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List of Imperial Tomes
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This is a list of all known Imperial tomes of knowledge, ranging from practical advice on travelling the galaxy to ancient knowledge of the first Space Marine Legions, with a brief description of each.
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Name | Notes | Source(s) |
700 Wonders Of The Imperium | Published by the Avalon Free Press on the wonders of the Imperium | [8] |
A
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
The Acolyte’s Oath | [80k] | |
Adeptus Record | A text that contains hints relating to the Grey Knights and mentions that this Chapter had been created by the Emperor. | [16a] |
Amulet, Prince Demark | A play attributed to the dramaturge Shakespire, written circa M2. | [45] |
Annales de Legiones Astarte de Gehennae Proxima | A partial account of some actions in the Great Crusade. | [55] |
Annotated Tome | A massive, heavy volume of the Iron Hands Chapter that catalogues the Daemons, Cults, and other horrors of Chaos encountered by the Iron Hands operating in the Calixis Sector | [34] |
Apocrypha of Davio | A list of the Second Founding Space Marine Chapters made in M33. | [1] |
Apocrypha of Skaros | The earliest known copy of the Codex Astartes. States that there were 23 Primogenitor Chapters (chapters founded from the Ultramarines Legion during the Second Founding). | [16b] |
Apocrypha of the Nightbringer | Contains details on the Necron race. | [28b] |
Avoiding Becoming Your Own Grandfather | Written by Inquisitor August Helden IIV the Elder/Younger of the Ordo Chronos. Details chronal dilation during transit through the Warp. | [47] |
B
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
Blessed Rituals of Inquiry, Volume IX | [81b] | |
Blessed Suffering of Saint Elana | About Saint Elana | [81j] |
The Book of Atticus | An Ecclesiarchy text, filled with verses | [31b] |
Book of Five Spheres | The art of war of the Imperial Fists, authored by Rhetoricus. | [18] |
Book of Judgement | The legal code of the Imperium, enforced by the Adeptus Arbites. | [13] |
Book of Mephiston | The life and origins of Mephiston of the Blood Angels | [7] |
A Book of Retrospections | The memoir of Canoness Sepherina of the Order of Our Martyred Lady. | [52b] |
Book of Salvation | A relic of the Dark Angels Chapter listing the names of captured Fallen. | [53] |
Book of Sanguinius | The most profound epithets of Sanguinius. | [42a] |
The Book of Solace | [80a] | |
Byhata | Also known as the Vitrian Art of War. A treatise on military tactics that underpins the combat doctrine of the Vitrian Dragoons. | [56] |
C
D
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
De Natura Belli | Written by Leman Russ on warfare. | [5] |
De Xenos Maleficorum | An Inquisitorial tome used by the Ordo Xenos that speaks of Space Hulks. | [19] |
Deeds of the Adeptus Astartes | A series of volumes on the exploits of various Space Marine Chapters | [30b] |
Dictatus Callidus | The book of the Callidus Assassin | [6] |
Dictatus Culexus | The book of the Culexus Assassin | [6] |
Dictatus Eversor | The book of the Eversor Assassin | [6] |
Dictatus Vindicare | The book of the Vindicare Assassin | [6] |
Dogma Omniastra | A text written on the threat the awakening Necrons pose to Mankind | [32] |
Dominican Tracts | An Ecclesiarchy text | [31a] |
Dreamer Unsleeping | An ancient text on the life and death of Malcador the Sigillite | [25b] |
E
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
The Edge of Illumination | A book written by Solomon Voss during the Great Crusade | [71] |
First Book of Saint Drusus | About Saint Drusus | [81i] |
F
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
First Book of Indocrinations | See an extract from it | White Dwarf 93 (UK), pg. 39 |
First Book of Ordeal | One of the Inquisition books. | Imperial Armour Volume Two (First Edition), pg. 204 |
G
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
Gospel of Saint Sabbat | [67] | |
Grimoire Hereticus | A list of, and information on, the Space Marine Legions which turned on the Imperium during the Horus Heresy, made in M35. | [1] |
Grimoire Purgatus | Grey Knights series detail specific ways for defeating in combat various Daemons of Chaos. | [40] |
The Gunmetallicus Primer | [80f] |
H
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
