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Every Ars Arcanum is written by [[Khriss]].{{wob ref|6873}} The annotations on many of the images from the various books are made by her assistant [[Nazh]].{{wob ref|13587}}
[[Brandon Sanderson|Brandon]] initially planedplanned to use the phrase "Ars Magica" for these glossaries, as he felt it was "a cool Latinate take on 'Magical Arts' or 'Magical Skills'." However, there was a role-playing game with that name, so he instead went with "Ars Arcanum," which he ultimately felt had more of a true-Latinate feel.{{wob ref|2491}}
== Ars Arcanum in each book or series ==
=== Elantris ===
The tenth anniversary edition of ''[[Elantris]]'' has an Ars Arcanum that lists all of theselected [[Aon]]s of note and includes their design, their meanings, alongand some examples of their use within Aonic names or terms. The tenth anniversary edition withadded a brief write-upessay oftitled "On [[AonDor]]". OtherThe editionsessay doraises notquestions haveabout anthe Arsorigin Arcanum,of thoughAons theyand didcompares the manifestations of [[Investiture]] found on [[Sel]] to those found on other planets. Selish magic is noted to have aseveral listunique ofqualities Aonsthat Khriss cannot explain. The essay is also notable for mentioning [[Vax]].
=== Mistborn ===
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