Old English libraries

by Ernest Albert Savage

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Contents

1. Preface
2. Chapter I. Introductory—The Use of Books in Early Irish Monasteries
3. Chapter II. The English Monks and Their Books
4. Chapter III. Libraries of the Great Abbeys—Book-Lovers Among the Mendicants—Dispersal of Monkish Libraries
5. Chapter IV. Book-Making and Collecting in the Religious Houses
6. Chapter V. Cathedral and Church Libraries
7. Chapter VI. Academic Libraries: Oxford
8. Chapter VII. Academic Libraries: Cambridge
9. Chapter VIII. Academic Libraries: Their Economy
10. Chapter IX. The Use of Books Towards the End of the Manuscript Period
11. Chapter X. The Book Trade
12. Chapter XI. The Character of the Medieval Library, and the Extent of Circulation of Books
13. Appendix a Prices of Books and Materials for Bookmaking
14. Appendix B List of Certain Classic Authors Found in Medieval Catalogues
15. Appendix C List of Medieval Collections of Books
16. Appendix D List of the Principal Works Referred to for This Book

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