The Wateley Manuscript

language unknown, author unknown, date unknown, (binding circa fourteenth century)

This large, heavy tome, some eight hundred pages long, boasts thick black covers and an ornate iron clasp. The pages seem to be made of vellum, although their odd greenish hue and extreme durability make them unique. The text of the book itself is most puzzling: the entire work is filled with a dense, curvilinear script that resembles Sanskrit but defies conventional linguistic analysis. A different script appears on the inside of the back cover, one resembling the mysterious Shrewsbury Scroll (The Shrewsbury Scroll). The book was originally the property of Noah "Wizard" Whateley of Dunwich, and was donated to the Orne Library as part of the Whateley Bequest. (Johnson, Sam, and Sandy Antunes. "Miskatonic University: A Handbook to the Pride of Arkham." Chaosium, Oct. 2005.)