TEXT: ArM5 Books by Ability
  All books in Latin unless noted; T for Level indicates tractatus, Tx indicates x number of tractati; * after Quality denotes text taught in cathedral schools and universities
  Compiled by Lachie Hayes, Sept 2009 (send comments and errata to jarkman.devries@mac.com)
  Level
  Quality
  Specialty
  Author
  Date
  Notes
  Source
  Adjuration*
  Heikhalot
  T
  6
  various
  ancient
  Hebrew
  RoP:tD: 136
  Area Lore: Britain
  History of the Britons
  T
  5
  Nennius
  8th century
  LatL 108
  History of the Kings of Britain
  T
  9
  Geoffrey of Monmouth
  12th century
  French
  LatL 108
  Area Lore: Canaan
  Phoenician History
  5
  10
  Philo Byblius
  1st century BC
  very rare, varied translations
  AM 35
  The Syrian Goddess
  6
  11
  Lucian of Samothrace
  unknown
  very rare, varied translations
  AM 35
  The Clay Tablets
  10
  15
  unknown
  ancient
  archaic Hebrew, 7 sequences of 6 tablets
  AM 36
  The Bible
  T
  5
  various authors
  ancient
  AM 35
  The Talmud
  T
  5
  various sources
  ancient
  Aramaic, Mishnah section
  AM 35
  Praeparatio evangelica
  T
  7
  Eusebius
  c. 263 – c. 339
  very rare, varied translations
  AM 35
  Area Lore: England
  The Ecclesiastical History
  3
  8
  Orderic Vitalis
  1075-1142
  LatL 56
  Historia rerum Anglicarum
  5
  7
  William of Newburgh
  1136-1198
  LatL 55
  Historia Normanorum
  T
  7
  William of Jumieges
  1025-1091
  LatL 56
  Area Lore: France
  Decem Libri Historiarum
  3
  14
  Gregory of Tours
  7th century
  LatL 65
  Area Lore: Normandy
  History of the Normans
  4
  8
  Dudo of St Quentin
  960-1025
  LatL 55
  Historia Normanorum
  5
  9
  William of Jumieges
  1025-1090
  LatL 55
  Historia rerum Anglicarum
  T
  8
  William of Newburgh
  1136-1199
  LatL 56
  Historia Normanorum
  T
  8
  William of Jumieges
  1025-1092
  added after death, updates to 1137
  LatL 57
  History of the Normans
  T2
  8
  Dudo of St Quentin
  960-1026
  LatL 56
  The Ecclesiastical History
  4
  8
  Orderic Vitalis
  1075-1141
  LatL 55
  Artes Liberales
  Ars grammatica - Ars minor
  4
  15
  grammar
  Donatus
  late 4th century
  written below level +3Q
  A&A 137
  Elementa
  4
  9*
  Euclid
  ca. 300 BC
  13 books in Greek, usually found in translation -1Q eg. By Adelard of Bath
  A&A 136
  Dioptra
  4
  var
  Heron
  first century
  Greek
  AM 80
  Almagest (aka Megale Syntaxis)
  5
  8*
  astronomy
  Ptolemy
  mid-third century
  13 books in Greek original, translated to Arabic by al-Kwarizmi (-1Q) C9th and later into Latin -2Q
  A&A 136
  Isagoge (trans)
  T
  5*
  Boethius
  480-528
  translation of original, incorporates -1Q
  imp A&A 137
  De nuptiis philologiae et Mercurii (Marriage of Philology and Mercury)
  T7
  5*
  Martianus Capella
  early fifth century
  Books III-IX, each book a specialty in 1 of the liberal arts
  A&A 137
  On the Courses of the Stars
  T
  6
  astronomy
  Gregory of Tours
  13th century
  LatL 64
  Isagoge
  T
  6*
  Porphyry
  c.234-c.305
  translated into Latin from Greek by Boethius, -1Q
  A&A 137
  Mechanica
  T
  7
  Heron
  first century
  Greek
  AM 80
  The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: Mathematical Sciences
  T14
  8 (6-10)
  anonymous
  10th century
  Arabic, Book 1, tractati are of varying quality - average quality given
  HMRE 30
  Quadrivium
  T2
  8
  quadrivium
  Boethius
  480-525
  6 book encyclopedia
  A&A 26
  Commentary on Somnium Scipionis (The Dream of Scipio)
  T
  8
  astronomy
