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Objects and instruments — box 20 of 35
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MS 0221.84
Rhetorical Filigree
Rhetorical Filigree is a class of ductile metal alloys whose physical properties are directly influenced by the complexity and validity of t…
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MS 1399.50
Rod of Resonance
The standard-issue rod, designated Instrument 47-C under the Equipment Annex, is a cylindrical shaft of polished yewwood, precisely 1.2 metr…
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MS 5573.50
Sable Cabinet
The Sable Cabinet is a Class-2 Discretionary Storage Array located within the Silent Stacks of Floor 307: The Cabinet of Echoes. Constructed…
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MS 3205.54
Sample 404-B
Sample 404-B is a vacuum-sealed physical specimen of a Provisional Protocol Summary originating from Floor 404. It is the primary evidentiar…
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MS 0923.02
Sanctioned Quill of Erasure
The Sanctioned Quill of Erasure is a single, silver-nibbed writing instrument of indeterminate material, permanently housed within a triple-…
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MS 6591.59
Sanctioned Yellow Tape
Sanctioned Yellow Tape is a category of adhesive barrier tape authorized under the Third Concordance for the demarcation and temporary seali…
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MS 7962.04
Satellite Index
Operated by a certified Index-Tender, a Satellite Index translates the conceptual contiguity of a desmene into a live, navigable map, reconc…
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MS 8925.17
Satellite Indexes
Satellite Indexes are specialized cataloguing instruments, typically installed in the vaulted ceilings of major reading halls or administrat…
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MS 8322.42
Scale of Precedence
The Scale of Precedence is a suspended brass balance located in the central atrium of Floor 1024, operated under the auspices of the Directo…
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MS 6103.71
Sceptre of Deferred Query
The Sceptre of Deferred Query is a ceremonial object used to formally initiate a state of administrative postponement within The Tower. Meas…
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MS 3053.56
Sceptre of Recitation
The Sceptre of Recitation is a ceremonial staff, 1.42 meters in length, traditionally wielded by the presiding Inquisitor during a formal Sc…
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MS 2409.23
Screaming Pillar
Screaming Pillar is an architectural and acoustic feature of the Tower, classified under Unquiet Architecture by the Seventh Concordance, An…
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MS 0139.65
Screaming Pillars
Screaming Pillars are anomalous vertical structures of Ignorance Marble that spontaneously generate sustained, audible frequencies, primaril…
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MS 2628.54
Scribe’s Glass
Scribe's Glass is a crystalline substrate material used exclusively in the fabrication of permanent archival inscription tools, most notably…
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MS 2047.20
Seal of Finality
The Seal of Finality is a brass die bearing the sigil of a closed book, used within the formal process of Librarianic Finality to render a d…
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MS 7186.41
Seal of the Seventh Archon
TheĠSealĠofĠtheĠSeventhĠArchonĠisĠaĠstandardizedĠapertureĠseal,ĠclassifiedĠunderĠDirectiveĠ7-Alpha,ĠinstalledĠonĠFloorĠ80ĠofĠtheĠTower.ĠItĠs…
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MS 1808.74
Seal of the Silent Inkwell
The Seal of the Silent Inkwell is an officially authorized imprint, stamped or inscribed onto surveying instruments and certain archival doc…
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MS 9788.61
Selenian Glass
Selenian glass, when properly annealed, casts a shadow that does not correspond to its physical form. Interpreting this discrepancy is the d…
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MS 4375.76
Self-Irrigating Tomes
Self-Irrigating Tomes are a certified category of bibliographical artifact within the Tower, distinguished by their capacity to generate, ci…
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MS 1622.43
Self-Referential Archive
The Self-Referential Archive refers to both a specific physical holding and the class of anomalous archival objects it exemplifies: a collec…
Arrangement within a series is by title. Box numbers describe the present arrangement and are not a permanent feature of the holding.