Clues and Conclusions (Bran and Crowe Secondhand Books) - Revision history

AndrewTBP at 07:40, 4 April 2011

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	; Occult		; Occult
	: Clive Lewiston is a researcher of classical and medieval texts on ritual magic at Miskatonic University.		: Clive Lewiston is a researcher of classical and medieval texts on ritual magic at Miskatonic University.

			== Ghost of Pre-War Bran ==

			They are dressed in an old fashioned frock coat, stiff wing collar, and holding gloves and a bowler hat: English business dress before the Great War. They are also pale blue and translucent.
			; Chemistry
			: The gas ring is on.
			; Evidence Collection
			: The bookshop's daybook from 1906 is open on Bran's old desk. It's open to Tuesday 20 March, today's date. The calendar for 1906 is the same as for 1934.
			: The splashes on the kettle match Bran's "through the spout" method of filling the kettle. Crowe always fills the kettle through the lid and there's no splashes.
			; The Knowledge
			: Malcolm doesn't have keys to the shop, but someone athletic could be able to get in through the yard behind the building. It's normally accessed from Bedford Court, but there's a shortcut through the Medical School next door.
			; Streetwise
			: The boy is Ronald Galvin. Ronnie's a budding rough lad from the East End. Someone has sent a message and Ronnie is the courier.

AndrewTBP: /* British Museum */

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British Museum

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	# The family returned to Florence in the early 16th century and rebuilt their palazzo in Borgo degli Albizzi.		# The family returned to Florence in the early 16th century and rebuilt their palazzo in Borgo degli Albizzi.
	# Rinaldo degli Albizzi died at Ancona in 1442.		# Rinaldo degli Albizzi died at Ancona in 1442.
			; Library Use 1-point spend Languages (Italian)
			: The Florence newspaper ''La Nazione'' has reports on the Albizzi family. The current head of the family is a young man, Luca, in his mid twenties. He is unmarried and lives in the family palazzo with his mother. Signore Luca degli Albizzi reported the family priest Teobaldo Catazara missing on 28 Feb 1934, and Catazara was found stabbed to death in Arezzo on 3 Mar 1934. The polizia are seeking an American, Professore Clive Lewiston, to assist them with their inquiries.
			; Occult
			: Clive Lewiston is a researcher of classical and medieval texts on ritual magic at Miskatonic University.

AndrewTBP at 02:41, 30 March 2011

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	# The Lesser Key Of Solomon (The Goetia)		# The Lesser Key Of Solomon (The Goetia)
	# The True Grimoire (Grimoirium Verum)		# The True Grimoire (Grimoirium Verum)

			== British Museum ==

			; Library Use
			: A montage of Frances in the catalogues and stacks with prints, pencils, and notebook.
			# Fra Lodovico degli Anguillara was a member of the House of Anguillara and is mentioned in a history of the Anguillara family.
			# Fra Lodovico and all the signatories with biographies were Franciscans and the family priests of the Albizzi family.
			# The Albizzi family, originally based in Arezzo, were at the centre of the Florentine oligarchy from 1382 to the rise of the Medici in 1434.
			# Rinaldo degli Albizzi and the rest of his clan, excluding his brother Luca, were exiled under the Medici regime in 1434.
			# The family returned to Florence in the early 16th century and rebuilt their palazzo in Borgo degli Albizzi.
			# Rinaldo degli Albizzi died at Ancona in 1442.

