Old English Libraries

About this eBook

Author

Savage, Ernest Albert, 1877-1966

Title

Old English libraries : the making, collection, and use of books during the Middle Ages

Credits

Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

Z: Bibliography, Library science

Subject

Scriptoria -- England

Category

Text

eBook-No.

1615

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1615

Release Date

January 1, 1999

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.OLD ENGLISH LIBRARIES
2. 2.PREFACE
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
5. 5.LIST OF PLATES — OLD ENGLISH LIBRARIES
6. 6.CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY—THE USE OF BOOKS IN EARLY IRISH MONASTERIES — §I — § II — § III — § IV — § V
7. 7.CHAPTER II THE ENGLISH MONKS AND THEIR BOOKS — §I — § II — § III — § IV — § V
8. 8.CHAPTER III LIBRARIES OF THE GREAT ABBEYS—BOOK-LOVERS AMONG THE MENDICANTS—DISPERSAL OF MONKISH LIBRARIES — §I — § II — § III — § IV
9. 9.CHAPTER IV BOOK-MAKING AND COLLECTING IN THE RELIGIOUS HOUSES — §I — § II — § III
10. 10.CHAPTER V CATHEDRAL AND CHURCH LIBRARIES — §I — § II — § III — § IV — § V — § VI — § VII — § VIII — § IX — § X
11. 11.CHAPTER VI ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: OXFORD — §I — § II — § III
12. 12.CHAPTER VII ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: CAMBRIDGE — §I — § II
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: THEIR ECONOMY
14. 14.CHAPTER IX THE USE OF BOOKS TOWARDS THE END OF THE MANUSCRIPT PERIOD — §I — § II — § III — § IV — § V — § VI
15. 15.CHAPTER X THE BOOK TRADE
16. 16.CHAPTER XI THE CHARACTER OF THE MEDIEVAL LIBRARY, AND THE EXTENT OF CIRCULATION OF BOOKS — §I — § II — § III — § IV — § V — § VI
17. 17.APPENDIX A PRICES OF BOOKS AND MATERIALS FOR BOOKMAKING
18. 18.APPENDIX B LIST OF CERTAIN CLASSIC AUTHORS FOUND IN MEDIEVAL CATALOGUES
19. 19.APPENDIX C LIST OF MEDIEVAL COLLECTIONS OF BOOKS
20. 20.APPENDIX D LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL WORKS REFERRED TO FOR THIS BOOK
21. 21.INDEX

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