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[[File:Ezio-bookshop.png|thumb|250px|Ezio standing in front of a book shop.]]
[[File:Ezio-bookshop.png|thumb|250px|A book shop in Constantinople]]
'''Book Shops''' were suppliers of books and maps in the cities of [[Constantinople]] and [[Cappadocia]] during the early 16th century.
A '''book shop''' is a store that sells books. These shops acted as [[Merchant|suppliers]] of books and maps in the cities of [[Baghdad]] during the [[Abbasid Caliphate]] in the late 9th century,<ref name="Echoes">''[[Echoes of History]]: Baghdad Soundwalks'' – Episode 4: The Bazaar</ref> and both [[Constantinople]] and [[Derinkuyu|Cappadocia]] in the early 16th century.<ref name="ACR">''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''</ref>
 
The [[Mentor]] of the [[Italian Brotherhood of Assassins|Italian Assassins]] [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze]] used ''[[akçe]]'' to renovate and visit the book shops during his adventures in the [[Ottoman Empire]].<ref name="ACR"/>


==Available books==
==Available books==
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!scope="col"|Price
!scope="col"|Price
|-
|-
|''[[The Odyssey]]''
|''[[Odyssey (epic poem)|Odyssey]]''
|{{Wiki|Homer}}
|[[Homer]]
|{{Ak|201}}
|{{Ak|201}}
|-
|-
|''[[Aeneid]]''
|''[[Aeneid]]''
|{{Wiki|Virgil}}
|[[Virgil]]
|{{Ak|242}}
|{{Ak|242}}
|-
|-
|''[[Mu'allaqat]]''
|''[[Mu'allaqat]]''
|{{Wiki|Hammad Ar-Rawiya}}
|[[Hammad Ar-Rawiya]]
|{{Ak|334}}
|{{Ak|334}}
|-
|-
|''[[Geography]]''
|''[[Geography]]''
|{{Wiki|Ptolemy}}
|[[Ptolemy]]
|{{Ak|483}}
|{{Ak|483}}
|-
|-
|''[[The History of the Kings of Britain]]''
|''[[The History of the Kings of Britain]]''
|{{Wiki|Geoffrey of Monmouth}}
|[[Geoffrey of Monmouth]]
|{{Ak|529}}
|{{Ak|529}}
|-
|-
|''[[Heimskringla]]''
|''[[Heimskringla]]''
|{{Wiki|Snorri Sturluson}}
|[[Snorri Sturluson]]
|{{Ak|1,840}}
|{{Ak|1,840}}
|-
|-
|''[[The Book of Prophecies]]''
|''[[The Book of Prophecies]]''
|[[Christoffa Corombo|Christopher Columbus]]
|[[Christopher Columbus]]
|{{Ak|3,220}}
|{{Ak|3,220}}
|-
|-
|''[[The Golden Ass]]''
|''[[The Golden Ass]]''
|{{Wiki|Apuleius}}
|[[Apuleius]]
|{{Ak|3,588}}
|{{Ak|3,588}}
|-
|-
|''{{Wiki|Parallel Lives}}''
|''[[Parallel Lives]]''
|{{Wiki|Plutarch}}
|[[Plutarch]]
|{{Ak|9,085}}
|{{Ak|9,085}}
|-
|-
|''{{Wiki|Metamorphoses}}''
|''[[Metamorphoses]]''
|{{Wiki|Ovid}}
|[[Ovid]]
|{{Ak|9,315}}
|{{Ak|9,315}}
|-
|-
|''{{Wiki|Opus Majus}}''
|''[[Opus Majus]]''
|{{Wiki|Roger Bacon}}
|[[Roger Bacon]]
|{{Ak|9,775}}
|{{Ak|9,775}}
|-
|-
|''{{Wiki|The Secret History of the Mongols}}''
|''[[The Secret History of the Mongols]]''
|Unknown
|Unknown
|{{Ak|24,725}}
|{{Ak|24,725}}
|-
|-
|''{{Wiki|Anabasis Alexandri}}''
|''[[Anabasis Alexandri]]''
|{{Wiki|Arrian of Nicodemia}}
|[[Arrian]]
|{{Ak|27,600}}
|{{Ak|27,600}}
|-
|-
|''{{Wiki|Record of the Grand Historian}}''
|''[[Record of the Grand Historian]]''
|{{Wiki|Sima Qian}}
|[[Sima Qian]]
|{{Ak|44,505}}
|{{Ak|44,505}}
|}
|}
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!scope="col"|Price
!scope="col"|Price
|-
|-
|''{{Wiki|Digenes Akritas}}''
|''[[Digenes Akritas]]''
|Unknown
|Unknown
|{{Ak|59,800}}
|{{Ak|59,800}}
|-
|-
|''{{Wiki|Nuova Cronica|Cronica}}''
|''[[Cronica]]''
|{{Wiki|Ramon Muntaner}}
|[[Ramon Muntaner]]
|{{Ak|76,475}}
|{{Ak|76,475}}
|-
|-
|''{{Wiki|Tirant lo Blanch}}''
|''[[Tirant lo Blanch]]''
|{{Wiki|Joanot Martorell}}
|[[Joanot Martorell]]
|{{Ak|86,250}}
|{{Ak|86,250}}
|-
|-
|''{{Wiki|Bibliotheca (Photius)|Bibliotheca}}''
|''[[Bibliotheca]]''
|{{Wiki|Photius}}
|[[Photius]]
|{{Ak|97,750}}
|{{Ak|97,750}}
|}
|}