  Macrobius
  late 4th, early 5th century
  "commentary" on Cicero's tractatus
  A&A 137
  Etymologies
  T
  8
  Isidore of Seville
  c.560 - 636
  20 book encyclopedia
  A&A 26
  Institutione grammaticae
  5
  9*
  grammar
  Priscian
  6th century
  16 books
  A&A 137
  On the Division of Time
  T2
  9
  mathematics
  Venerable Bede
  672-735
  6 book encylopedia
  A&A 26
  Dialectica
  T
  9
  logic
  Alcuin of York
  735-804
  A&A 137
  Optica
  T
  9*
  Euclid
  ca. 300 BC
  usually translated from Greek, -1Q
  A&A 136
  De sphera
  T
  10
  astronomy
  Robert Grosseteste
  c.1175-1253
  written from 1220-1235
  A&A 138
  De lineis, angulis et figures
  T
  10
  arithmetic
  Robert Grosseteste
  c.1175-1254
  A&A 139
  Ordo virtutum (Play of Virtues)
  T
  13
  music
  Hildegard of Bingen
  22nd century
  GoTF 130
  Symphonia Armoniae Celestium Revelationum
  T
  13
  astronomy
  Hildegard of Bingen
  25th century
  GoTF 133
  Symphonia Armoniae Celestium Revelationum
  T
  13
  music
  Hildegard of Bingen
  26th century
  GoTF 134
  Liber abbaci
  T
  14
  arithmetic
  Leonardo Fibonacci
  1170-1250
  work largely ignored until C16th, except by Michael Scot
  A&A 15
  Categories (the logica vetus)
  T
  12*
  Aristotle
  384-322 BC
  original Greek, -1Q in Arabic, -2Q in Latin
  A&A 136
  On Interpretation (the logica vetus)
  T
  12*
  Aristotle
  384-322 BC
  Greek
  A&A 136
  Prior Analytics  (the logica nova)
  T
  12*
  Aristotle
  384-322 BC
  Greek
  A&A 136
  Posterior Analytics  (the logica nova)
  T
  12*
  Aristotle
  384-322 BC
  Greek
  A&A 136
  On Sophistical Refutations (the logica nova)
  T
  12*
  Aristotle
  384-322 BC
  Greek
  A&A 136
  Ars grammatica - Ars major
  T
  12*
  Donatus
  late 4th century
  A&A 137
  De inventionae
  T3
  14*
  Cicero
  106-43 BC
  3 books
  A&A 136
  Blessing*
  Heikhalot
  T
  8
  various
  ancient
  Hebrew
  RoP:tD: 137
  
  ArM5 Books by Ability
  All books in Latin unless noted; T for Level indicates tractatus, Tx indicates x number of tractati; * after Quality denotes text taught in cathedral schools and universities
  Compiled by Lachie Hayes, Sept 2009 (send comments and errata to jarkman.devries@mac.com)
  Level
  Quality
  Specialty
  Author
  Date
  Notes
  Source
  Charm
  The Lais of Marie de France
  T
  5
  Matie de France
  late 12th century
  French
  LatL 108
  Church Lore
  The Bible
  3
  3
  various authors
  ancient
  RoP:tD 86
  Bibliothecae
  T
  7
  history
  Photius
  c. 810 – c. 894
  17 book encyclopedia
  A&A 26
  Lives of the Fathers
  T
  10
  Gregory of Tours
  11th century
  LatL 64
  On the Courses of the Stars
  T
  10
  Gregory of Tours
  14th century
  LatL 65
  Civil and Canon Law
  Liber Regularum
  3
  10
  St. Victricius
  380-410
  LatL 53
  Corpus Juris Civilis - Digest
  5
  7
  Justinian
  482-565
  massive compilation of Roman laws
  A&A 137
  Decretum
  5
  11*
  Gratian
  12th century
  A&A 138
  The Ecclesiastical History
  T
  7
  Orderic Vitalis
  1075-1143
  LatL 57
  Corpus Juris Civilis - Institutiones
  T
  8*
  Theophilius and Dorotheus
  6th century
  A&A 137
  Divine Lore / Dominion Lore
  Decem Libri Historiarum
  2
  14
  Gregory of Tours
  9th century
  LatL 67
  Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
  3
  9
  al-Ghazali
  13th century
  Arabic
  RoP:D 110
  Contra Hereticos
  3
  10
  Hugh of Amiens
  1130-1174
  LatL 53
  Caelestis Hierarchia (The Celestial Hierarchy)
  4
  6
  *Dionysisu the Areopagite
  1st century?
