Aldus Manutius, date from which he reckoned his years, 181; colophon of his edition of the ‘Hypnerotomachia,’ 124. Armorial devices used by printers, 20, 22. Arnold of Brussels, colophon quoted, 106. Arriuabenus and Paganinis, colophons quoted, 147, 166. Arundel, Earl of, his financial help to Caxton’s ‘Golden Legend,’ 99. Asparagus,—a book printed quicker than asparagus can be cooked, 109. Authors, privileges for exclusive printing granted to, 113; authors’ and editors’ colophons, 123-158. Balsarin, G., copies the Caesaris copy of a Veldener colophon, 165. Barcelona, book printed at, dated ‘1468,’ 46 note. Bartholomaeus de Chaimis, German copies of Valdarfer’s Milan edition of his ‘Confessionale,’ 161. Bartolommeo of Cremona, colophon quoted, 52. Bell-ringer, Lerida Breviary financed by a, 102. Benedictus Hectoris, an example of an editor’s contempt for his predecessors, 142. Bergamascho, Piero, colophon quoted, 113. Bible, praises of the, in colophons, 94, 112; rarity of colophons in the early printed editions, 10 sqq. Bistricci, Vespasiano da, his contempt for printed books, xix. Boastfulness in colophons, 58. Bottonus. See Bruschus. Brescia, privileges granted at Venice affected printing at, 114. Brice, Hugh, finances Caxton’s ‘Mirror of the World,’ 99. Brothers of the Common Life, at Rostock, colophon quoted, 92. Brown, Horatio, his ‘The Venetian Printing Press’ quoted, 34, 62, 110. Bruno, Henricus, complaint of overwork, 127. Bruschus, Bartholomaeus, on his brother’s death, 71. Caesaris, P., his copy of a Veldener colophon copied by Balsarin, 165. Calends, method of reckoning days of the month by, 182. Capitales litterae, capitalia, initial letters, not simply majuscules, 12, 81 (N. B. The explanation in the text at p. 81 is wrong, the reference being to the initial letters of the first seven lines of the colophon, which make the name Günther). Capitalia. See Capitales litterae. Caracterizare, meaning of the word, 12 sq. Carbo, Lodovicus, his verse colophons, 31, 50 sq. Casal Maggiore, Hebrew book finished at, 69. Caxton, William, specimens of his colophons, 133-138, 174, 176; his patrons and helpers, 99, 135; his advertisement of the Sarum Directorium or ‘Pie,’ 89; his difficulties with the text of Chaucer, 153; De Worde’s reference to his last hours, 72. Cennini, Ber. and Dom., colophons to their Virgil quoted, 63 sq. Cepolla, Bartolommeo, his self-advertisement, 139. Chalcographi, meaning of the word, 53. Chardella, Simon, finances Ulrich Han, 101. Chaucer, Geoffrey, Caxton’s difficulties with his text, 153. Cheapness, vaunts of, in colophons, 106. Christie, R. C., his detection of the 1499 Brescia Politian, purporting to be printed at Florence, 159 sq. Cividale, Bartolommeo de, colophon quoted, 59.