Books and their makers during the Middle Ages, Vol. I by Geo. Haven Putnam
by George Haven Putnam
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About this eBook
- Author
- Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930
- Title
- Books and their makers during the Middle Ages : A study of the conditions of the production and distribution of literature from the fall of the Roman Empire to the close of the seventeenth century, Vol. I
- Original Publication
- New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1896.
- Credits
- Charlene Taylor, Eleni Christofaki and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- Z: Bibliography, Library science
- Subject
- Freedom of the press -- History -- To 1500
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 71536
- Release Date
- September 1, 2023
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Transcriber’s note — BOOKS AND THEIR MAKERS DURING THE MIDDLE AGES, Vol. I
- 2.Untitled
- 3.Untitled
- 4.PREFACE.
- 5.CONTENTS.
- 6.BIBLIOGRAPHY.
- 7.INTRODUCTORY.
- 8.CHAPTER I. — Cassiodorus and S. Benedict. — S. Benedict. — The Earlier Monkish Scribes. — The Ecclesiastical Schools and the Clerics as Scribes. — Terms Used for Scribe-Work. — S. Columba, the Apostle to Caledonia. — Nuns as Scribes. — Monkish Chroniclers. — The Work of the Scriptorium. — The Influence of the Scriptorium. — The Literary Monks of England. — The Earlier Monastery Schools. — The Benedictines of the Continent. — The Libraries of the Monasteries and Their Arrangements for the Exchange of Books.
- 9.CHAPTER II. — Public Libraries. — Collections by Individuals.
- 10.CHAPTER III.
- 11.CHAPTER IV. — I taly. — Books in Spain. — The Manuscript Trade in France. — Manuscript Dealers in Germany. — The Manuscript Period in England.
- 12.CHAPTER I.
- 13.CHAPTER II.
- 14.CHAPTER III. — Venice. — Aldus Manutius. — The Successors of Aldus. — Milan. — Lucca and Foligno. — Florence. — Genoa.
- 15.Untitled
- 16.Untitled
- 17.Untitled
- 18.Untitled
- 19.INDEX — FOOTNOTES: — Corrections — Errata
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