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Old English libraries; the making, collection and use of books during the middle ages

  
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PREFACE
  
CONTENTS
  
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
  
LIST OF PLATES

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CHAPTER I: INTRODUCTORY—THE USE OF BOOKS IN EARLY IRISH MONASTERIES
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§ IV
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CHAPTER II: THE ENGLISH MONKS AND THEIR BOOKS
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CHAPTER III: LIBRARIES OF THE GREAT ABBEYS—BOOK-LOVERS AMONG THE MENDICANTS—DISPERSAL OF MONKISH LIBRARIES
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CHAPTER IV: BOOK-MAKING AND COLLECTING IN THE RELIGIOUS HOUSES
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CHAPTER V: CATHEDRAL AND CHURCH LIBRARIES
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§ VI
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CHAPTER VI: ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: OXFORD
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CHAPTER VII: ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: CAMBRIDGE
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CHAPTER VIII: ACADEMIC LIBRARIES: THEIR ECONOMY
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CHAPTER IX: THE USE OF BOOKS TOWARDS THE END OF THE MANUSCRIPT PERIOD
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CHAPTER X: THE BOOK TRADE
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CHAPTER XI: THE CHARACTER OF THE MEDIEVAL LIBRARY, AND THE EXTENT OF CIRCULATION OF BOOKS
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"What tyme pat abbeies were first ordeyned and monkis were first gadered to gydre."

—Inscribed in MS. of Life of Barlaam and Josaphat, Peterhouse, Camb.


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