Heroes of Legend | A study of the Dreadnoughts of the Blood Angels, including Moriar the Chosen. | [7] |
Hidden Chronicles of the Chogoran Epics | A text on the histories and legends of the planet Chogoris | [30a] |
Historia Et Structura Res Navis Nobilite | [80j] | |
History of Olympia | Penned by Perturabo | [82] |
A History of the Later Imperial Crusades | [57] | |
Hunter's Lore | Series of the Dark Angels' scrolls that detail strike forces modified from those found in the Codex Astartes | [41] |
I
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
I Was There... | The memoirs of Commissar Falkov. | [54] |
In defence of the future; a logical discourse | Author unknown, banned M36. The inspirational text for the heretical Logicians | [81f] |
Insignium Astartes | The Uniforms and Regalia of the Space Marines. | [70] |
The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer | A small book of instructions, issued to Imperial Guard troopers. | [3][12] |
The Inquisitorial Omnibus of Actual Governmental Destabilisation vol 987 | [80l] | |
Interrogation Testimony Vol. 17. | [81a] |
J
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
Jorus Introductory Brochure and Guide to Hypasatis | A travel guide to the Cemetery World Hypasitis. | [76a] |
L
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
Leaders of the Adeptus Astartes: A Most Secret Report | Information on the leaders of the Space Marines, including Azrael. | [8] |
Legend of Hourian | Tells the story of an ill fated Inquisitor, who falls in love with an Eldar Princess. | [29] |
Liber Armorum | Presumably information about vehicles and war machines. First military using of Rhino was documented there. | [39] |
Liber Astartes | Information on the Ultramarines and their empire of Ultramar, written in M37. | [1] |
Liber Daemonicum | The equivalent of the Codex Astartes for the Grey Knights chapter. | [9] |
Liber Excruciatus | List of methods of torture committed by Klovis the Redeemer | [61] |
Liber Honorus Imperial Fists | List of honoured Space Marines of the Imperial Fists Chapter, continuous use. | [1] |
Liber Malan | [50] | |
Liber Imperialis | [80i] | |
Liber Proditor Armorum | A work authored by Imperial Fists Techmarine Suprema Lysol Blane on the use of armoured vehicles by Chaos Space Marines. | [Needs Citation] |
Liber Subditus | This tome of Clade Callidus contains no-mind focusing mantras and had been used by their assassin operatives as far back as the Great Crusade era. | [20] |
Liber Xenologis | A work on Xenology (Imperium) containing information about various xenos species and the Seventh Blackstone Fortress written by the rogue trader Janus Draik. | [58] |
The Life and Times of Lion El'Jonson | The life of Lion El'Jonson until his disappearance. | [11] |
Like a Phoenix From the Flames: The Founding of the 597th | Written by Lady General Jenit Sulla of Valhalla. Part of Sulla's autobiography, detailing the early days of the Valhallan 597th regiment and her career with it. | [10c] |
Liturgis Honorum | Liturgies of honourable members of the Dark Angels. | [8] |
Lords of Baal | Description of much of the upper echelons of the Blood Angels. | [7] |
Lexconicum Moralis | [80e] |
M
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
Mechanicus Rites of Bonding | [80g] | |
The Mirror of Smoke | A short and very personal work about being a disabled psyker, by Gideon Ravenor. | [11] |
Monodomination: The Right of Man to Rule the Galaxy | By Monodominant Inquisitor Goldo | [81c] |
Mythos Angelica Mortis | A list of the Space Marine chapters produced in M36 and including the status of each of the original legions, as well as listing a few of the Chapters of the Second Founding, compiled with information found in the Apocryphia of Davio of M33 and the Grimoire Hereticus of M35. | [1] |
N
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
The Neimerel Scrolls | [51] |
O
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
Obscurus Analects of Xenoartefacts | A series of writings and texts that had been written by the notorious Inquisitor Ichtyus Drumall who claimed that he had spent three years in the underworld of the Eldar Craftworld Saim-Hann | [28a] |
Officer's Standard Primer | A series of writings for instructing Astra Militarum officers. | [79] |
On the Ancients | Thoughts on Dreadnoughts by members of the Carcharodon Astra. | [76b] |
On the Eve of the Macharian Crusade | By Lord Solar Macharius | [81g] |
