The Reign of the Manuscript

CONTENTS

CHAPTER		PAGE
I	The Epochal Invention of Printing	11
II	The Importance of the Printing Press	16
III	The Period of Manuscript Literature	19
IV	The Amplitude of the Bible in Manuscript	33
V	The Human Element in Literature	40
VI	Materials Embodying Literature	46
VII	Varieties and Chances in the Materials of Books	55
VIII	Parchment and Vellum	59
IX	Papyrus	66
X	Paper and Its Manufacture	72
XI	Other Materials of Literature	78
XII	Inks	83
XIII	Implements of Writing	87
XIV	The Art and Science of PalÆography	89
	1 The Hieroglyphic Writing	92
	2 The Cuneiform Writing	99
	3 The Alphabetic Writing	104
	4 The Classic Writing	112
	5 The Two Great Stages of Classic Writing	113
	6 The Anglo-Saxon Writing	115
	7 PalÆography and the Date of Literary Productions	117
XV	Mechanical and Artificial Devices of Literature	120
XVI	Sources of the Book-making Industry	127
XVII	The Literary PreËminence of Alexandria	133
XVIII	Varying Fortunes of the Alexandrian Library	143
XIX	Constantinople the Later Center of Literature	146
XX	Monasteries and the Monastic Institution	154
	Index	172

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