Named after the 15th-century Augustinian monk and alchemist George Ripley, the Ripley Scroll reads almost like a journal and it's essentially a real-life wizard's spellbook.
I wrote to Albus, describing, perhaps insensitively, the wonders of my journey, from narrow escapes from chimaeras in Greece to the experiments of the Egyptian alchemists.
Long after the fall of the ancient Egyptian civilization, doctors and alchemists in Europe continued the custom of showing a sign of the gods' help and protection.