Evershade Library

On this shelf: Alphabetum Romanum — Felice Feliciano, c.1463 (the original manuscript, Vatican Library). Cited in Runes, Lesson 9. · Confessions — Augustine, trans. E. B. Pusey (Project Gutenberg). Cited in Runes, Lesson 20. · An Introduction to Greek and Latin Palaeography — Edward Maunde Thompson, 1912 (Internet Archive). Cited in Runes, Lesson 21.

Also cited in Runes lessons (no free reading copy of the cited edition — your librarian can find them): Before Writing, Volume I: From Counting to Cuneiform — Denise Schmandt-Besserat, 1992. Cited in Lesson 1. · The Bisitun Inscriptions of Darius the Great: Old Persian Text — Rüdiger Schmitt, 1991. Cited in Lesson 3. · Phoenicians — Glenn E. Markoe, 2000. Cited in Lesson 5. · A Guide to Ogam — Damian McManus, 1991. Cited in Lesson 15. · Space Between Words: The Origins of Silent Reading — Paul Saenger. Cited in Lesson 20. · Egyptian Grammar — Alan Gardiner. Cited in Lesson 2. The lessons cite the standard third edition; the first edition of 1927 reads free at HathiTrust.

On this shelf: Il Libro dell'Arte — Cennino Cennini, in Christiana Herringham's English translation, 1899 (Internet Archive). Cited in Scrollwork, Lesson 18. · The Philobiblon — Richard de Bury, trans. E. C. Thomas, 1888 (Project Gutenberg). Cited in Lesson 23. · Writing & Illuminating, & Lettering — Edward Johnston, 1906 (Project Gutenberg). Cited in Lessons 10, 11, 12, 13 and 15. · Natural History — Pliny the Elder, Bostock and Riley translation, Volume 1 (Project Gutenberg). Cited in Scrollwork, Lesson 5, and Creative Arts, Lesson 22. · The Life of Julius Caesar — Suetonius (Project Gutenberg). Cited in Lesson 25. · De diversis artibus — Theophilus Presbyter, in Robert Hendrie's English translation, 1847 (Internet Archive). Cited in Scrollwork, Lesson 18, and Creative Arts, Lesson 5. · Illuminated Manuscripts — John W. Bradley (Project Gutenberg). Founder's pick. · Illuminated Illustrations of Froissart — H. N. Humphreys (Project Gutenberg). Founder's pick. · Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages — Julia de Wolf Addison (Project Gutenberg). Founder's pick, shared with the Workshop Shelf. · Some Notes on Early Woodcut Books — William Morris (Project Gutenberg). Founder's pick, shared with the Workshop Shelf.

Also cited in Scrollwork lessons (in copyright, so no free reading copy — your librarian can find them): Treasures of a Lost Art: Italian Manuscript Painting — Metropolitan Museum of Art. Cited in Lesson 26. · Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts — Michelle P. Brown. Cited in Lesson 8. · Image on the Edge: The Margins of Medieval Art — Michael Camille, 1992. Cited in Lesson 20. · The Origin of the Serif — Edward Catich, 1968. Cited in Lesson 14. · The British Library Guide to Manuscript Illumination — Christopher de Hamel, 2001. Cited in Lessons 8 and 19. · Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts — Christopher de Hamel, 2016. Cited in Lessons 7, 18 and 26. · Scribes and Illuminators — Christopher de Hamel, 1992. Cited in Lessons 4, 16 and 17. · Medieval Calligraphy: Its History and Technique — Marc Drogin, 1980. Cited in Lessons 8 and 10. · Introduction to Manuscript Studies — Raymond Clemens and Timothy Graham, 2007. Cited in Lessons 4, 16 and 17. · The Book: A Cover-to-Cover Exploration — Keith Houston, 2016. Cited in Lesson 21. · Iron Gall Inks — Jana Kolar and Matija Strlič, eds., 2006. Cited in Lesson 6. · The Codebreakers — David Kahn, 1967. Cited in Lesson 25. · The Book of Kells — Bernard Meehan, 2012. Cited in Lesson 26. · Seals and Sealing Practices — Elizabeth New, 2010. Cited in Lesson 22. · The Stroke: Theory of Writing — Gerrit Noordzij, 2005. Cited in Lessons 11 and 13. · Images in the Margins of Gothic Manuscripts — Lilian M. C. Randall, 1966. Cited in Lesson 20. · The Code Book — Simon Singh, 1999. Cited in Lesson 25. · Foundations of Calligraphy — Sheila Waters, 2006. Cited in Lesson 14.