== Book quests ==
==Book quests==
{{Main|The Polo Symbols}}
The [[Maffeo Polo|Polo]] [[Niccolò Polo|brothers]] had hidden ten books within Constantinople. Ezio Auditore found these with the help of his [[Eagle Vision|Eagle Sense]].
 
*''[[Aesop's Fables]]'' by [[Sokrates|Socrates]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Signs and Symbols, Part I]]</ref>
After completing the memory "[[Signs And Symbols, Part I]]," [[Ezio Auditore da Firenze|Ezio Auditore]] found the following books scattered throughout Constantinople with his [[Eagle Vision|Eagle Sense]].
*''[[Mission to Constantinople]]'' by [[Liutprand of Cremona]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Signs and Symbols, Part II]]</ref>
*''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'' by {{Wiki|Geoffrey Chaucer}}.
*''[[On Nature]]'' by [[Empedocles]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[Signs and Symbols, Part III]]</ref>
*''[[The Travels of Marco Polo]]'' by [[Marco Polo]].
*''[[The Travels of Marco Polo]]'' by [[Marco Polo]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Polo Symbols: Hippodrome]]</ref>
*''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]'' by Unknown.
*''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]'' by Unknown<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Polo Symbols: Galata]]</ref>
*''[[The Book of Kings]]'' by {{Wiki|Ferdowsi}}.
*''[[The Book of Kings]]'' by [[Ferdowsi]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Polo Symbols: Arsenal]]</ref>
*''[[Nibelungenlied]]'' by Unknown.
*''[[Nibelungenlied]]'' by Unknown<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Polo Symbols: Forum of the Ox]]</ref>
*''[[Iliad]]'' by {{Wiki|Homer}}.
*''[[Iliad]]'' by [[Homer]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Polo Symbols: Aqueduct]]</ref>
*''[[The Flute Girl]]'' by {{Wiki|Menander}}.
*''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'' by [[Geoffrey Chaucer]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Polo Symbols: Church I]]</ref>
 
*''[[The Flute Girl]]'' by [[Menander]]<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Revelations'' – [[The Polo Symbols: Church II]]</ref>
After finding and purchasing all the books, a cutscene involving the bookshop owner [[Sofia Sartor]] and Ezio Auditore was unlocked at the [[Galata headquarters|Assassin hideout]].