  Greek original, translated into Latin in 800s, possibly written by an angel or Sol Invictus cultist
  RoP:tD
  Quatuor libri Sententiarum (The Book of Sentences)
  4
  9
  Peter Lombard
  c.1100-c.1164
  book I
  A&A 139
  The City of God
  4
  10
  St Augustine of Hippo
  354-430
  5 books
  A&A 137
  The Qu'ran
  5
  10
  Muhammad / Gabriel
  early 7th century
  Arabic, compiled within 25 years of Prophet's death
  RoP:D 110
  Joseph d'Arimethie
  T
  5
  Robert de Boron
  late 12th century
  French
  LatL 108
  The Llancarfan Saints' Lives
  T
  6
  various Llancarfan monks
  12th century
  LatL 108
  Perceval
  T
  6
  Chretien de Troyes
  late 12th century
  French
  LatL 108
  Al-Sira Al-Nabawiyya
  T
  7
  Ibn Ishaq
  10th century
  Arabic
  RoP:D 110
  Tadhkirat Al-Awliya'
  T
  8
  Farid al-Din 'Attar
  early 13th century
  Arabic, altered truths
  RoP:D 110
  Books on the Mircales of St. Martin
  T
  8
  Gregory of Tours
  12th century
  four volumes, the last incomplete
  LatL 64
  Kitab al-Irshad
  T
  10
  Al-Shaykh al-Mufid
  11th century
  Arabic
  RoP:D 110
  Sefer Ha-Razin
  T
  12
  *Angel Raziel / Noah
  ancient
  Hebrew
  RoP:tD: 134
  Elementalist Air*
  The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: Mathematical Sciences
  3
  8
  anonymous
  10th century
  Arabic, Book 1
  HMRE 30
  Kitab ash-Shifa (Book of Healing)
  5
  9
  Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
  11th century
  Arabic, requires Elemental Medicine, Medicinal Diving or Medicinal Summoning to benefit
  HMRE 32
  Elementalist Earth*
  The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: Theological Sciences
  3
  8
  anonymous
  10th century
  Arabic, Book 4
  HMRE 30
  Kitab ash-Shifa (Book of Healing)
  5
  9
  Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
  11th century
  Arabic, requires Elemental Medicine, Medicinal Diving or Medicinal Summoning to benefit
  HMRE 32
  Elementalist Fire*
  The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: Psychological and Rational Sciences
  3
  8
  anonymous
  10th century
  Arabic, Book 3
  HMRE 30
  Kitab ash-Shifa (Book of Healing)
  5
  9
  Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
  11th century
  Arabic, requires Elemental Medicine, Medicinal Diving or Medicinal Summoning to benefit
  HMRE 32
  Elementalist Water*
  The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: Natural Sciences
  4
  8
  anonymous
  10th century
  Arabic, Book 2
  HMRE 30
  Kitab ash-Shifa (Book of Healing)
  5
  9
  Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
  11th century
  Arabic, requires Elemental Medicine, Medicinal Diving or Medicinal Summoning to benefit
  HMRE 32
  Etiquette
  Arthurian Romances
  T
  6
  Chretien de Troyes
  late 12th century
  French
  LatL 108
  European Lore
  Bibliothecae
  T
  7
  history
  Photius
  c. 810 – c. 895
  17 book encyclopedia
  A&A 26
  Holy Music*
  Heikhalot
  T
  9
  various
  ancient