AndrewTBP: /* Manuscript Codex */

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Manuscript Codex

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	; Languages (Latin)		; Languages (Latin)
	: For the love of God and for Christendom and our common salvation, from this day onwards, as God will give me the wisdom and power, I shall keep this codex secret and safe in this, the vault of Rinaldo, protected by Saint Francis and the bones of my brothers.		: For the love of God and for Christendom and our common salvation, from this day onwards, as God will give me the wisdom and power, I shall keep this codex secret and safe in this, the vault of Rinaldo, protected by Saint Francis and the bones of my brothers.
			:: The first signature underneath is
			::: Fra Lodovico degli Anguillara Anno Domini Nostri Iesu Christi 1440
			:: The signatures continue down the vellum sheet and overleaf in an apparently unbroken series of Italian priests. The last signature is
			::: Fra Teobaldo Catazara AD 1910
	; History		; History
	: Fra Lodovico is likely a relative of Everso degli Anguillara, who was a condottiero and member of the House of Anguillara, one of the most important Roman families in the early Renaissance.		: Fra Lodovico is likely a relative of Everso degli Anguillara, who was a condottiero and member of the House of Anguillara, one of the most important Roman families in the early Renaissance.

AndrewTBP: /* Walled Up Manuscript */

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Walled Up Manuscript

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	; Bibliography		; Bibliography
	: Thomas Pettigrew served as librarian to the Duke of Sussex from 1818 to 1845. His three-volume catalogue of His Grace’s collection, the Bibliotheca Sussexiana, covers only a portion of the whole, mostly theological and religious works from all over the world.		: Thomas Pettigrew served as librarian to the Duke of Sussex from 1818 to 1845. His three-volume catalogue of His Grace’s collection, the Bibliotheca Sussexiana, covers only a portion of the whole, mostly theological and religious works from all over the world.
			; Bibliography (Malcolm Collins)
			: The extensive and valuable library of the late Duke of Sussex was sold at auction by Messrs Evans; in 1844 on the 1st and 31st July, 12 August; in 1845 on 30 January, 22 April, 11 August. The two biggest buyers were Sir Thomas Phillipps and the British Museum.
			: You've seen the complete set of the sale catalogues of the Bibliotheca Sussexiana, the only complete record of the Duke's vast library, come up for auction themselves. There are people who collect sale catalogues.
			: Franklin Dunhill's bibliophile grandfather, who collected the library you were trying to get access to last night, was collecting in the 1840s. There should be a set of Bibliotheca Sussexiana sale catalogues in Dunhill's library.
			; Chemistry
			:The paint on the reverse of the last sheet is a typically Victorian period linseed oil based paint. It shouldn't be difficult to replicate.
	; Craft (Papermaking)		; Craft (Papermaking)
	: It's Regency period paper. It'll be laid rag paper. Watermarked, no doubt.		: It's Regency period paper. It'll be laid rag paper. Watermarked, no doubt.
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	; Document Analysis		; Document Analysis
	: You can date the paper and ribbon to before 1854. The paper was from Her Majesty's Stationery Office, James Street, Buckingham Gate.		: You can date the paper and ribbon to before 1854. The paper was from Her Majesty's Stationery Office, James Street, Buckingham Gate.
			; Occult
			: Besides many occult works that you are familiar with, the catalogue contains some interesting works that you are unfamiliar with. The most recent is
			:: Charles Leggett, ''Mysteries of the Worm'', London 1821. An English translation of the German black-letter translation of the Latin ''De Vermis Mysteriis''.
			: The most interesting is
			:: Anon., ''Cultus Maleficarum (The Sussex Manuscript)'', Sussex 1598. Dedicated to Baron Frederic of Sussex, an English translation of the Latin translation by Olaus Wormius of the Greek ''Necronomicon''. Not a manuscript, but a printed book that resembles an illuminated manuscript.
	; Textual Analysis (Sebastian Crowe)		; Textual Analysis (Sebastian Crowe)
	: What you can decipher in your head matches Thomas Pettigrew's style. This seems to be an unknown volume of the Bibliotheca Sussexiana.		: What you can decipher in your head matches Thomas Pettigrew's style. This seems to be an unknown volume of the ''Bibliotheca Sussexiana''.
	; Textual Analysis (Frances Bradley)		; Textual Analysis (Frances Bradley)
	: It was written in the 1820s, it's a descriptive catalogue, and the style matches the Bibliotheca Sussexiana closely.		: It was written in the 1820s, it's a descriptive catalogue, and the style matches the ''Bibliotheca Sussexiana'' closely.

