He claims to have spent time at the Winterhold Arcanaeum. DISCERNING THE TRANSMUNDANE I've been given a book of Bizarre ramblings about Elder Scrolls, written by Septimus Signus. If you wish to do this quest before Elder Knowledge, skip to the part after 'Your objective is now to find Septimus Signus' Dawnguard Update: If you are playing the Skyrim Dawnguard DLC, you can also get the this quest while doing 'Scroll Scouting' After reading the book 'Ruminations on the Elder Scrolls', it appears it was written by a madman. But you can also get this quest at any other time before doing Elder Knowledge. You will usually get the Daedric quest 'Discerning the Transmundane' from Urag gro-Shub in the College of Winterhold while searching for the Elder Scroll in the quest 'Elder Knowledge'.
