INDEX.
Aachen, metropolis of the Frankish Empire, [44]
Abyssinia, writing in, [12],[13]
Abyssinian MS. Life of the Virgin, [85]
Adoration of the Magi, a miniature, [92]
Ai-gupt, Semitic name of the Delta, [8]
Alcuin at Tours and Aachen, [44]
Amber-trade, [29]
Ambrosian use in the Milanese liturgy, [53]
Angles civilized, [34]
Anglo-Saxon alphabet, [26], [32]
— decoration of MS., [35], [37]
Antiphonale, [54]
Apocalyptic designs, English work, [87]
Arabian writing (Arabic), [20]
Arabian (South) writing, [12]
Arabic language, [21]
Aragonese Kings of Naples, [80]
Ascension, Pictures of the, [86]
Asoka's Rock-inscriptions, [18]
Assyrian Empire formed, [10]
Assyriology, [6]
Attavante, work done by, [81], [82]
Babylonian monarchies, [7], [9], [10]
Bactrian Kingdom, [18]
Barbarians, movements of the, [42]
Baroccio (Federico), [93]
Bastaruæ, a Gothic people, [29]
Bede, the Venerable, [34], [37]
Bentivoglio (Giovanni), Prayer book, [92]
Berossus, Assyrian Chronicle, [6]
Bible, its influence on writing, [23]
— multiplied by scribes, [52]
— Greek, [24]
— Syriac, [24]
— Hebrew, [24]
— Latin MSS., [87]
Bologna school of law, [57]
Book (origin of the word), [2]
Borders in MSS., [62], [65], [71], [76]
Boustrophedon writing, [16]
Brégilles Livre d'Heures, [75]
Breviary, foundation of the, [53]
— constitution of the, [67]
— MS. written at Ottenbeuern, [86]
Britain Celtiberian, [27]
— Gallic, [27]
— Latin, [27]
— English, [27]
British Isles, age of writing in, [27]
Burgundian school of art, [65], [74], [91]
Burmese writing, [21]
Byzantine ornamentation, [25]
— Art not Hellenic, [47]
Cadmus the Phœnician, [10]
Calendars in Prayer books, [67]
Calligraphy extinguished by Printing, [80]
Canon Law, [57]
Canonical Hours, [53]
Canterbury school of writing, [59]
Capitals in writing, [25]
Carolingian art, [35], [37], [43], [59]
Celtic Church, [53]
Cesnola (L. P. di), [85]
Chaldæa, age of writing in, [7]
Chaldees (Turanian or Akkad), [9]
— (Aramæan or Semitic), [11]
Charles the Great, [35], [41], [43]
Charters, style of writing used in, [26], [54], [55]
Charter hand in England, [72]
Chastel d'Amours, MS., [88]
Chinese origins, [13]
Christ blackhaired in pictures, [88]
Chronology of the Bible, [6]
Churches (Early Christian), [53]
Civil Law, [57]
Classic survival in Italy, [35]
Clovio (Giulio) Miniatures, [81]
Colonna (Guido) Tale of Troy, [88]
Colours in miniatures and ornament, [61]
Columba (St.), [36]
Coptic alphabet, [25]
Cufic writing, [20]
Cymry of North England, [33]
— settled in Wales, [33]
Cyril (St.), [52]
Cyrillic alphabet, [51]
David (Gerard) of Bruges, [78], [80]
Decoration of MSS., Irish, [35], [36]
— Anglo-Saxon, [35]
— English, [45]
— German, [45]
— Spanish, [46]
— Italian, [46]
Demotic writing (Egyptian), [9], [84]
Deutsch, meaning of the word, [31]
Devanagari alphabet, [18], [21]
Diplomatic writing, [26], [54], [55]
Drawing and design, Mediæval, [62]
Durer (Albert), [79]
Durham school of writing, [59]
Eginhart, the Frank, [43]
— — Aigupt, [8]
— — Mizraim, Misr, [8]
— Age of writing in, [5]
Egyptology, [6]
England the centre of French art and literature, [62]