On Mortality, Vol. XII-ΩΩ | By Archmagos Paracelsus | [81d] |
The Once Pure Hive | Catuldynus’s epic verse allegory. | [80d] |
Omega Codex | A text containing battle tactics to defeat Space Marine Legions and used by the Space Wolves. | [63] |
Our Friend Promethium (Imperial Educational Press, 238th edition, 897.M41) | Educational book by Pyrus the fame, describing various properties of Promethium. | [21] |
P
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
Philosophies of Raldoron | Written by Raldoron, first Chapter Master of the Blood Angels. | [46] |
The Pleician Tome | A collection of archives that contains Mechanicus lore. | [62] |
Principles of Sound Defence | A work penned by the Primarch Rogal Dorn. | [72] |
Principia Xenocarum | A catalog about the fauna of Necromunda. | [64] |
Psykana Occultis | A tome that contains lore on psychic research and the powers of psykers. The novitiate Sister of Silence Leillani Mollitas had read early volumes of this text alongside the Voiceless Judgements of Malaena Verdthand in the libraria on the Somnus Citadel at Luna. This knowledge allowed her to prepare herself for her duty as a witch hunter. | [17] |
Purge the Guilty! | Written by the amateur historian Stententious Logar in 085.M42. A historical account of the Gravalax Incident and the events leading up to it. | [10b] |
R
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
The Rebuke | One of the many books of sanctified combat doctrine adhered to by the Sisters of Battle. | [22] |
Reflections on the Hive State | A work on the nature and culture of living in a hive, by Gideon Ravenor. | [11] |
Remembrances of the Peaceful Compliance of Caliban | Written by Abdul-qarim Sereni during the Great Crusade. | [73] |
Requiem Angelis | A work (presumably a requiem to be sung before battle), sacred to the Unforgiven Chapters. | [Needs Citation] |
Revelati Draconis | An ancient text that speaks of the old myths surrounding dragons on the planet Terra | [27] |
The Rhyme of the Ancient Acolyte | [80c] | |
The Road to Salvation | A source for the Macharian Crusade. | [4] |
S
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
Scriptorium of Iron | A tome of the Iron Hands, that contains the history of deeds done by the Chapter's most renowned members | [26] |
Scrolls of Sanguinius | The writing of innermost thoughts of Sanguinius | [42b] |
Second Book of Ordeals | A tome of the Inquisition | [38] |
Space Lanes of The Imperium and the Perils of the Galaxy | A bulky guide to many of the major phenomenas of to be found in the galaxy, including Van Grothe's Rapidity, featuring in The Fall of Medusa V campaign. | [2] |
The Speculum Historiale | Contains one the most extensive records of the Great Crusade known. | [49] |
The Spheres of Longing | A famous work about both the nature of Chaos and the warp, and also the essence of being a psyker, by Gideon Ravenor. | [11] |
Sunset on Deneb | A play that tells of the improbable series of events, that leads a stumbling hero into becoming a Lord Militant | [25a] |
The Symphony of Banished Night | The operatic tale of the demise of Cardinal Tang. | [66] |
T
V
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
Valhallan Valkyrie | A biography of Lady General Jenit Sulla, written by Dragen. | [10d] |
Verses of the High Age of the Great Crusade | A text of poetic verses on the topic of the Great Crusade, written by Calus Quintus. | [75] |
The Virus of Betrayal | A recounting of the Viridian Insurrection, written by Lady Ottaline Melmoth. | [44] |
Vitrian Art of War | See Byhata | [56] |
W
Name | Notes | Source(s) |
Warrior's Catechism of Worship | See an extract from it | [43b] |
White Book | Knowledge collected by the Tome Keepers | [60] |
Words of the Saints Selected for the Noble of Mind | A huge and comprehensive book of prayers attributed to Calixian Saints. | [24] |
Wolf Wildes | The People, Places and Customs of Fenrys; The Fortress of the Russ-sons; Traditions of the Rout. | [65] |
Writings from the Ramparts: A Memoir | A officers memoir of the Battle for Rynn's World | [69] |
See also
Sources
- 1: Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition), [Needs Citation]
- 2: The Fall of Medusa V (booklet), [Needs Citation]
- 3: Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex), [Needs Citation]
- 4: Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 1st Codex), [Needs Citation]
- 5: Warhammer 40,000: Compendium, pg. 45
