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The '''Palanaeum''' is the largest known library on [[Roshar]], holding over seven hundred thousand texts on various subjects.{{book ref|sa1|7}} It is made up of two rooms, an antechamber known as '''The Veil''' and a storehouse known as '''The Palanaeum proper'''.{{book ref|Sa1|7}} The Palanaeum also doubles as Kharbranth's royal treasury, and the city's store of emeralds are used to light the pathways within the Palanaeum proper.{{book ref|sa1|33}} The Devotary of Insight is in charge of switching out the gemstones so they can be renewed with stormlight during the Highstorm.{{book ref|sa1|33}}

The Palanaeum is located within [[Kharbranth]]ian [[Conclave]], deep within mountain that surrounds the city, and access to it is carefully controlled.{{book ref|sa1|7}} The pyramid-like caverns that form the rooms of the Palanaeum predate the city of Kharbranth, however, the smaller rooms that house the manuscripts and books were cut into the stone post settlement.{{book ref|sa1|7}}{{book ref|sa1|45}} How the caverns were created is unknown, however, some believe that it was the work of the dawnsingers.{{book ref|sa1|7}}

Entrance to the Palanaeum Proper requires a chit of of admittance to the sum of one thousand sapphire [[broam]]s, which also allows for use of the Veil.{{book ref|sa1|7}} Alcoves in the Veil can also be rented for ongoing use for two skymarks.{{book ref|Sa1|8}} Payment to access the Palanaeum is used to fund the hospitals of Kharbranth.{{book ref|sa1|7}} Once admittance has been paid, the Palanaeum Proper is available to access at anytime.{{book ref|sa1|36}} The organisational system used within the Palanaeum filing system is standard across many of Roshar's libraries and archives.{{book ref|Sa1|33}} Patron's are free to locate and collect books and documentation themselves if they wish, however, ardents and servants are available to collect materials when requested.{{book ref|sa1|33}} Additionally, ardents will reshelve books that are no longer needed for use.{{book ref|sa1|45}} Books can be removed from the Palanaeum, however, they are not to be taken into the Conclave's bathing chambers.{{book ref|sa1|36}}

- Varas is the Palanaeum's chief of collections. Shallan did a portrait of the man, who then shared it with King Taravangian. Varas reported that the staff of the staff of the conclave were quite taken with Shallan.

[[Jasnah]] used the Palanaeum for her research on the [[Voidbringer]]s, yet found many of the texts tampered with from the [[Hierocracy]].{{book ref|sa2|6}} It is possible that the original Palaneum had been subject to a fire at one point, with texts such as the autobiography of [[Terxim]] being mostly lost.{{epigraph ref|sa1|46}}

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After the coming of the Everstorm and the transformation of the parshmen, the Palanaeum was inundated with requests from all across Roshar for information on the Voidbringers. Navani sought out the Palanaeum to find information on the Old Magic but found it difficult to get time from the researchers. She found at least 300 cases of the Old Magic in the library and in each one the curse and boon lasted until the persons death.

Epigraph - The original Palanaeum was involved in a fire <!--does this refer to the Palanaeum in Kharbranth or was there once a Palanaeum somewhere else?-->

Taravangian along with a consort of people including Malata and Adrotagia, Kharbranth's head scribe, arrived at Urithiru. Prior to the visit, Navani got in contact with the Palanaeum as she was after information on the NIghtwatcher and the boon and curse. She had difficulty as ever since the Everstorm, the Palanaeum had been inundated with requests for research into the Voidbringers. Taravangian's visit to Urithiru, as well as a favour owed to her, got Navani access to the information she had been after. There are at least 300 cases that Navani knows of, of the boon/curse, from the Palanaeum.

The team of scholars in Jah Keved and Kharbranth reached the Eila Stele translations independently </-- unreliable narrator, Taravangian is a liar-->

The Veil is accessible from the Conclave and lies behind a pair of steel doors, intricately carved with a chart that is made up of circular and linear geometric pattern, as well as glyphs. The sides of the expansive room are smooth and incredibly tall, pocketed with small private balconies. The room is dark, with only small pockets of light from [[spheres]] that people use in the alcoves.{{book ref|sa1|7}}

Elevators manned by multiple parshman are used to access the different levels within the Veil, with hallways carved into the stone surrounding the room allowing for access to the alcoves. Alcoves are turret shaped, with a large desk connected to the curved rim of the waist high balcony. A wooden railing runs along the top of the stone wall.{{book ref|Sa1|7}}

The Palanaeum proper can be accessed from inside the Veil, through a smaller chamber that is filled with soulcast crystal partitions.{{book ref|sa1|7}} Past these crystals is a large cavern shaped like an inverted pyramid, with a walkway running down along the walls forming a giant square spiral.{{book ref|sa1|33}} This walkway extends down 57 levels, and at the bottom of the room is a large infused diamond that marks the point of the inverted pyramid and aligns with the nadir.{{book ref|sa1|45}} A system of parshman worked lifts are available for use to access the various floors, though multiple lifts are needed to reach the lower floors.{{book ref|sa1|45}}

Filing cabinets found on the top level of the Palanaeum proper contain an index of the material within the library, based on the date that they entered the Palanaeum.{{book ref|Sa1|33}} Books and documentation are stored within smaller rooms that have been carved into the rock of the Palanaeum proper.{{book ref|sa1|33}} These rooms contain tall bookshelves, each with a symbol carved on the end reflecting the date the documentation was received.{{book ref|Sa1|33}} Troughs containing a moisture absorbing powder can also be found within these rooms to control humidity levels.{{book ref|sa1|33}}