Chapter II: 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 the
Exchange 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