On this shelf: Herbarum vivae eicones — Otto Brunfels, 1530 (Biodiversity Heritage Library). In Latin. Cited in Herbology, Lesson 36. · De historia stirpium — Leonhart Fuchs, 1542 (Internet Archive). In Latin. Cited in Lesson 36. · De Materia Medica — Dioscorides, in Julius Berendes's German translation, 1902 (Internet Archive). In German. Cited in Herbology, Lesson 36, and Potions, Lessons 24 and 26. · Species Plantarum — Carl Linnaeus, 1753 (Project Gutenberg). In Latin. Cited in Lesson 4. · Herbals: Their Origin and Evolution — Agnes Arber, 1912 (Project Gutenberg). Founder's pick.

On this shelf: The London Pharmacopoeia — first issued 1618, read in the 1809 English edition (Internet Archive). Cited in Potions, Lesson 35. · The Vertuose Boke of Distyllacyon — Hieronymus Brunschwig, English translation, 1527 (Internet Archive). Cited in Lesson 33. · The Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes — John Gerard, enlarged edition of 1633 (Biodiversity Heritage Library). Cited in Lesson 8. · De Materia Medica — Dioscorides, in Julius Berendes's German translation, 1902 (Internet Archive). In German. Cited in Potions, Lessons 24 and 26, and Herbology, Lesson 36. · The Art of Perfumery — G. W. Septimus Piesse, 1857 (Project Gutenberg). Cited in Lesson 14.

Also cited in Potions lessons (in copyright, so no free reading copy — your librarian can find it): Medical Herbalism — David Hoffmann. Cited in Lesson 29.

On this shelf: A Treatise on the Astrolabe — Geoffrey Chaucer (Project Gutenberg). Cited in Celestial Studies, Lesson 31. · De Divinatione — Cicero, in C. D. Yonge's English translation (Internet Archive). Cited in Lesson 27. · Tetrabiblos — Ptolemy (Project Gutenberg). Cited in Lesson 25. · The Almagest — Ptolemy, in Nicolas Halma's French translation, 1813–1816, with the Greek (French Wikisource). In French. Cited in Lesson 21. · MUL.APIN — the Babylonian star tablets, in the open-access ORACC edition, with English translation. Cited in Lesson 24. · Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica — Isaac Newton, 1687 (Project Gutenberg). In Latin. Founder's pick. · Astronomical Myths — John F. Blake, 1877 (Project Gutenberg). Founder's pick. · Ancient Calendars and Constellations — Emmeline M. Plunket, 1903 (Project Gutenberg). Founder's pick. · Stars of the Southern Skies — M. A. Orr, 1915 (Project Gutenberg). Founder's pick.

Also cited in Celestial Studies lessons (in copyright, so no free reading copy — your librarian can find them): The White Goddess — Robert Graves, 1948. Cited in Lesson 8. · Babylonian Horoscopes — Francesca Rochberg, 1998. Cited in Lesson 24.

On this shelf: De architectura — Vitruvius, in Morris Hicky Morgan's English translation (Project Gutenberg). Cited in Creative Arts, Lesson 2. · De diversis artibus — Theophilus Presbyter, in Robert Hendrie's English translation, 1847 (Internet Archive). Cited in Creative Arts, Lesson 5, and Scrollwork, Lesson 18. · Natural History — Pliny the Elder, Bostock and Riley translation, Volume 1 (Project Gutenberg). Cited in Creative Arts, Lesson 22, and Scrollwork, Lesson 5. · Werner's Nomenclature of Colours — arranged by Patrick Syme, 1814 (Internet Archive). Cited in Lesson 15. · The Birch-Bark Roll of the Woodcraft Indians — Ernest Thompson Seton (University of Nebraska). Cited in Seasonal Special 4. · Potato Storage and Storage Houses — United States Department of Agriculture, 1917 (Internet Archive). Cited in Seasonal Special 1. · The Reckoning of Time — the Venerable Bede, in the original Latin (Google Books). In Latin. Cited in Studio Extension 4. · On the Nature of Things — Isidore of Seville, in the original Latin (Google Books). In Latin. Cited in Studio Extension 4. · Manuel pratique de la culture maraîchère de Paris — Moreau and Daverne, 1845, the Bibliothèque nationale's scan. In French. Cited in Seasonal Special 3. · Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages — Julia de Wolf Addison (Project Gutenberg). Founder's pick, shared with the Scriptorium Shelf. · Some Notes on Early Woodcut Books — William Morris (Project Gutenberg). Founder's pick, shared with the Scriptorium Shelf. · The Ladies Manual of Art — 1890 (Project Gutenberg). Founder's pick.