English Art in MSS., [49], [60], [62], [72], [90], [91]
— Calendars in Horæ, [69]
— illuminated borders, [65], [77], [90]
— MS. Bible Sec. XIII., [87]
Estrangelo Syriac, [20]
Ethiopic language, [85]
— writing, [12]
Etruscan alphabet, [16]
Euchologium, [54]
Evangeliarium, German MS., [93]
Flemish school of art, [74], [76], [79], [90], [91]
— Calendars in Horæ, [68]
— illuminated borders, [78]
Floral borders, [65]
Florentine miniatures, [78], [81]
Formation and use of books, [3]
France (Central) MSS. produced in, [62]
Frankish empire, [39]
French art in MSS., [60], [62], [73]
— Calligraphy and ornamentation, [49]
— Calendars in Horæ, [68]
— illuminated borders, [65], [77]
— MS. Latin Bibles, 1300, [87]
Gallic language, [30]
Gallican use in liturgy, [53]
Gaul, Age of writing in, [22]
— Greek writing in, [22]
German Art in MSS., [86]
— Calendar in liturgies, [70]
— illumination, [61]
— — in Flemish style, [93]
— writing, [71]
Germany, name of, [30]
Girolamo dai Libri, [81]
Glagolitic alphabet, [51]
Glastonbury school of writing, [59]
Gloucester calendar, [69]
Gospel of St. Peter, [48]
Gothic alphabet (Wulfila's), [25], [28], [31]
— Kingdom in Spain, [23]
— Kingdom in Italy, [41]
— mediæval writing, [32], [65]
Goths and Germans, [28]
Gower (John) in a miniature of the Confessio Amantis, [90]
Graduale of the missal, [54]
Greek alphabet, [10], [13], [14]
— Bibles, [53]
— Colonies, [15]
— Gospels, MS., Sec. X., [85]
— writing, minuscules, [47]
Gregory (St.), [54]
Grey (Thomas) Marquis of Dorset, [91]
— (John and Elizabeth), [91]
Grimani Breviary, [80]
Grisaille painting, [75], [89], [91]
Grosseteste (Raymond), [88]
Guthones, [29]
Hebrew language, [19]
— writing in square letters, [19], [84]
Hellenised Oriental peoples, [23]
Herculaneum, writing at, [25]
Heures d'Anne de Bretagne, [78]
Hieratic writing in Egypt, [9]
— MS. on papyrus, [84]
Hieroglyphic writing (Egyptian), [9]
— MS. on papyrus, [83]
Himyaritic alphabet, [12]
Horæ for private prayer, [56], [67]
— of French work, [74]
— of English work, [69], [76], [77], [90]
— constitution of, [67]
Horologium, [54]
Hours, the Canonical, [53], [56]
Hours of the Virgin, see Horæ
Hrabanus Maurus, [30]
Huntingfield Psalter, MS., [73]
Hyksos or Shepherd Kings in Egypt, [11]
Iberian writing in Spain, [22]
Iceland and its literature, [51]
Illumination (Mediæval), origin of, [36]
India, age of writing in, [18], [21]
Indian languages (modern), [21]
Initials illuminated, [62], [64]
Ink used in MSS., [3]
Ireland, writing in, [28], [32]
Irish alphabet, [26]
— MacDurnan's Gospels, [85]
— ornamentation in MSS., [85]
— teachers of the Angles, [34]
Isengrim, Abbot of Ottenbeuern, [86]
— late classical art, [60]
— Picture of the Crucifixion, [88]
— Schools of Illumination, [70]
— Saints in Calendars, [70]
Italic characters, [83]
Italy, age of writing in, [15]
Italy, various hands used in, [83]
Ivy-leaf borders, [63]
Jerome (St.), [51]
Jornandes the Gothic historian, [42]
Juana la Loca, [80]
Khem, name of old Egypt, [5], [8]
Lannoy, Low country family, [91]
Latin alphabet, origin of the, [17]
