Items in MM7 do not have a category, they have a range of categories. For example, level 2 - 5. That's stated by the hintbook. On the other hand, "chests" (fallen creatures, ground where the items are placed, and so on) seem to have a certain category. For example, dragons seem to be level 6 so that you can get all(?) items, which have ranges which include level 6. That's not stated by the hitbook but it explains most of the loot 
Nevertheless, strange loots do exist. For example, Crude Longsword is level 1 - 3 (according to the hintbook) but you can get the sword for a piece of Erudine Ore (level 5) from the Item Maker or the Weapon Maker in Erathia (my own experience). Also, those Leather Boots of Thieving are strange: "of Thieving" is level 3 and the boots themselves aren't level 1 - 6 for sure.
This could explain the LB scroll gotten from the EI dragon. It's a strange loot like the boots or the longsword. Such scroll is very rare: first, you must get the strange loot (a rare event), and second, the strange loot must be the scroll (also a rare event). I have seen the scroll only once in my whole experience with MM7 - and I must admit that I have spent dozens of hours by multilooting the EI dragon
I don't know whether the strange loots are a bug or an intent.
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