	== Threadneedle Street ==		== Threadneedle Street ==

AndrewTBP: /* Walled Up Manuscript */

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Walled Up Manuscript

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			It's written in the Freemason's cipher, which any schoolboy knows.

			; Antiquarian
			: ''Bibliotheca Sussexiana'' is a descriptive catalogue of the Duke of Sussex's vast library, but it covers only the Theology works in 2 volumes and 3 parts. Volume 1, parts 1 & 2, is Manuscripts. Volume 2 is Bibles.
			; Art (Calligraphy)
			: It's written in a masculine hand of the Regency period, even though it's more like block capitals.
	; Bibliography		; Bibliography
	: Thomas Pettigrew served as librarian to the Duke of Sussex from 1818 to 1845. His three-volume catalogue of His Grace’s collection, the Bibliotheca Sussexiana, covers only a portion of the whole, mostly theological and religious works from all over the world.		: Thomas Pettigrew served as librarian to the Duke of Sussex from 1818 to 1845. His three-volume catalogue of His Grace’s collection, the Bibliotheca Sussexiana, covers only a portion of the whole, mostly theological and religious works from all over the world.
	It's ~~written in~~ the Freemason's cipher, ~~which any schoolboy knows~~.		; Craft (Papermaking)
	;Document Analysis		: It's Regency period paper. It'll be laid rag paper. Watermarked, no doubt.
			; Cryptography
			: You can read it straight off the page because it's the pigpen cipher, also called the masonic cipher, Freemason's cipher, or Rosicrucian cipher. It purports to be Volume 3, Occult.
			; Document Analysis
	: You can date the paper and ribbon to before 1854. The paper was from Her Majesty's Stationery Office, James Street, Buckingham Gate.		: You can date the paper and ribbon to before 1854. The paper was from Her Majesty's Stationery Office, James Street, Buckingham Gate.
	; Textual Analysis		; Textual Analysis (Sebastian Crowe)
	: What you can decipher in your head matches Thomas Pettigrew's style. This seems to be an unknown volume of the Bibliotheca Sussexiana.		: What you can decipher in your head matches Thomas Pettigrew's style. This seems to be an unknown volume of the Bibliotheca Sussexiana.
			; Textual Analysis (Frances Bradley)
			: It was written in the 1820s, it's a descriptive catalogue, and the style matches the Bibliotheca Sussexiana closely.

	== Threadneedle Street ==		== Threadneedle Street ==

AndrewTBP: Add PC Warmuth

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Add PC Warmuth

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	: RMS Homeric is a White Star Line ship. Their headquarters are Oceanic House, 1 Cockspur Street, Westminster. A short walk from Bran & Crowe.		: RMS Homeric is a White Star Line ship. Their headquarters are Oceanic House, 1 Cockspur Street, Westminster. A short walk from Bran & Crowe.

			== Report of PC Warmuth ==

			"Last Monday, the twelfth of March, I was proceeding up Buckingham Street towards John Adam Street. I greeted Mr Bran as he passed me on his way to Charing Cross tube station. Shortly after I heard him cry out. I ran back and found him coughing violently on his hands and knees in York Terrace. Once the coughing had ceased Mr Bran requested that I assist him to the station, which I did. When I parted with Mr Bran I went back and examined the area where I believe the attack took place by torchlight. I could find no sign of another person there."

			(Crowe asks "You believe Bran was attacked? But, was he robbed? Did he say anything to you?")

			"I believe Mr Bran was attacked, Mr Crowe, but Mr Bran did not make a statement to that effect. After I helped him to the Underground station, I could see no marks of violence on him, just the wet marks on his clothing where he'd been kneeling in the rain. He still had all his possessions on him, I saw him checking his pockets. After that he just thanked me by name and passed through the ticket barrier. I reported the incident when I returned to the station house."