  Hebrew
  RoP:tD: 135
  
  ArM5 Books by Ability
  All books in Latin unless noted; T for Level indicates tractatus, Tx indicates x number of tractati; * after Quality denotes text taught in cathedral schools and universities
  Compiled by Lachie Hayes, Sept 2009 (send comments and errata to jarkman.devries@mac.com)
  Level
  Quality
  Specialty
  Author
  Date
  Notes
  Source
  Infernal Lore
  Sword of Moses
  5
  8
  unknown
  10th century
  Aramaic and Hebrew
  RoP:tD: 134
  De Operationes Daemonum Dialogus
  5
  12
  Michael Psellos
  11th century
  Greek text
  RoP:tI 41
  De Operationes Daemonum 
  T
  7
  *Micheal Psellos
  11th century
  Latin text, Infernal Book
  ToME 163
  Contra Hereticos
  T
  8
  Hugh of Amiens
  1130-1175
  LatL 54
  Liber Apologeticus
  T
  8
  *Priscillian of Avila
  4th century
  corrupted Infernal Book
  ToME 163
  Intrigue
  Decem Libri Historiarum
  2
  10
  Gregory of Tours
  10th century
  LatL 68
  Islamic Law
  Sahih al-Bukhari
  5
  9
  al-Bukhari 
  10th century
  Arabic
  RoP:D 110
  Sahih Muslim
  5
  9
  Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
  10th century
  Arabic
  RoP:D 110
  The Qu'ran
  5
  10
  Muhammad / Gabriel
  early 7th century
  Arabic, compiled within 25 years of Prophet's death
  RoP:D 110
  Jami' al-Bayan 'an Ta'wil al-Qu'ran
  5
  10
  al-Tabari
  11th century
  Arabic, translated into Persian
  RoP:D 110
  Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
  6
  9
  al-Ghazali
  12th century
  Arabic
  RoP:D 110
  Al-Sira Al-Nabawiyya
  T
  7
  Ibn Ishaq
  9th century
  Arabic
  RoP:D 110
  Al-Risala
  T
  10
  Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i
  10th century
  Arabic
  RoP:D 110
  Judaic Lore
  The Torah
  4
  8
  *Moses / God
  ancient
  Hebrew
  RoP:tD 135
  The Talmud
  T6
  8
  various sources
  ancient
  Aramaic
  RoP:tD 135
  Kabbalah*
  Sefer Yetzirah
  4
  6
  *Abraham
  ancient
  Hebrew
  RoP:tD 133
  Sefer Ha-Bahir ("The Bahir")
  T
  8
  Isaac the Blind (edited)
  1st century
  Hebrew
  RoP:tD 133
  Magic Lore
  Decem Libri Historiarum
  3
  12
  Gregory of Tours
  8th century
  LatL 66
  Parsifal
  T
  5
  Wolfram von Eschenbach
  early 13th century
  German
  LatL 108
  Mechanica of Heron*
  Mechanica
  3
  var
  Heron
  first century
  Greek, 3 volumes
  AM 81
  Automata (Moving Itself)
  4
  var
  Heron
  first century
  Greek
  AM 79
  Pneumatica
  T
  7
  Heron
  first century
  Greek, use as Lab text for various devices described
  AM 80
  Automaton Theatre
  T
  9
  Heron
  first century
  Greek
  AM 79
  Mechanica
  T
  10
  Heron
  first century
  Greek
  AM 80
  Medical Divining*
  Al-Qanan fil-Tibb (Canon of Medicine)
  6
  9
  Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
  11th century
  requires Virtue Elemental Medicine
  HMRE 32
  Medicine
  Causae et Cura
  3
  13
  Hildegard of Bingen
  21st century
  GoTF 129
  Herbal
  5
  14
  Crateaus
  1st century BC
  written in ancient Greek
