Books in manuscript : a short introduction to their study and use, with a chapter on records

Contents CHAPTER I Introductory, i CHAPTER II Materials for Writing, and Forms of Books, 5 CHAPTER III The History of Writing, 18 CHAPTER IV Scribes and their Ways, 32 CHAPTER V Illuminations, 47 CHAPTER VI The Blunders of Scribes and their Correction, 59 CHAPTER VII Famous Libraries, 75 CHAPTER VIII Famous Manuscripts, 92 CHAPTER IX Literary Forgeries, 112 CHAPTER X Treatment and Cataloguing of Manuscripts, 137 CHAPTER XI Public and Private Records, 150 Appendix A, 163 Appendix B, 166 Appendix C 175 Index, 183 Illustrations PLATE i. Book of Kells, Frontispiece ii. St. Mark, opposite page i iii. Sacramentary, 29 iv. Scriptorium, 37 v. Apocalypse, 56 vi. St. Michael, 58 vii. Send Inscription, 92 viii. Caedmon, 106 Digitized by Google.
Appendixes: A. Public libraries which contain more than four thousand manuscripts. B. List of printed catalogues of manuscripts in European languages in the British Museum, Bodleian Library at Oxford, the Cambridge University libraries, etc. C. Some books useful for the study of manuscripts
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