Also cited in Creative Arts lessons (in copyright, so no free reading copy — your librarian can find them): Prehistoric Textiles — Elizabeth J. W. Barber, 1991. Cited in Lesson 14. · Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years — Elizabeth Wayland Barber, 1994. Cited in Lesson 12. · The Emergence of Pottery — William K. Barnett and John W. Hoopes, 1995. Cited in Lesson 19. · The Herbarium Handbook — Diane Bridson and Leonard Forman. Cited in Lesson 21. · Seed to Seed — Suzanne Ashworth. Cited in Seasonal Special 1. · The Winter Harvest Handbook — Eliot Coleman, 2009. Cited in Seasonal Special 3. · Bookbinding and the Conservation of Books — Don Etherington and Barbara Roberts. Cited in Lesson 11. · Encyclopedia of the Book — Geoffrey Ashall Glaister. Cited in Lesson 9. · The Sun in the Church — J. L. Heilbron, 1999. Cited in Studio Extension 2. · Reinventing the Wheel — Jessica Helfand, 2002. Cited in Studio Extension 1. · Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft — Dard Hunter. Cited in Lesson 7. · The Universal History of Numbers — Georges Ifrah. Cited in Lesson 24. · The Gardens of Pompeii — Wilhelmina F. Jashemski, 1979. Cited in Lesson 18. · Decoding the Heavens — Jo Marchant, 2009. Cited in Studio Extension 3. · A Bird in the Bush — Stephen Moss, 2004. Cited in Seasonal Special 2. · The Art of the Anglo-Saxon Goldsmith — Elizabeth Coatsworth and Michael Pinder. Cited in Lesson 29. · The Birth of the Codex — Colin H. Roberts and T. C. Skeat. Cited in Lesson 8. · Paper and Printing — Tsien Tsuen-Hsuin. Cited in Lesson 7. · Roman Woodworking — Roger B. Ulrich, 2007. Cited in Lesson 23. · Le Musée des plans-reliefs — Isabelle Warmoes, 1997. Cited in Studio Extension 5. · Ceramic Art of the Italian Renaissance — Timothy Wilson, 1987. Cited in Lesson 20.

This shelf is kept by Professor Sable Rookmere, the Bestiary Keeper. On it stand the sources behind the Bestiary class — chronicles, histories, folklore collections, natural histories, and old beast-books: the records in which creatures were first told, spotted, retold, and pictured. Every one of them opens.