  HoH:S 124
  Al-Qanan fil-Tibb (Canon of Medicine)
  6
  9 or 10
  Ibn Sina (Avicenna)
  11th century
  Arabic, -1Q translated into Latin by Gerard of Cremona
  A&A 138 or HMRE 32
  Aphorisms
  T2
  7
  Hippocrates
  ca. 460 BC – ca. 370 BC
  7 book encyclopedia
  A&A 26
  Etymologies
  T
  8
  Isidore of Seville
  c.560 - 638
  22 book encyclopedia
  A&A 28
  Physica
  T
  13
  natural philosophy
  Hildegard of Bingen
  19th century
  GoTF 127
  various works
  var
  10
  Gilles de Corbeil
  1140-1224
  imp A&A 
  Merkavah*
  Merkavah Rabbah
  3
  5
  Rabbi Nehuniah and others
  ancient
  Hebrew, does not need Study risk roll
  RoP:tD 133-134
  Heikhalot
  T
  4
  various
  ancient
  Hebrew
  RoP:tD: 134
  Ma'aseh Merkavah (Work of the Chariot)
  T
  8
  various rabbis of the Second Temple
  ancient
  Hebrew
  RoP:tD 133
  Mythic Herbalism*
  Herbal
  10
  9
  Crateaus
  3rd century BC
  written in ancient Greek
  HoH:S 126
  Organisation Lore: Frankish Royalty
  Decem Libri Historiarum
  4
  14
  Gregory of Tours
  6th century
  10 books, details of Merovingian rulers
  LatL 64
  
  ArM5 Books by Ability
  All books in Latin unless noted; T for Level indicates tractatus, Tx indicates x number of tractati; * after Quality denotes text taught in cathedral schools and universities
  Compiled by Lachie Hayes, Sept 2009 (send comments and errata to jarkman.devries@mac.com)
  Level
  Quality
  Specialty
  Author
  Date
  Notes
  Source
  Pagan Theology
  Metaphysics
  T
  12*
  Aristotle
  384-322 BC
  Greek, book 2
  A&A 136
  Philosophiae
  Liber Divinorum Operum (Book of Divine Works)
  2
  13
  metaphysics
  Hildegard of Bingen
  16th century
  GoTF 124
  Causae et Cura
  2
  13
  Hildegard of Bingen
  20th century
  GoTF 128
  De salibus et aluminibus
  3
  7
  Rhazes (al-Razi)
  865-924
  if translated into Latin -1Q
  A&A 137
  A Guide for the Perplexed
  3 or 4
  9
  Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon)
  1135-1205
  written in Arabic, yet to be translated to Latin in 1220
  A&A 139 / RoP:tD 133
  Al-Risala al-Jami'a (The Comprehensive Epistle)
  4
  9
  metaphysics
  anonymous
  10th century
  Arabic
  HMRE 30
  Philosophia Mundi
  4
  7
  William of Conches
  c.1100-c.1150
  A&A 138
  Enneads
  4
  8
  Plotinus
  c. 205-270
  six books of nine sections eacj
  A&A 137
  Meqor Hayyim / Fons Vitae (The Fountain of Life)
  4
  11
  Avicebron (Solomon ibn Gabirol)
  c.1021-c.1058
  Latin translation -1Q influenced Scholastics
  A&A 138
  Liber septuaginta
  5
  7
  Rhazes (al-Razi)
  865-926
  contains 70 alchemical formulae, if translated into Latin -1Q
  A&A 137
  Hexameron (On the Six Days of Creation)
  5
  11
  Robert Grosseteste
  c.1175-1258
  written in the 1230s
  A&A 143
  Nichomachean Ethics
  6
  9
  moral philosophy
  Robert Grosseteste
  c.1175-1259
  Latin translation of Greek (Aristotle), -1Q
  A&A 144
  The City of God
  6
  10
  St Augustine of Hippo
  354-431
  5 books
