Grimoires, spellbooks and codexes
Hey all! I'm looking for some new resources -- hopefully system agnostic -- that fall into the categories listed in the title.
There are a few I'm already thinking of like the Lost Pages stuff (Wonder & Wickedness, Hamsterish Hoard of Hexes, Book of Gaub), and a few I found on Itch (like Florilegium Ex Miscellanea).
I just love collecting these things, so finding more is a pretty high priority as I continue to build out my RPG library. Are there any favorites that people have discovered?
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Codex Seraphinianus and the Voynich Manuscript come to mind. Both are only really practical as digital downloads, as the former is highly collectible and the latter is a centuries old one-off handwritten tome. Both have the advantage of not being based on any known real-world religions (unlike, say, the Key of Solomon).
That's a good idea, I should've considered looking at real world examples as well
For more real-world info on magic books, I'd recommend Grimoires: A History of Magic Books by Owen Davies
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6146412-grimoires