Aachen, metropolis of the Frankish Empire, 44 Abyssinia, writing in, 12,13 Abyssinian MS. Life of the Virgin, 85 Adamnan (St.), 28, 36 Adoration of the Magi, a miniature, 92 Ai-gupt, Semitic name of the Delta, 8 Akkadian writing, 7, 9 Alcuin at Tours and Aachen, 44 Amber-trade, 29 Ambrosian use in the Milanese liturgy, 53 Angles civilized, 34 Anglo-Saxon alphabet, 26, 32 -- decoration of MS., 35, 37 Antiphonale, 54 Apocalypse MSS., 73, 89 Apocalyptic designs, English work, 87 Arabian writing (Arabic), 20 Arabian (South) writing, 12 Arabic language, 21 -- writing, 20, 84 Aragonese Kings of Naples, 80 Aramæan Chaldees, 11, 12 Ascension, Pictures of the, 86 Asoka's Rock-inscriptions, 18 Assyrian Empire formed, 10 Assyriology, 6 Attavante, work done by, 81, 82 Babylonian monarchies, 7, 9, 10 Bactrian Kingdom, 18 Barbarians, movements of the, 42 Baroccio (Federico), 93 Bastaruæ, a Gothic people, 29 Bede, the Venerable, 34, 37 Bentivoglio (Giovanni), Prayer book, 92 Berossus, Assyrian Chronicle, 6 Bible, its influence on writing, 23 -- multiplied by scribes, 52 -- Greek, 24 {95} -- Syriac, 24 -- Hebrew, 24 -- Latin MSS., 87 Bologna school of law, 57 Book (origin of the word), 2 Borders in MSS., 62, 65, 71, 76 Boustrophedon writing, 16 Brégilles Livre d'Heures, 75 Breviary, foundation of the, 53 -- constitution of the, 67 -- MS. written at Ottenbeuern, 86 Britain Celtiberian, 27 -- Gallic, 27 -- Latin, 27 -- English, 27 British Isles, age of writing in, 27 Bruges MSS., 81, 91 Burgundian school of art, 65, 74, 91 Burmese writing, 21 Byzantine ornamentation, 25 -- Art not Hellenic, 47 Cadmus the Phoenician, 10 Calendars in Prayer books, 67 Calligraphy extinguished by Printing, 80 Canon Law, 57 Canonical Hours, 53 Canterbury school of writing, 59 Capitals in writing, 25 Carolingian art, 35, 37, 43, 59 -- writing, 40, 43 Celtic Church, 53 Cesnola (L. P. di), 85 Chaldæa, age of writing in, 7 Chaldees (Turanian or Akkad), 9 -- (Aramæan or Semitic), 11 Charles the Great, 35, 41, 43 Charters, style of writing used in, 26, 54, 55 Charter hand in England, 72 Chastel d'Amours, MS., 88 Chinese origins, 13 Christ blackhaired in pictures, 88 Chronology of the Bible, 6 {96} Chrysography, 3, 26, 60 Churches (Early Christian), 53 Civil Law, 57 Classic survival in Italy, 35 Clovio (Giulio) Miniatures, 81 Colonna (Guido) Tale of Troy, 88 Colours in miniatures and ornament, 61 Columba (St.), 36 Coptic alphabet, 25 -- writing, 9, 84 Cufic writing, 20 Cursive Roman, 26, 28 Cymry of North England, 33 -- settled in Wales, 33 Cyril (St.), 52 Cyrillic alphabet, 51