The Book of Magical Charms original volume, that has dos-à-dos binding, has no title, nor any named author.

"Book of Magical Charms" is the title assigned to it by the library staff who acquired it in 1988 along with a bundle of medical texts.

Its pages were written using iron gall ink and likely a quill pen utilising Latin and archaic English.

The book contains numerous passages regarding charms for things such as healing a toothache or recovering a lost voice as well as how to talk to spirits.

Although the book's principal author is not named, he was identified in 2017 from his handwriting as a London lawyer, Robert Ashley.