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| Preface | | [v] |
| Bibliography | | [xvii] |
| PART I.—BOOKS IN MANUSCRIPT. |
| Introductory | | [3] |
| I.— | The Making of Books in the Monasteries | [16] |
| | Cassiodorus and S. Benedict | [17] |
| | The Earlier Monkish Scribes | [30] |
| | The Ecclesiastical Schools and the Clerics as Scribes | [36] |
| | Terms Used for Scribe-Work | [42] |
| | S. Columba, the Apostle to Caledonia | [45] |
| | Nuns as Scribes | [51] |
| | Monkish Chroniclers | [55] |
| | The Work of the Scriptorium | [61] |
| | The Influence of the Scriptorium | [81] |
| | The Literary Monks of England | [90] |
| | The Earlier Monastery Schools | [106] |
| | The Benedictines of the Continent | [122] |
| | The Libraries of the Monasteries and Their Arrangements for theExchange of Books | [133] |
| II.— | Some Libraries of the Manuscript Period | [146] |
| | Public Libraries | [161] |
| | Collections by Individuals | [170] |
| III.— | The Making of Books in the Early Universities | [178] |
| IV.— | The Book-Trade in the Manuscript Period | [225] |
| | Italy | [225] |
| | Books in Spain | [253] |
| | The Manuscript Trade in France | [255] |
| | Manuscript Dealers in Germany | [276] |
| | The Manuscript Period in England | [302] |
| PART II.—THE EARLIER PRINTED BOOKS. |
| I.— | The Renaissance as the Forerunner of the Printing-Press | [317] |
| II.— | The Invention of Printing and the Work of the FirstPrinters of Holland and Germany | [348] |
| III.— | The Printer-Publishers of Italy, 1464-1600 | [403] |
| | Aldus Manutius | [417] |
| | The Successors of Aldus | [440] |
| | Milan | [445] |
| | Lucca and Foligno | [455] |
| | Florence | [456] |
| | Genoa | [458] |
