Newe Lerning." The print is neat, typeset in archaic English. A printer's mark says "Trevisa et fils. 1496," but the binding appears to be much more recent. Periodically plates (presumably bearing illustrations) appear to have been carefully cut from the book. Pencil annotations in modern English appear frequently in the first third of the work (usually glossing the more archaic language), but decrease in frequency afterwards.
Text
“And from Sykranoetia reysed Xatogia, taking the forme of a grete furred tode, he dwelled in the cavernes of Ienkae and the walkyng serpents of Ioth helde Him in grete reveraunce much to the grete anger of Yigge, the God of those beasts...”
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“Myghty was the war betwixt the Elder Ones and the Dwellers in Real-yea and yet upon the endyng dayes of sayd war, the Elder Ones drew strong powyrs hild by the Spear of Neth and unmayd the verry lande of the Earth and Real- yea was caste downe beneeth the wayves of the Grete Western Ocean.”
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“Hyer on the sloep climmed Goode Sansu, tho the sloep of Hatikala grewe ever more steep, for he sot the Gods themsylves, sayd as they were to dwellin at the verry sumit of the Peake. But naughte was to be found there save Ice and Snowe, for the Gods dwelt ayleswere...”
Notes
Experiences with Ancient Text
Curtis Blakely read this book. It contains instructions for a ritual to bless a weapon with great power. The weapon must be made of wood or other natural materials; no worked metals etc. The ritual also involves the sacrifice of a bull-sized animal. Curtis Blakely felt that, if he were able to practice with the spell more, he could better learn to manipulate the magical energies to work on other materials and maybe require less blood.