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[[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}}

The tenth anniversary edition of ''[[Elantris (book)|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]].

The books in the [[Mistborn series]] each have an Ars Arcanum with the table of [[Metallic Arts]], describing what each of the [[Allomantic]] metals does. Since more metals are discovered and new things about them are learned, the table in each later book has more metals and information with greater accuracy. [[The Lost Metal]] adds information from an interview with [[Marsh]].

The Ars Arcanum in ''[[The Stormlight Archive]]'' gives detailed information about the [[Ten Essences]], as well as descriptions of the different [[Surge]]s and how they are used by [[Surgebinder]]s. Some information has been added in each book: a [[Surgebinding#Illumination|Lightweaving]] section appears in ''[[Words of Radiance]]'' and ''[[Oathbringer]]'' contains an additional section about [[Soulcasting]]. ''[[Rhythm of War]]'' contains an additional section about the [[Surge]] of [[Cohesion]], particularly focusing on its use in shaping stone, and mentioned [[microkinesis]].