Hebrew language, 19 -- writing in square letters, 19, 84 Hellenised Oriental peoples, 23 Herculaneum, writing at, 25 Heures d'Anne de Bretagne, 78 Hieratic writing in Egypt, 9 -- MS. on papyrus, 84 Hieroglyphic writing (Egyptian), 9 -- MS. on papyrus, 83 Himyaritic alphabet, 12 Horæ for private prayer, 56, 67 -- of French work, 74 -- of English work, 69, 76, 77, 90 -- constitution of, 67 Horologium, 54 Hours, the Canonical, 53, 56 Hours of the Virgin, _see_ Horæ Hrabanus Maurus, 30 Huntingfield Psalter, MS., 73 Hyksos or Shepherd Kings in Egypt, 11 Hymnals, 54, 58 Iberian writing in Spain, 22 Iceland and its literature, 51 Illumination (Mediæval), origin of, 36 India, age of writing in, 18, 21 Indian languages (modern), 21 Initials illuminated, 62, 64 Ink used in MSS., 3 Ireland, writing in, 28, 32 Irish alphabet, 26 -- MS., 28, 36 -- MacDurnan's Gospels, 85 -- ornamentation in MSS., 85 -- teachers of the Angles, 34 Isengrim, Abbot of Ottenbeuern, 86 Italian art, 62, 79, 92 {99} -- late classical art, 60 -- miniatures, 88, 92 -- Picture of the Crucifixion, 88 -- Schools of Illumination, 70 -- Saints in Calendars, 70 Italic characters, 83 Italy, age of writing in, 15 Italy, various hands used in, 83 Ivy-leaf borders, 63 Jerome (St.), 51 Jornandes the Gothic historian, 42 Juana la Loca, 80 Khem, name of old Egypt, 5, 8 Lannoy, Low country family, 91 Latin alphabet, origin of the, 17 Latin Bible, 52 -- -- MSS., 87 -- Liturgies, 53 Lectronaries, 54 Lenormant (Francois), 11 Liturgical books, 66 -- frequently transcribed, 53 Liturgies in the vernacular, 57 Lindisfarne school of writing, 59 Livres d'Heures--_see_ Horæ Lombardic writing, 38, 40, 41 -- uncials, 88 Lombards, The Kingdom of the, 40 Lombardy (Cisalpine Gaul), 22 -- under the Goths, 40, 41 -- under the Lombards, 41 -- under the Franks, 41 MacDurnan's Gospels, Irish MS., 86 Madden (Sir Frederick), 37 Manchu script, 22 Manetho, Egyptian Chronicle, 6 MSS. on purple vellum, 27, 60 Marcomanni, 30 Margaret of Austria, 80 Marseilles, Greek colony, 15, 22 Materials of books, 3 Mathias Corvinus, 80 {100} Medici, patrons of art, 80 -- (Lorenzo dei) Prayer book, 82 -- (Pietro dei) Prayer book, 82 Memling (Hans), 78 Menologium, Greek Liturgy, 54 Merowingian writing, 28, 38 Minuscule letters, 26 Miroir Historial, MS., 75, 91 Missal, MSS., 54 -- formation of, 53 -- constitution of, 66 -- Anglo-Italian MS., 88 Mizraim, Misr, names of Egypt, 8 Moeso-Gothic Alphabet, 31, 41 Mongolian script, 22 Mozarabic liturgy, 53 Nagari alphabet, 18, 21 Naples, work done at, 82 Naskhi Arabic writing, 20 Norman Conquest of England, 62 Norse Runes, 30 Nuneaton Convent, work done in, 87