On this shelf: The Aberdeen Bestiary — England, c. 1200 (University of Aberdeen). One of the great medieval beast-books, free to page through in full; the class meets it as a source inside the creatures' own stories. · The History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents — Edward Topsell, 1607/1608 (Internet Archive). The unicorn, the centaur and a hundred more beasts, each with its names, virtues and tales; behind Lessons 7 and 12. · The History of Herodotus, Vol. 1 — Herodotus, trans. George Rawlinson (Project Gutenberg). Two first records in one volume: the gold-guarding griffins of the Arimaspi and the phoenix of Heliopolis; behind Lessons 8 and 25. · The Travels of Marco Polo, Vol. 2 — Marco Polo, Yule edition (Project Gutenberg). The rukh of Madagascar, and the “unicorn” that proves to be a rhinoceros; behind Lessons 26 and 7. · The Historical Works of Giraldus Cambrensis — Gerald of Wales, trans. Thomas Forester, 1863 (Internet Archive). His Topography of Ireland holds the barnacle goose — Lesson 15's famous case of a real bird read as a marvel. · The Golden Legend, Vol. IV — Jacobus de Voragine, in Caxton's translation (Internet Archive). St Martha meets the Tarasque at Tarascon, and St Margaret faces her dragon; behind Lesson 23. · The History of William of Newburgh — William of Newburgh, trans. Joseph Stevenson, 1856 (Internet Archive). The walking dead of Buckingham and Berwick, recorded as sober history; behind Lesson 35. · Serpentum et Draconum Historiae — Ulisse Aldrovandi, 1640 (Internet Archive). In Latin. The great folio of serpents and dragons, the basilisk among them; behind Lessons 9 and 23. · The Hermetic and Alchemical Writings of Paracelsus, Vol. I — Paracelsus, trans. A. E. Waite, 1894 (Internet Archive). Nymphs, sylphs, pigmies and salamanders in his own words; the doctrine Lesson 5 is built on. · The Secret Commonwealth of Elves, Fauns & Fairies — Robert Kirk, 1691 (Project Gutenberg). A Scottish minister's field report on the hidden people, taken from those with the second sight; behind Lessons 2 and 3. · The Fairy Mythology — Thomas Keightley, 1850 (Project Gutenberg). The fairy peoples of Europe — elves, brownies, banshees and water-spirits, country by country; behind Lessons 2, 3, 4 and 37. · Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland — T. Crofton Croker, 1825 (Project Gutenberg). Banshee tales among them, told as they were heard; behind Lessons 2 and 37. · Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland — J. Gregorson Campbell, 1900 (Internet Archive). Water-horses, seal-folk and mermaids, with the customs people kept because of them; behind Lessons 19, 18 and 17. · The Natural History of Norway — Erik Pontoppidan, 1755 (Internet Archive). The kraken printed from fishermen's own reports, sounding line and all; Lesson 16's first record. · The Great Sea-Serpent — A. C. Oudemans, 1892 (Internet Archive). Nearly two hundred reported sightings, weighed one by one; the record book of Lesson 20. · The Dragon in China and Japan — M. W. de Visser, 1913 (Internet Archive). The Eastern dragon as rain-bringer, river lord and emblem of kingship; behind Lesson 24. · The Arabian Nights Entertainments — ed. Andrew Lang, 1898 (Project Gutenberg). Sindbad's voyages give the roc its most famous telling, and the tales keep their ghouls; behind Lessons 26 and 32. · The Book of Were-Wolves — S. Baring-Gould, 1865 (Project Gutenberg). The werewolf literature gathered whole, Peter Stumpp and Jean Grenier among it; Lesson 29's backbone. · The Phantom World — Augustin Calmet, trans. Henry Christmas, 1850 (Internet Archive). The vampire reports from Serbia and Hungary, weighed like evidence in a court; behind Lessons 30 and 35. · The Vampyre — John William Polidori, 1819 (Project Gutenberg). Begun from Byron's fragment by his doctor, and the starting shot of Lesson 31. · Carmilla — J. Sheridan Le Fanu, 1872 (Project Gutenberg). It haunts everything that followed it; behind Lesson 31. · Dracula — Bram Stoker, 1897 (Project Gutenberg). The modern face of Lesson 31. · Sadducismus Triumphatus — Joseph Glanvill, 1681 (Internet Archive; the linked copy is the 1726 printing). The Drummer of Tedworth; the first evidence-book behind Lessons 34 and 39. · The Book of Dreams and Ghosts — Andrew Lang, 1897 (Project Gutenberg). Lang asks what would count as proof, which is Lesson 34's method exactly. · Kwaidan — Lafcadio Hearn, 1904 (Project Gutenberg). The dead who linger, and the customs that answer them; behind Lesson 34. · Myths of the Iroquois — Erminnie A. Smith, 1883 (Internet Archive). A Bureau of Ethnology record of Haudenosaunee myth, the Thunderer among it — shelved as a historical record, and read with respect; behind Lesson 27.

A keeper's note: the kappa and the bunyip of Lesson 22 keep no volume of their own — their nearest neighbours on this shelf are de Visser and Hearn — and the manticore, the giants, the wild men, the winged peoples and the will-o'-the-wisp ride inside the great beast-books and collections above, which is how the record itself keeps them.