jeejah

First Appearance and Context

An early instance shows an artisan from outside the walls carrying a jeejah while working in the New Library inside a Math. In accordance with the Discipline, its communications were disabled, but the artisan still checked it for the time. Later, during public tours of the Hylaean Way, visitors used jeejahs to snap phototypes and to play recorded tours through earbuds; at one point a jeejah sounded a loud tune that its owner quickly silenced.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Everyday extramuros tool for personal use.
• Used by visitors and pilgrims during Apert for media playback of recorded tours.
• Serves as a timekeeping device when communications are disabled inside the walls.
• Supports taking phototypes and producing audible alerts; users may listen via earbuds.

Relationships

• Widely carried by various visitor cohorts, including slines and school groups; no specific institutional affiliation is implied.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• Hand‑sized device with a screen and user controls suitable for being “thumbed.”
• Built‑in communications features when enabled.
• Functions observed: time display, media playback (recorded tours), phototype capture, and audible alerts.

Current Status/Location

Commonly observed among people living extramuros and among visitors admitted during Apert; permitted inside a math only with communications disabled per the Discipline.