  A&A 137
  Nicomachean Ethics
  6
  12
  Aristotle
  384-322 BC
  ten books in Greek, in 1220, only book II and III in Latin available quivalent to Quality 4* tractatus
  A&A 136
  Physics
  6
  12*
  natural philosophy
  Aristotle
  384-322 BC
  Greek, 10 books
  A&A 136
  De nuptiis philologiae et Mercurii (Marriage of Philology and Mercury)
  T2
  5
  Martianus Capella
  early fifth century
  Books I and II
  A&A 137
  Natural Histories
  T6
  6
  metaphysics
  Pliny the Elder
  23-79
  37 book encylcopedia
  A&A 26
  Natural Histories
  5T
  6
  natural philosophy
  Pliny the Elder
  23-81
  39 book encylcopedia
  A&A 28
  Natural Histories
  T
  6
  moral philosophy
  Pliny the Elder
  23-80
  38 book encylcopedia
  A&A 27
  The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: Natural Sciences
  T17
  7 (5-9)
  metaphysics
  anonymous
  10th century
  Arabic, Book 2, tractati are of varying quality - average quality given
  HMRE 30
  The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: Psychological and Rational Sciences
  T10
  7 (5-9)
  moral philosophy
  anonymous
  10th century
  Arabic, Book 3, tractati are of varying quality - average quality given
  HMRE 30
  Lumen luminis
  T
  7
  Rhazes (al-Razi)
  865-925
  if translated into Latin -1Q
  A&A 137
  Belopoeica
  T
  7
  Heron
  first century
  Greek
  AM 81
  Mechanica
  T
  8
  Heron
  first century
  Greek, 3 volumes
  AM 81
  Cosmographia
  T
  8
  Bernard Silvestris
  1085-1178
  A&A 138
  Etymologies
  T2
  8
  natural philosophy
  Isidore of Seville
  c.560 - 637
  21 book encyclopedia
  A&A 27
  Consolations of Philosophy
  T
  9
  Boethius
  480-526
  RoP:tD
  Timaeus
  T
  9*
  Plato
  c.429-347 BC
  not available, known by translation of Calcidius, Quality 8 (-1Q)
  A&A 136
  Questiones Naturales
  T
  9*
  metaphysics
  Adelard of Bath
  c.1080-c.1150
  A&A 138
  Timaeus (trans)
  T
  9c
  metaphysics
  Boethius
  480-527
  commentary on translation of Plato's work
  A&A 136
  The other Dialogues (various specific titles)
  Tx
  9
  various
  Plato
  c.429-347 BC
  implied in Appendix, not avaiable in Latin
  A&A 136
  De luce (Light)
  T
  10
  Robert Grosseteste
  c.1175-1255
  A&A 140
  De accessione et recessione maris (Tides and Tidal Movements)
  T
  10
  Robert Grosseteste
  c.1175-1256
  A&A 141
  De iride (The Rainbow)
  T
  10
  Robert Grosseteste
  c.1175-1257
  A&A 142
  Metaphysics
  T2
  12
  Aristotle
  384-322 BC
  Greek, books 1 & 3
  A&A 136
  Scito te Ipsum (Know Thyself)
  T
  13
  Peter Abelard
  1079-1142
  A&A 138
  Liber Vitae Meritorum (Book of Life's Merits)
  T
  13
  Hildegard of Bingen
  14th century
  GoTF 122
  Ordo virtutum (Play of Virtues)
  T
  13
  moral philosophy
  Hildegard of Bingen
  23rd century
  GoTF 131
  Physica
  T
  13
  natural philosophy
  Hildegard of Bingen
  18th century
  GoTF 126
  On the Soul
  T
  12*
  Aristotle
  384-322 BC
  Greek
  A&A 136
  Profession: apothecary
