Lovecraft's Necronomicon was originally in Arabic and called Al Azif until it was translated into Greek. I used a quill pen to sketch the drawings and do the little scratched English writing, and then a small brush for the larger Arabic looking lettering. The ink is rose scented ink my brother got me some time ago. He brownish stains are the result of me basically using the paper as a napkin while eating chicken wings. The pages are just parchment paper which i tore to fit the dimensions of the book and to look old. The wing is from a Nightgaunt, we have a Spider of Leng, The elder sign, Cthulhu, and Lovecraft himself in a "prophetic" vision of the Necronomicon's author. In Lovecraft, ghouls are dead, or undead, humans who have de-evolved into dog-like forms - hence the human skull with a canine muzzle. Lovecraft's, though written in Arabic, was more about interdimensional, extra-terrestrial gods and monster.though both deal with ghouls. The Ex-Mortis version was based more on Arabian and Middle East ideas of evil spirits and zombies (or ghouls). Lovecraft, I enjoy both so much I decided to combine them for this prop. While the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis of the Evil Dead series of movies actually has NOTHING to do with the Necronomicon of H.P. Pages from the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis that I made for this year's Halloween season.
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