==Maps==
==Maps==
Maps revealing the locations of the [[treasure chests]] in Constantinople and Cappadocia could also be bought, as well as a map revealing the locations of [[Ishak Pasha's Memoir Pages]].
The book shops also offered maps revealing the locations of [[treasure chest]]s within Constantinople and Cappadocia, as well as a map revealing the locations of [[Ishak Pasha]]'s [[Ishak Pasha's memoir pages|memoir pages]].
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{|border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="article-table" style="width: 500px"
!scope="col"|Map
!scope="col"|Map
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|{{Ak|1,323}}
|{{Ak|1,323}}
|-
|-
|Beyazid District Map 1
|Bayezid District Map 1
|{{Ak|874}}
|{{Ak|874}}
|-
|-
|Beyazid District Map 2
|Bayezid District Map 2
|{{Ak|1,495}}
|{{Ak|1,495}}
|-
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|{{Ak|12,075}}
|{{Ak|12,075}}
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∞25 [[Animus data fragments]] needed to be collected to buy this map.
∞25 [[Animus data fragment]]s needed to be collected to buy this map.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
[[File:Sage.png|right|thumb|Sage achievement icon]]
*Book shops and books replaced the functions of [[art merchant]]s and paintings from ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''.
*Book Shops and books replaced the functions of [[Art Merchants]] and paintings from ''[[Assassin's Creed II]]'' and ''[[Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood]]''.
*The [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations achievements|achievement]] "'''Sage'''" could be earned by obtaining every book available in Constantinople and Cappadocia.
*The [[Assassin's Creed: Revelations achievements|achievement]], "'''Sage'''" could be earned by obtaining every book available in Constantinople and Cappadocia.
*After purchasing and finding all available books, a special cutscene would play once Ezio returned to the [[Galata]] [[Galata headquarters|headquarters]].
 
==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]'' {{1st}}
*''[[Echoes of History]]'' {{Mo}}
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Mirage]]''


==Reference==
==References==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Revelations]]''
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{{ACR}}
{{ACR}}
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Latest revision as of 16:57, 8 March 2025

A book shop in Constantinople

A book shop is a store that sells books. These shops acted as suppliers of books and maps in the cities of Baghdad during the Abbasid Caliphate in the late 9th century,[1] and both Constantinople and Cappadocia in the early 16th century.[2]

The Mentor of the Italian Assassins Ezio Auditore da Firenze used akçe to renovate and visit the book shops during his adventures in the Ottoman Empire.[2]

Available books[edit | edit source]

Constantinople[edit | edit source]

Book Author Price
Odyssey Homer 201
Aeneid Virgil 242
Mu'allaqat Hammad Ar-Rawiya 334
Geography Ptolemy 483
The History of the Kings of Britain Geoffrey of Monmouth 529
Heimskringla Snorri Sturluson 1,840
The Book of Prophecies Christopher Columbus 3,220
The Golden Ass Apuleius 3,588
Parallel Lives Plutarch 9,085
Metamorphoses Ovid 9,315
Opus Majus Roger Bacon 9,775
The Secret History of the Mongols Unknown 24,725
Anabasis Alexandri Arrian 27,600
Record of the Grand Historian Sima Qian 44,505

Cappadocia[edit | edit source]

Book Author Price
Digenes Akritas Unknown 59,800
Cronica Ramon Muntaner 76,475
Tirant lo Blanch Joanot Martorell 86,250
Bibliotheca Photius 97,750

Book quests[edit | edit source]

The Polo brothers had hidden ten books within Constantinople. Ezio Auditore found these with the help of his Eagle Sense.

Maps[edit | edit source]

The book shops also offered maps revealing the locations of treasure chests within Constantinople and Cappadocia, as well as a map revealing the locations of Ishak Pasha's memoir pages.

Map Price
Imperial District Map 1 949
Imperial District Map 2 1,380
Galata Map 1 828
Galata Map 2 1,323
Bayezid District Map 1 874
Bayezid District Map 2 1,495
Constantine District Map 1 897
Constantine District Map 2 1,633
Arsenal Map 1,415
Cappadocia Map 1 1,104
Cappadocia Map 2 1,760
Ishak Pasha's Memoir Map∞ 12,075

∞25 Animus data fragments needed to be collected to buy this map.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

Appearances[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Echoes of History: Baghdad Soundwalks – Episode 4: The Bazaar
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Assassin's Creed: Revelations
  3. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Signs and Symbols, Part I
  4. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Signs and Symbols, Part II
  5. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – Signs and Symbols, Part III
  6. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Polo Symbols: Hippodrome
  7. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Polo Symbols: Galata
  8. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Polo Symbols: Arsenal
  9. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Polo Symbols: Forum of the Ox
  10. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Polo Symbols: Aqueduct
  11. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Polo Symbols: Church I
  12. ↑ Assassin's Creed: Revelations – The Polo Symbols: Church II

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