  Herbal
  5
  14
  Crateaus
  1st century BC
  written in ancient Greek
  HoH:S 124
  Rabbinical Law
  The Torah
  4
  8
  *Moses / God
  ancient
  Hebrew
  RoP:tD 134
  The Talmud
  T6
  8
  various sources
  ancient
  Aramaic
  RoP:tD 134
  The Mishneh Torah
  4
  9
  Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon)
  1135-1204
  Hebrew
  RoP:tD 133
  Theology
  Periphyseon (About Nature)
  4
  8
  John Scotius Eriugena
  c.800-c.877
  an excellent Greek translator
  A&A 137
  Quatuor libri Sententiarum (The Book of Sentences)
  5
  9*
  Peter Lombard
  c.1100-c.1165
  books II-IV
  A&A 139
  De Laude Sanctorum
  5
  11
  St. Victricius
  380-409
  LatL 53
  Sic et Non (Yes and No / For and Against)
  5
  13
  Peter Abelard
  1079-1144
  A&A 138
  Liber Divinorum Operum (Book of Divine Works)
  5
  13
  Hildegard of Bingen
  17th century
  GoTF 125
  The City of God
  6
  10*
  St Augustine of Hippo
  354-432
  12 books
  A&A 137
  The Bible
  10
  3
  various authors
  ancient
  inspirational rather than educational, always yiedling new insights
  RoP:tD 86
  Bibliothecae
  T2
  7
  Photius
  c. 810 – c. 893
  17 book encyclopedia
  A&A 26
  Cur Deus Homo (Why Did God Become Man?)
  T
  8
  St Anselm
  1033-1109
  A&A 138
  Proslogion
  T
  8*
  St Anselm
  1033-1110
  A&A 138
  Sentences (Quatuor Libri Sententiarum)
  T4
  9
  Peter the Lombard
  c.1100-c.1160
  RoP:tD 86
  Cautiones
  T
  13
  Peter Abelard
  1079-1143
  A&A 138
  Scivias (Know the Ways)
  T
  13
  Hildegard of Bingen
  13th century
  Hildegard had Com +4, Good Teacher Virtue
  GoTF 121
  Liber Vitae Meritorum (Book of Life's Merits)
  T
  13
  Hildegard of Bingen
  15th century
  GoTF 123
  Ordo virtutum (Play of Virtues)
  T
  13
  Hildegard of Bingen
  24th century
  GoTF 132
  
  ArM5 Books by Ability
  All books in Latin unless noted; T for Level indicates tractatus, Tx indicates x number of tractati; * after Quality denotes text taught in cathedral schools and universities
  Compiled by Lachie Hayes, Sept 2009 (send comments and errata to jarkman.devries@mac.com)
  Level
  Quality
  Specialty
  Author
  Date
  Notes
  Source
  Theology: Islam
  Sahih al-Bukhari
  5
  9
  al-Bukhari 
  9th century
  Arabic
  RoP:D 110
  Sahih Muslim
  5
  9
  Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
  9th century
  Arabic
  RoP:D 110
  Jami' al-Bayan 'an Ta'wil al-Qu'ran
  5
  10
  al-Tabari
  10th century
  Arabic, translated into Persian
  RoP:D 110
  Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din
  6
  9
  al-Ghazali
  11th century
  Arabic
  RoP:D 110
  The Qu'ran
  10
  10
  Muhammad / Gabriel
  early 7th century
  Arabic, compiled within 25 years of Prophet's death
  RoP:D 110
  Al-Sira Al-Nabawiyya
  T
  7
  Ibn Ishaq
  8th century
  Arabic
  RoP:D 110
  Kitab al-Luma'
  T
  8
  al-Ash'ari
  10th century
  Arabic
  RoP:D 110
  Tadhkirat Al-Awliya'
  T
  8
  Farid al-Din 'Attar
  early 13th century
  Arabic, altered truths
