Book Curse

Throughout history, people would use curses written on books to deter the theft of them, since books were historically very rare before the invention of the printing press. Most of these curses called down the wrath of various Pagan Gods on those who would steal or harm them. Some of the curses were quite specific, calling down different calamities depending on whether the person stole, damaged, defaced or rewrote the scroll or codex in question. 
And these 'Book Curses' weren't limited to pagans, they continued all throughout the Medieval era, with monks and priests threatening temporal punishment upon anyone who stole the parish church' single copy of the Bible.
Category:Magick
Category:Codex