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+ | {{Quote|Some of these potions have effects almost too gruesome to think about|Description|Pottermore}} |
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− | {{Quote|"''Moste Potente Potions?''" she repeated suspiciously.|Librarian [[Irma Pince]] doubts [[Hermione Granger]]'s intentions in the Restricted Section.|Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets}} |
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− | '''''Moste Potente Potions''''' |
+ | '''''Moste Potente Potions''''' was a [[list of books|book]] by [[Phineas Bourne]]<ref name="author" /> that gave instructions on how to brew advanced [[potions]]. |
+ | ==Contents== |
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− | One of the potions in the book is the [[Polyjuice Potion]]. [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] spent several months making the Polyjuice Potion in [[Myrtle|Moaning Myrtle]]'s lavatory during their [[second year]] at Hogwarts. The [[Laxative Potion]] was also included. |
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+ | [[File:Polyjuice Potion.JPG|left|thumb|A page featuring instructions for making [[Polyjuice Potion]].]] |
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+ | ''Moste Potente Potions'' contained recipes for many dangerous, controversial, and arcane [[potions]], which required advanced skill in potion-making to brew. Gruesome illustrations showed the effects of such potions. The [[Hogwarts Library]] accordingly kept its copy of this book in the [[Restricted Section]]. |
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+ | Two potions known to be included in the book were [[Polyjuice Potion]] and [[Laxative Potion]]. It may have also contained information on [[poison|slow-acting venoms]], but this is uncertain. |
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+ | ==History== |
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+ | [[File:3748.jpg|right|thumb|180px|[[Hermione Granger]] brewing [[Polyjuice Potion]].]] |
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+ | In [[1992]], [[Harry Potter]], [[Hermione Granger]], and [[Ronald Weasley|Ron Weasley]] planned to sneak into the [[Slytherin]] [[Slytherin Common Room|common room]] in order to investigate the [[Chamber of Secrets|mystery of Slytherin's Heir]], and needed to make [[Polyjuice Potion]] so they could disguise themselves as Slytherin students. |
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+ | Hermione obtained a permission slip to check ''Moste Potente Potions'' out of the [[Restricted Section]] from [[Gilderoy Lockhart]], claiming that the book contained information on [[poison|slow-acting venoms]] that she thought might help her understand what Lockhart had written on this subject in ''[[Gadding with Ghouls]]''. |
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+ | Hermione then spent one month brewing the Polyjuice Potion in [[Myrtle|Moaning Myrtle]]'s [[Second-floor girls' lavatory|lavatory]], using ingredients stolen from [[Severus Snape|Professor Snape's]] stores. |
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==Behind the scenes== |
==Behind the scenes== |
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− | *In the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' the book was found in the regular section of the library.[[File:HP-Cos_Moste_Potente_potions.jpg|thumb|172px|A picture from "Moste Potente Potions".]] |
+ | *In the [[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)|film adaptation]] of ''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' the book was found in the regular section of the library.[[File:HP-Cos_Moste_Potente_potions.jpg|thumb|172px|left|A picture from "Moste Potente Potions".]] |
− | *Also in the book, there is a picture (Figure VII) of a woman with a grotesquely large spider on her head, almost worn like an ornament. Whether or not this is an effect of a potion is unknown. It is possible that it is the side-effect of accidentally imbibing a Polyjuice Potion contaminated by spider hairs, similar as to when Hermione was partially transfigured into a cat when her Polyjuice Potion was contaminated with cat hair. |
+ | *Also in the book, there is a picture (Figure VII) of a woman with a grotesquely large [[spider]] on her head, almost worn like an ornament. Whether or not this is an effect of a potion is unknown. It is possible that it is the side-effect of accidentally imbibing a Polyjuice Potion contaminated by spider hairs, similar as to when Hermione was partially transfigured into a cat when her Polyjuice Potion was contaminated with cat hair. |
==Appearances== |
==Appearances== |
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' {{1st}} |
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets]]'' {{1st}} |
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*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' |
*''[[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)]]'' |
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+ | *''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1]]''<ref>See [[:File:Deathly Hallows Books.jpg|this image]].</ref> |
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+ | *''[[Pottermore]]'' |
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+ | ==Notes and references== |
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+ | {{reflist}} |
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{{Potions}} |
{{Potions}} |
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[[fr:Les Potions de grands pouvoirs]] |
[[fr:Les Potions de grands pouvoirs]] |
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+ | [[it: De Potentissimis Potionibus]] |
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+ | [[pl:Najsilniejsze eliksiry]] |
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+ | [[ru:Сильнодействующие зелья]] |
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[[Category:Books]] |
[[Category:Books]] |
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+ | [[Category:Restricted Section]] |
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+ | [[Category:Plot to open the Chamber of Secrets]] |
Revision as of 21:12, 10 April 2014
- "Some of these potions have effects almost too gruesome to think about"
- — Description[src]
Moste Potente Potions was a book by Phineas Bourne[1] that gave instructions on how to brew advanced potions.
Contents
Moste Potente Potions contained recipes for many dangerous, controversial, and arcane potions, which required advanced skill in potion-making to brew. Gruesome illustrations showed the effects of such potions. The Hogwarts Library accordingly kept its copy of this book in the Restricted Section.
Two potions known to be included in the book were Polyjuice Potion and Laxative Potion. It may have also contained information on slow-acting venoms, but this is uncertain.
History
In 1992, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley planned to sneak into the Slytherin common room in order to investigate the mystery of Slytherin's Heir, and needed to make Polyjuice Potion so they could disguise themselves as Slytherin students.
Hermione obtained a permission slip to check Moste Potente Potions out of the Restricted Section from Gilderoy Lockhart, claiming that the book contained information on slow-acting venoms that she thought might help her understand what Lockhart had written on this subject in Gadding with Ghouls.
Hermione then spent one month brewing the Polyjuice Potion in Moaning Myrtle's lavatory, using ingredients stolen from Professor Snape's stores.
Behind the scenes
- In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets the book was found in the regular section of the library.
- Also in the book, there is a picture (Figure VII) of a woman with a grotesquely large spider on her head, almost worn like an ornament. Whether or not this is an effect of a potion is unknown. It is possible that it is the side-effect of accidentally imbibing a Polyjuice Potion contaminated by spider hairs, similar as to when Hermione was partially transfigured into a cat when her Polyjuice Potion was contaminated with cat hair.
Appearances
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (film)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1[2]
- Pottermore
Notes and references
- ↑ See this image.