-Being an approach to Junius of Verditius and polite inquery about
+Being an approach to Junius of Verditius and polite inquiry about
massy terram books.
From Alexios, Summer 1217:
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>Yours, etc.
-[I can't for the life of me find the description of the effect I mention above, but it's in the source texts somewhere!]
+From Alexios, Winter 1218
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+>To Junius of Verditius,
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+>My thought was to enspell the box so that only specific products would go through and potentially to use a product different to normal parchment called paper which is governed by the herbam form being made of linen rags. This is an invention from the East that I have came across in Constantinople as a curiosity and I have heard that it is being made in Valencia now. Although the quality of paper is not the same as parchment in terms of wear, it is less susceptible to water. If we used this and an oak gall ink, the box should be safe.
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+> However, your idea seems an excellent one as well. I take it the idea is to link the two books via a Rego effect so that what is written on the one is written on the other. Presumably both Animal is needed for the book and Terram or Herbam, depending on the type of ink expected to be used? What is your preferred type of ink by the way?
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+> [more technical details follow]
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+> It may take me some time to make such an item as I have a small backlog of projects that I promised my Sodales. Once I have done those, I will look into constructing such a tome and have one half sent to you. I note that it will be quite large as I would not want to run out of space in too short a period and have to make another. I hope this is acceptable to you?
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+> I look forward to your reply.