The Cloister Scandal at Wexford College — the Quill contradiction

A priceless old book vanished from the college library the night of the founder's feast, and the night porter's keys went with it. Each professor withdrew to a separate room running the length of the old cloister. Reconstruct that night, room by room, before the warden calls a hearing.

One statement below is false. Tap the lie.

1. 1. The scholar reading the psalm book was in the room right before the scholar reading the anatomy folio.
2. 2. The scholar reading the volume of sonnets was in the room right before the scholar reading the book of hours.
3. 3. Bursar Quill and the one who claimed to be at the chapel are the same person.
4. 4. The scholar reading the book of hours was right next to the one who claimed to be at the wine cellar.
5. 5. The scholar reading the psalm book was right next to the one who claimed to be at the bell tower.
6. 6. The scholar reading the volume of sonnets was somewhere before the scholar reading the psalm book in the line.
7. 7. The scholar reading the Greek primer was somewhere before the scholar reading the anatomy folio in the line.
8. 8. The scholar reading the psalm book and the one who claimed to be at the scriptorium are the same person.
9. 9. Reader Vane was in the room right before the scholar reading the book of hours.
10. 10. Magister Finch was in the room right before the one who claimed to be at the dining hall.
11. 11. The scholar reading the Greek primer was in the room right before the scholar reading the book of hours.
12. 12. Magister Finch was in the room right before Warden Thorne.

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