- 6: Codex: Assassins (3rd Edition), [Needs Citation]
- 7: Codex: Blood Angels (3rd Edition), [Needs Citation]
- 8: Codex: Dark Angels (3rd Edition), [Needs Citation]
- 9: Grey Knights (Novel), [Needs Citation]
- 10: For The Emperor (Novel) - Ciaphas Cain: Hero of the Imperium (Omnibus)
- 11: Ravenor Series by Dan Abnett, and statements from himself[Needs Citation]
- 12: The Imperial Infantryman's Uplifting Primer, [Needs Citation]
- 13: Codex Imperialis (Background Book), [Needs Citation]
- 14: Realm of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned, pg. 172
- 15: Warhammer 40,000: Compilation, pg. 104
- 16: Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)
- 17: The Voice (Short Story) – Tales of Heresy (Anthology), pg. 180
- 18: Sons of Dorn (Novel), Prologue, pgs. 7-8
- 19: Battlefleet Gothic Resources: Xenos Fleets, pg. 62
- 20: Nemesis (Novel), [Needs Citation], pg. 235
- 21: Caves of Ice (Novel) [Needs Citation]
- 22: Faith and Fire (Novel), Chapter Nine, pg. 86
- 23: Savage Scars (Novel), Prologue, pg. 3
- 24: Dark Heresy: The Church of the Damned, pg. 11
- 25: Deathwatch (Novel)
- 26: Iron Hands (Novel), Chapter 13, pg. 206
- 27: Mechanicum (Novel), Chapter 2.02, pgs. 212-213
- 28: Dawn of War: Ascension — Blood Ravens: The Dawn of War Omnibus
- 29: Warrior Coven (Novel) — Kill Squad: A Deathwatch Omnibus, Chapter 5, pg. 259
- 30: Hunt for Voldorius (Novel)
- 31: Hammer and Anvil (Novel)
- 32: But Dust in the Wind (Short Story) — Victories of the Space Marines (Anthology), pg. 160
- 33: Dark Heresy Timeline, pg. 4
- 34: Dark Heresy: The Chaos Commandment, pg. 64
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- 36: The Blood of Angels (Short Story)
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- 38: Imperial Armour Volume Two (Second Edition), pg. 20
- 39: Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition, pg. 13
- 40: Codex: Chaos Daemons - Daemonic Incursion Edition — Flamers of Tzeentch
- 41: Codex: Dark Angels (7th Edition) — Strike Forces
- 42: Dante (Novel)
- 43: White Dwarf 93 (UK)
- 43: White Dwarf 109 (2016) — Ortan Cassius — The True Believer
- 44: The Emperor's Finest (Novel) — Ciaphas Cain: Saviour of the Imperium (Omnibus), Editorial Note Between Chapters One & Two, pgs. 21-22
- 45: The Aegidan Oath (Short Story) — Scythes of the Emperor (Anthology)
- 46: Shield of Baal: Deathstorm (Novella), Chapter Two
- 47: The Regimental Standard: Enriching Activities of Idle Hands (Posted on 5/7/2017) (Last accessed on 17 March 2020)
- 48: Codex: Deathwatch (8th Edition), pg. 17
- 49: White Dwarf 276 (UK), pg. 97 — Claws of the Raven
- 50: Blood of Asaheim (Novel), Quotespace before Prologue, pg. 7
- 51: Wrath of Iron (Novel), Preface, pgs. 7-8
- 52: Codex: Necrons (3rd Edition)
- 53: Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition), pg. 41
- 54: Helsreach (Novel) — Armageddon (Anthology), Chapter XXII
- 55: Leman Russ: The Great Wolf (Novel), Chapter III
- 56: First and Only (Novel) — The Founding (Omnibus), Part Three, Chapter Four
- 57: Ghostmaker (Novel) — The Founding (Omnibus), Epigraph before Chapter One
- 58: Liber Xenologis
- 59: White Dwarf 465, pg. 31 — Crusades of a Chapter: Relics
- 60: White Dwarf 454, pg. 66 — History of a Chapter: The Mysteries of the Tome Keepers
- 61: Warhammer Community: Underhive Informant – Pray You’re Not in Klovis the Redeemer’s Little Black Book of Torture (Posted on 21/06/2021) (Last accessed on 21 June 2021)
- 62: Deathwatch: Rites of Battle, pg. 160
- 63: The Horus Heresy Book Seven - Inferno, pg. 69 — The Seeds of Heresy
- 64: Liber Xenologis, pgs. 102-109 — Horrors of the Sump
- 65: The Wolftime (Novel), Chapter 2
- 66: The Seventh Serpent (Novella), Chapter 6
- 67: Honour Guard (Novel) — The Saint (Omnibus), Chapter Five
- 68: Mortis (Novel), Chapter 15
- 69: Rynn's World (Novel), Part Three
- 70: Liar's Due (Short Story)
- 71: The Last Remembrancer (Short Story)
- 72: The Unremembered Empire (Novel), Chapter 21
- 73: Angels of Caliban (Novel), Prologue
- 74: A Game of Opposites (Short Story)
- 75: Black Oculus (Short Story)
- 76: Carcharodons: Outer Dark (Novel):
- 77: Shadow Throne Rulebook, pg. 4
- 78: Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 201
- 79: Baneblade (Novel), Interstitial between Chapters 11 & 12, pg. 167
- 80: Dark Heresy Core Rulebook
- 81: Dark Heresy: The Inquisitor's Handbook
- 82: The Emperor's Architect (Short Story)