Latin Bible, [52]
— — MSS., [87]
— Liturgies, [53]
Lectronaries, [54]
Lenormant (Francois), [11]
Liturgical books, [66]
— frequently transcribed, [53]
Liturgies in the vernacular, [57]
Lindisfarne school of writing, [59]
Livres d'Heures—see Horæ
Lombardic writing, [38], [40], [41]
— uncials, [88]
Lombards, The Kingdom of the, [40]
Lombardy (Cisalpine Gaul), [22]
— under the Lombards, [41]
— under the Franks, [41]
MacDurnan's Gospels, Irish MS., [86]
Madden (Sir Frederick), [37]
Manchu script, [22]
Manetho, Egyptian Chronicle, [6]
MSS. on purple vellum, [27], [60]
Marcomanni, [30]
Margaret of Austria, [80]
Marseilles, Greek colony, [15], [22]
Materials of books, [3]
Mathias Corvinus, [80]
Medici, patrons of art, [80]
— (Lorenzo dei) Prayer book, [82]
— (Pietro dei) Prayer book, [82]
Memling (Hans), [78]
Menologium, Greek Liturgy, [54]
Merowingian writing, [28], [38]
Minuscule letters, [26]
Miroir Historial, MS., [75], [91]
Missal, MSS., [54]
— formation of, [53]
— constitution of, [66]
— Anglo-Italian MS., [88]
Mizraim, Misr, names of Egypt, [8]
Moeso-Gothic Alphabet, [31], [41]
Mongolian script, [22]
Mozarabic liturgy, [53]
Naples, work done at, [82]
Naskhi Arabic writing, [20]
Norman Conquest of England, [62]
Norse Runes, [30]
Nuneaton Convent, work done in, [87]
Ornamentation in MSS., [60]
Oscan and Umbrian writing, [16]
Ostrogoths, [32]
Ottenbeuern MSS., [86]
Oxford School of Law, [58]
Padua University, [58]
Palæography (the word), [2]
Papal prohibition of vernacular liturgies, [57]
Papyrus for books, [4]
— in Assyria, [8]
Parchment for books, [4]
Patrick (St.), [28]
Pehlvi writing, [19]
Penitentialia, [57]
Persian writing (Cuneiform), [7]
— Pehlvi, [19]
— Talik, [21]
Perspective in miniatures, [76]
Petrarch MS. attributed to Attavante, [81]
Philip I. of Castile (Archduke of Austria), [80]
Phœnician colonies, [15]
— use of letters, [10]
Photius, Bibliotheca, [54]
Phrygian use of letters, [12]
Pontificale, [54]
Prayer books for private persons, [55], [56]
Primers, [56]
Prisse Papyrus, [5]
Processimale, [54]
Psalter in the Liturgy, [54]
— for private prayer, [55]
Ptah Hotep's Precepts, [5]
Punic writing in Spain, [22]
Reformation in the Church, [57]
Renaissance of Literature, [58]
Roman letters in their modern forms, [83]
Roman origins, [16]
— writing, [25]
Rougé (Vicomte Emm. de), [11]
Runic letters, [29]
Rustic capitals, [25]
Ruskin (John), [2]
Sabaan use of letters, [12]
— origin of Abyssinians, [85]
Saints' names in Calendars, [67], [68], [69]
Samaritan alphabet, [19]
— Pentateuch, [84]
Sanskrit language, [21]
Sargon, King of Akkad, [7]
Sarum use, [69]
Saxons and Angles, [34]
Scandinavia, [42]
Scandinavian writing, Anglo-Saxon, [50]
— — Teutonic, [51]
Scots, Irish pirates, [33]
Scottish Liturgies, [69]
Semitic Alphabet, [11]
Semi-uncials, [26]
Septuagint, creation of the, [23]
Siamese writing, [21]
Sigismondo da Carpio, [81]
Singalese alphabet, [21]
Skeat (Rev. W. W.), [88]
Slavonic alphabets, [51]
Slovene language and script, [52]
Spain, Age of writing in, [22]
— Visigothic writing in, [43]
— Carolingian writing, [43]
