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==Book quests==
==Book quests==
{{Main|The Polo Symbols}}
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]]:
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]].
*''[[The Travels of Marco Polo]]'' by [[Marco Polo]], [[The Polo Symbols: Hippodrome|found]] near the [[Hippodrome of Constantinople|Hippodrome]].
*''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'' by {{Wiki|Geoffrey Chaucer}}.
*''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]'' by Unknown, [[The Polo Symbols: Galata|found]] near the [[Galata Tower]].
*''[[The Travels of Marco Polo]]'' by [[Marco Polo]].
*''[[The Book of Kings]]'' by {{Wiki|Ferdowsi}}, [[The Polo Symbols: Arsenal|found]], on the [[Harbor of Theodosius|Arsenal]] docks.
*''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]'' by Unknown.
*''[[Nibelungenlied]]'' by Unknown, [[The Polo Symbols: Forum of the Ox|found]] at the [[Forum of the Ox]].
*''[[The Book of Kings]]'' by {{Wiki|Ferdowsi}}.
*''[[Iliad]]'' by {{Wiki|Homer}}, [[The Polo Symbols: Aqueduct|found]] near the [[Valens Aqueduct]].
*''[[Nibelungenlied]]'' by Unknown.
*''[[The Canterbury Tales]]'' by {{Wiki|Geoffrey Chaucer}}, [[The Polo Symbols: Church I]], found near the [[Rose Mosque]].
*''[[Iliad]]'' by {{Wiki|Homer}}.
*''[[The Flute Girl]]'' by {{Wiki|Menander}}, [[The Polo Symbols: Church II|found]] near the [[Myrelaion Church]].
*''[[The Flute Girl]]'' by {{Wiki|Menander}}.


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]] in [[Galata District|Galata]].
After purchasing and finding all available books, once Ezio returned to the [[Galata headquarters]], he was surprised to receive a visit from [[Sofia Sartor]].
 
===Dialogue===
*'''Sofia:''' ''Hello!''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Eh?''
*'''Sofia:''' ''Ezio, you old snake! You walked right past me.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Forgive me, Sofia. I did not notice. What are you doing in Galata?''
*'''Sofia:''' ''Making some deliveries. Is this where you stay?''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Ah, sì'' (yes). ''It is a kind of... school.''
*'''Sofia:''' ''What is taught here?''
*'''Ezio:''' ''Come this way. I want to show you something. I have been stocking the library here with rare books. A good start, no?''
*'''Sofia:''' ''Ah! These are all so beautiful. And such diversity. So, are these men and women YOUR students?''
*'''Ezio:''' ''In a way, yes.''
*'''Sofia:''' ''Well, if they ever need a literature scholar, give them my name. In a pinch, I am a pretty good teacher.''
*'''Ezio:''' ''If they find the time to read, I certainly will.''
*'''Sofia:''' ''Oh! Chaucer! Bellissimo.'' (Very nice.)


==Maps==
==Maps==

Revision as of 19:16, 18 July 2013

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.

Available books

Constantinople

Book Author Price
The 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 of Nicodemia 27,600
Record of the Grand Historian Sima Qian 44,505

Cappadocia

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

After completing the memory "Signs And Symbols, Part I," Ezio Auditore found the following books scattered throughout Constantinople with his Eagle Sense:

After purchasing and finding all available books, once Ezio returned to the Galata headquarters, he was surprised to receive a visit from Sofia Sartor.

Dialogue

  • Sofia: Hello!
  • Ezio: Eh?
  • Sofia: Ezio, you old snake! You walked right past me.
  • Ezio: Forgive me, Sofia. I did not notice. What are you doing in Galata?
  • Sofia: Making some deliveries. Is this where you stay?
  • Ezio: Ah, sì (yes). It is a kind of... school.
  • Sofia: What is taught here?
  • Ezio: Come this way. I want to show you something. I have been stocking the library here with rare books. A good start, no?
  • Sofia: Ah! These are all so beautiful. And such diversity. So, are these men and women YOUR students?
  • Ezio: In a way, yes.
  • Sofia: Well, if they ever need a literature scholar, give them my name. In a pinch, I am a pretty good teacher.
  • Ezio: If they find the time to read, I certainly will.
  • Sofia: Oh! Chaucer! Bellissimo. (Very nice.)

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.

Map Price
Imperial District Map 1 949
Imperial District Map 2 1,380
Galata Map 1 828
Galata Map 2 1,323
Beyazid District Map 1 874
Beyazid 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

Reference