			"Mr Crowe, the police are satisfied that Mr Bran died of pneumonia, because that's what the doctors agree on, and it's likely the Walthamstow coroner's court will agree too. Officially, Mr Bran had a coughing fit. It sounded like he was being strangled to me. When I ran up and shone my electric torch on him, it changed into a coughing fit."

			(Collins asks "How much time was there between your hearing Bran and laying your eyes on him? Could someone have had time to run away? Or hide somewhere in the area? He surely couldn't have been attacked by some unseen assailant?")

			"Well, Mr Collins, I wasn't far up Buckingham Street, maybe 30 yards or so. I didn't hear any fleeing footsteps on York Terrace, or in Victoria Embankment Gardens, but it was raining and the ground would have been soft. I didn't see any footprints there afterward."

			; Assess Honesty
			: PC Warmuth has been truthful the whole time.
			; Occult
			: Frances constructs a mental list of grimoires that confer invisibility.
			# The Book Of Abramelin
			# The Grand Grimoire
			# The Key Of Solomon (Clavicula Salomonis)
			# The Lesser Key Of Solomon (The Goetia)
			# The True Grimoire (Grimoirium Verum)

AndrewTBP: /* Tower Bridge Road */

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Tower Bridge Road

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	; The Knowledge (interpersonal)		; The Knowledge (interpersonal)
	: The wealthy Italian arrived in London at Waterloo Station.		: The wealthy Italian arrived in London at Waterloo Station.
	: His manservant is German.		: His manservant is German and named Stefan. He addresses his master as ''signore''.
	: They are staying at Claridge's in Mayfair.		: They are staying at Claridge's in Mayfair.
			: Their luggage had 'Homeric' labels on it. The box that was 'Not Wanted on Voyage' went into the Bank.
	; Assess Honesty		; Assess Honesty
	: Percy Clarke is telling you the truth.		: Percy Clarke is telling you the truth.
	; The Knowledge		; The Knowledge
	: RMS Homeric is a White Star Line ship. Their headquarters are Oceanic House, 1 Cockspur Street, Westminster. A short walk from Bran & Crowe.		: RMS Homeric is a White Star Line ship. Their headquarters are Oceanic House, 1 Cockspur Street, Westminster. A short walk from Bran & Crowe.

AndrewTBP at 06:46, 8 February 2011

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	; History 1-point spend		; History 1-point spend
	: See the Wikipedia articles on d'Ascoli and Rais and their references up to 1934 verbatim.		: See the Wikipedia articles on d'Ascoli and Rais and their references up to 1934 verbatim.

			== Tower Bridge Road ==

			; The Knowledge (interpersonal)
			: The wealthy Italian arrived in London at Waterloo Station.
			: His manservant is German.
			: They are staying at Claridge's in Mayfair.
			; Assess Honesty
			: Percy Clarke is telling you the truth.
			; The Knowledge
			: RMS Homeric is a White Star Line ship. Their headquarters are Oceanic House, 1 Cockspur Street, Westminster. A short walk from Bran & Crowe.

AndrewTBP: /* Walled Up Manuscript */

2011-02-08T06:40:33Z

Walled Up Manuscript

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	; Bibliography		; Bibliography
	: Thomas Pettigrew served as librarian to the Duke of Sussex from 1818 to 1845. His three-volume catalogue of His Grace’s collection, the Bibliotheca Sussexiana, covers only a portion of the whole, mostly theological and religious works from all over the world.		: Thomas Pettigrew served as librarian to the Duke of Sussex from 1818 to 1845. His three-volume catalogue of His Grace’s collection, the Bibliotheca Sussexiana, covers only a portion of the whole, mostly theological and religious works from all over the world.
			It's written in the Freemason's cipher, which any schoolboy knows.
			;Document Analysis
			: You can date the paper and ribbon to before 1854. The paper was from Her Majesty's Stationery Office, James Street, Buckingham Gate.
			; Textual Analysis
			: What you can decipher in your head matches Thomas Pettigrew's style. This seems to be an unknown volume of the Bibliotheca Sussexiana.

	== Threadneedle Street ==		== Threadneedle Street ==