Second New Revised Book of Discipline

The Second New Revised Book of Discipline is an authoritative codex used within a Math to codify rules of conduct and practice. It is treated as a current reference by avout during day‑to‑day work.

First Appearance and Context

It is cited during work in a Cloister garden when an avout notes that “slashberry” is not among the “One Hundred and Sixty‑four,” the list of plants allowed for cultivation under this book. In the same exchange, a separate set called “the Eleven” is mentioned as a category whose items must be burned on sight and recorded in the Chronicle. Additionally, an entry in The Dictionary that treats “liaison” names this book as the current authority that itemizes liaison types and their sanctioning.

Roles/Actions and Affiliations

• Practical prescriptions: Serves as a prescriptive guide for day‑to‑day matters inside the walls, such as horticulture, including the enumerated list of allowed plant species (“the One Hundred and Sixty‑four”) and the implication of stricter prohibitions via “the Eleven.”
• Liaison rules: As summarized in The Dictionary, this edition “describes seventeen” types of liaisons, “sanctions four,” and “winks at two others.” Sanctioned liaisons are governed by specific rules and are solemnized by an aut in the presence of at least three witnesses.
• Place in the code: Functions as a finalized edition within the broader tradition of Discipline observed by avout (often expressed in practice as the Cartasian Discipline). Earlier editorial history is signaled by references to a “Revised Book of Discipline” adopted at the time of the Reconstitution.

Relationships

• Part of the Discipline tradition alongside works and practices associated with the Cartasian Discipline.
• Quoted or summarized by entries in The Dictionary when clarifying sanctioned practices.

Descriptions/Characteristics

• Treated as a codex of settled rules. Specific compilers, date, or physical details are not identified in the material available so far.

Current Status/Location

Used as a current authority by working avout; no single copy, editor, or location has been specified.