Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-72.241.239.167-20140311020135/@comment-91.181.33.132-20140712122252

I don't know if Magnus has anything to do with the Eye. Magnus was Aedra & the Aedra & Daedra share a common origin (Et'Ada). The writing on the Eye doesn't look Daedric & unless either Daedric or Aedric writing evolved over the years (which is a possibility), it should be the same...

Sure, Magnus' staff can handle the Eye, but that might simply be because it's the only artifact with enough power on Tamriel (or at least the only known artifact).

Please also keep in mind that the name, the Eye of Magnus, is a name given to the artifact by the people in the College of Winterhold & that Quaranir says something about the arftifact currently being called the eye of magnus or something like that during his conversation with you in Savos Aren's quearters.