Rereading Fire Time

Continuing to reread Poul Anderson's Fire Time (St Albans, Herts, 1977), we find on p. 137, another (to me) unfamiliar word, "...finial..." and yet another characteristically long, detailed Andersonian list-description. An Ishtarian ranch has:

barns
stables
kennels
mews
storehouses
granaries
workshops
bakery
brewery
cookhouse
laundry
surgery
school
ateliers
observatory
library

(Another unfamiliar word there.)

This ranch publishes texts and trades with ranches specializing in other kinds of production like rope and iron.

I am posting in haste because possibly going out for the day soon but encouraged by over 150 page views early in the day.