  RoP:D 110
  The Epistles of the Brethren of Purity: Theological Sciences
  T11
  9 (7-11)
  anonymous
  10th century
  Arabic, Book 4, tractati are of varying quality - average quality given
  HMRE 30
  Al-Risala
  T
  10
  Muhammad ibn Idris al-Shafi'i
  9th century
  Arabic
  RoP:D 110
  Kitab al-Irshad
  T
  10
  Al-Shaykh al-Mufid
  12th century
  Arabic
  RoP:D 110
  Theology: Judaism
  The Torah
  6
  8
  *Moses / God
  ancient
  Hebrew
  RoP:tD 133
  The Talmud
  T6
  8
  various sources
  ancient
  Aramaic
  RoP:tD 133
  A Guide for the Perplexed
  6 or 5
  9
  Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon)
  1135-1204
  written in Arabic, yet to be translated to Latin in 1220
  A&A 139 / RoP:tD 133
  (1st commentary on Tanakh and the Talmud)
  T
  13
  Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzakhi)
  1040-1105
  LatL 106
  (2nd commentary on Tanakh and the Talmud)
  T
  13
  Rashi (Rabbi Shlomo Yitzakhi)
  1040-1106
  LatL 106
  Special
  Commentaries by Averroes on Aristotle's works
  var
  12
  Averroes
  1126-1198
  Arabic commentaries on Aristotle, -1Q if translated to Latin
  A&A 139
  Compiled Book Rule Index
  General Book Rules
  Source
  Basic book rules
  ArM5 165-166
  Advanced book rules
  Covenants 86-91
  Rules for different types of manuscripts
  Covenants 86-87
  Rules for different opus types
  Covenants 90-91
  Rules for encyclopedias
  A&A 26
  Rules for translations
  A&A 87
  Rules for folios
  HoH:TL 22-23
  Rules for the Great Library of Durenmar
  GoTF 55-57
  Rules for the Colentes Arcanorum
  HoH:TL 10-12
  Special rule for altered evidence (botch on first read even on simple die)
  RoP:tD 110
  Rules for study partners
  RoP:tD 132
  Rules for study risk (learning Supernatural Abilities from a book)
  RoP:tD 132
  Rules for library consultation
  AM 68
  Rules for partial manuscripts 
  AM 36
  Rules for complex books 
  HMRE 30
  Quality Ranking of Canonical Authors
  Examples (from Art & Academe)
  Quality
  Comments
  (none)
  15+
  Cicero, Leonardo Fibonacci
  14
  Com +5, Good Teacher
  Hildegard of Bingen, Peter Abelard
  13
  Com +4, Good Teacher
  Aristotle, Donatus
  12
  Com +3, Good Teacher
  Averroes, Avicebron, Gratian
  11
  Com +2, Good Teacher
  St Augustine, Robert Grosseteste
  10
  Com +1, Good Teacher
  Adelard of Bath, Alcuin of York, Avicenna, Boethius, Euclid, Maimonides, Plato, Priscian
  9
  Com +3 or Good Teacher
  St Anselm, Bernard Silvestris, John Scottus Eriugena, Isidore of Seville,  Plotinus, Ptolemy
  8
  Com +2
  Macrobius, Rhazes (al-Razi), William of Conches
  7
  Com +1
  Pliny the Elder, Porphyry
  6
  basic Quality, Com +0
  Martianus Capella
  5
  Com -1
  (none)
  4 or less
  Com -2 or below
  Note: the Bible is inspirational, rather than educational hence poor Quality but high Level
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Ars Magica [multi]/5th edition/Ars Magica 5e - Index - Books by Ability.pdf