Of the influence of books, and their manifold uses, also, this is not the place to speak. Moreover, even had the theme been unheeded by abler pens, no one who loves books needs to be told to how many magic portals they are the keys, while he who loves them not would not understand for all the telling in the world. INDEX A. Aberdeen Breviary, 133-135. Advertisements, early booksellers', 105. Alcuin, 63, 64. Aldus Manutius, 104, 113, 115, 151. Aleria, Bp. of, 104. Alexandria, 16, 30-32. Alost, 117. Alphabet, the, 10. Amsterdam, 118. Antiquarii, 49. Antwerp, 144. Arabs, the, 13. Assyria, 12, 14, 30. Assyrians, 11. Augsburg, 104. Aungervyle, R. (_see_ Richard de Bury). Ave Maria Lane, 52. Avignon, 85. B. Babylonia, 12, 30, 145. Babylonians, 11. Bamberg, 75, 94, 103. Basle, 104. Benedict Biscop, 63. Beowulf, 24. Berthelet, Thomas, 156. Bible, the, 17. ---- Mazarin or Gutenberg, 94-100. ---- thirty-six-line, 97. ---- Mentz, 1462, 102. Biblia Pauperum, 74-77, 89. Bibliothèque Nationale, 67, 68. Bindings, 144, 159. Block-books, 73, 80. Block-printing, 71. Bonhomme, Pasquier, 116. Book of Durrow, 39. ---- Kells, 39-41. ---- St Albans, 25, 128, 131. ---- St Cuthbert (_see_ Lindisfarne Gospels). Book, production of modern, 159. Bookbinding, 144-159. Books, adventures of, 144. ---- beginning of, 10. ---- chained, 58, 69, 70. ---- heretical, 22. ---- in classical times, 26. ---- in monasteries, 21-24, 47, 145. ---- not to be destroyed, 22. ---- ornamenting of, 37. ---- prices of, 50, 53. ---- sizes of, 161. Booksellers, 28, 29, 51-54. Bordesley Abbey, 68. Breslau, 104. Brethren of the Common Life, 117. Breviary, Aberdeen, 133-135. Bruges, 52, 104, 116, 117, 119-122. Brussels, 117. "Brussels" Print, 73. Byzantium, 18, 34. C. Caedmon, 24. Cambridge, 58, 130, 139, 145. Campanus, 104, 108. Canterbury, 45, 61, 63. Carrells, 57. Carswell's Prayer-book, 137. Catalogues, early booksellers', 105. ---- monastic library, 59-61. Catechism, Irish Alphabet and, 137, 139-144. Caxton, 85, 105-107, 116-126, 128, 154. Censorship, Ecclesiastical, 54, 55. ---- University, 54. Chelsea, 70. Chepman, Walter, 133. China, 14, 71, 81. Clairvaux Abbey, 57. Clement of Padua, 110, 111. Clugni, Abbey of, 60. Cologne, 103, 104, 121. Colophons, 108. Copyists, 27, 28, 31, 32, 49, 51, 52. Copyright, 28. Corvey, Abbot of, 65. Coster, Laurenz, 80, 82-89. Cranz, Martin, 115. Creed Lane, 53. Cumhdachs, 146, 147. D. Davidson, Thomas, 135. Dictes or Sayengis, 122, 126. Diemudis, 49. Donatus, 78, 79, 112. Dorchester, 50. Dublin, 109, 137-139, 141, 146. Durham, 45, 61, 148. E. Edinburgh, 109, 110, 131, 133, 135, 137, 138. Egypt, 12, 14, 18, 20, 21, 29-31, 71. Electrotype plates, printing from, 162. Elizabeth, Queen, 125, 141, 142, 154. Elzevirs, the, 117, 118. England, 23, 36, 104, 106, 118. F. Faust or Fust, 88, 92, 93, 100, 102, 103. Fichet, Guillaume, 115. Florence, 104.