— mediæval Gothic, [43]
Spanish Calendars in Liturgies, [70]
— ornamentation of MSS., [61]
Stephens (George), [29]
Stubbs (Bishop), [33]
Suevi, [30]
Sweynheym and Pannartz, [83]
Synaxarium, [54]
Syrians, [12]
Talik writing (Persian), [21]
Terrien de la Couperie (Prof.), [13]
Teutonic, [31]
Theodoric the Ostrogoth, [41]
Theotisc, [31]
Thibetan writing, [21]
Thompson (E. Maunde), [1], [11]
Tours, Abbey of St. Martin, [44]
Troilus and Cressida, [88]
Troybook, Venetian MS., [88]
Turdetani of Spain, [22]
Ulfila—see Wulfila
Umbrian and Oscan writing, [16]
Uncials in writing, [25]
Vellum for books, [4]
Venetian Art, Troybook, [88]
— miniatures, [81], [82], [88]
Visigoths, [32]
— in Spain, [23]
Visigothic art, [39]
— writing, [38], [40], [42], [43]
Volumes, rolled books, [3]
Wales, Briton and Cymry, [34]
Welsh, meaning of the word, [31]
Westwood (Professor), [33], [37]
William the Trouvere, [88]
Winchester school of writing, [59]
Wulfila, Gothic Bishop, [31]
York school of writing, [44], [59]
York use in Liturgy, [69]
Zend writing, [19]
PORTION OF A FUNERARY INSCRIPTION.
Written on papyrus in the Hieroglyphic character.
EGYPTIAN INSCRIPTION.
Written on papyrus in the Demotic character.
A PAGE FROM A COPTIC LITURGY.
Written in Egypt in the fifteenth century.
SAMARITAN MS. ON VELLUM, PROBABLY SEC. XV.
Leviticus, X. 16 to XI. 13.
A MINIATURE IN THE TAMHERA MARYAM.
An Ethiopic work on the life of the Virgin, written in 1522.
THE FIRST PAGE OF ST. JOHN'S GOSPEL.
From a Greek MS. of the Tenth Century, brought by Cesnola from Cyprus.
A PAGE FROM MACDURNAN'S GOSPELS.
A MS. written in Ireland in the Ninth Century, now at Lambeth.
THE FIRST PAGE OF GENESIS.
In a Latin Bible, written probably in England about 1290-1300.
THE FIRST PAGE OF GENESIS.
In a Latin Bible written in France about 1310-20.
THE SECOND ANGEL BLOWING HIS TRUMPET.
From a series of unfinished designs illustrating the Apocalypse; executed at Nuneaton about A.D. 1280.
MINIATURE OF THE CRUCIFIXION.
In a Missale written by an Italian hand about 1290.
CRISEIS SENT BACK TO THE GREEKS.
From a MS. of the Liber Trojanus written at Venice about 1325.
A PAGE FROM THE REVELATIONS.
In a French MS. Apocalypse Figurée, written about 1360.
FIRST PAGE OF THE ROMAN DE LA ROSE.
MS. written in France about 1370.
JOHN GOWER AND THE PRIEST OF VENUS.
From a MS. of Gower's Confessio Amantis, written before 1399.
A PAGE FROM A LIVRE D'HEURES.
Written at Tournay about 1465.
TIBERIUS RECEIVING THE IMPERIAL CROWN.
From a MS. of the Miroir Historial, written probably at Bruges about 1470.
CHRIST IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE.
From the Prayer book of Grey, Marquis of Dorset, about 1470.
ADORATION OF THE MAGI.
From an Italian Chorale written about 1530-40.
AN ABBOT AND MONKS KNEELING BEFORE AN ALTAR.
From an Evangeliarium illuminated in Flemish style by a German hand in 1548.
MINIATURE OF THE ASCENSION.
From the Suabian Breviary written at Ottenbeuern about 1160.
THE FIRST PAGE OF THE OFFICE OF THE VIRGIN.
From the Bentivoglio Prayerbook, written in Italy about 1520.