Boralus: City of Books Part 2
The Calligrapher's Delight
Yes, yes. Technically a scroll isn't a book. But these elaborately composed scrolls seem to be treasured and proudly displayed wherever they are found--including this one outside with but a tent for shelter from the elements.
The scroll materials are strong enough to hold together in defiance of gravity and the occasional tears, suggesting a sturdy parchment or vellum much like an illuminated manuscript. With a host of archivally-inclined scholars and scrollmaking artisans located just a stiff breeze away from here to the isle of the Stormsong Monastery, Boralus must be home to quite a few scrolls like this.
(from the Minneapolis Institute of Art 'How Illuminated Manscripts are made': https://new.artsmia.org/programs/teachers-and-students/teaching-the-arts/five-ideas/medieval-illuminated-manuscripts#03)
2. The Belted Brick of a Book
I can only hope it's the Complete and Unabridged Adventures of those zhevras up on the shelf.
3. The Diary
Someone does not want you to read this. Which means, of course, now I do want to read what's in it. There's formidable metal hardware on this cover, but also some finely crafted locking technology.
Curiously enough, some of the most diverse variety of books aren't to be found in Upton Borough, the Keep, or even the Monastery. No! Lost at Sea in Mariner's Row, of all places, has some of the most interesting collection for book props in the whole of Boralus. Certain books speak to the extent of trade networks that connected Boralus to the Eastern Kingdoms. (designed by Jordan Power: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ErxXe) 4. Dwarven Geo-Asymmetry
I suspect it's a dwarven book only because I have found this design around Dornogal as well. Special Mention: The 'Off-Duty' TTRPG group
That screen might be one of the fanciest books I've found to date.
Another look at one of their splatbooks-- is that an embossed cover?
Boralus: City of Books Part 1
