Talk:Library/@comment-7831002-20161023023802

"A worthy effort - for a barbarian people. The language aside, which I suppose cannot be blamed entirely upon those who have never experienced better, this collection contains not a single work on the Philosophiae of the Ancients, nor any work on the practice of Concentration (so critical to any practicioner of the Great Art) or the worthy exercise of Certamen. Luckily, we are blessed with the works of Cyra Apokrisianos, whose musings take long enough to deciver that they were likely the impetus behind the concept of the Longevity Ritual."

- Hypatia Trianomae

(Definitely something we can work with. We have plenty of topics where we have multiple tomes representing it, so we can trade for the topics we are lacking. Once we have access to it, we can always copy it, which is allowed under Cow and Calf, for private use. Hypatia is here also quite a bit more sardonic than she usually is. She's quite capable of being scathing, mind, but her temperament is generally quite pleasant, if a little obsessive. She must have had bad experiences with Cyra Apokrisianos, whose name is the only Greek one among the authors present.)

(Edit: There are also no tomes, either Summae or Tractati, on such topics as Penetration, Finesse, or (perhaps understandably) Parma Magica. Faerie Lore and Theology, plus likely Area Lore for the tribunal it is sited in, are also likely, but some of these may have fallen into sufficient disrepair over the years that they are lost beyond repair, of course. And a work on Profession (scribe) may also be a priority to acquire.)