The Reign of the Manuscript
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1. Front matter2. AN APPRECIATION3. I THE EPOCHAL INVENTION OF PRINTING4. II THE IMPORTANCE OF THE PRINTING PRESS5. III THE PERIOD OF MANUSCRIPT LITERATURE6. IV THE AMPLITUDE OF THE BIBLE IN MANUSCRIPT7. V THE HUMAN ELEMENT IN LITERATURE8. VI MATERIALS EMBODYING LITERATURE9. VII VARIETIES AND CHANGES IN THE MATERIALS OF BOOKS10. VIII PARCHMENT AND VELLUM11. IX PAPYRUS12. X PAPER AND ITS MANUFACTURE13. XI OTHER MATERIALS OF LITERATURE14. XII INKS15. XIII IMPLEMENTS OF WRITING16. XIV THE ART AND SCIENCE OF PALÆOGRAPHY17. XV MECHANICAL AND ARTIFICIAL DEVICES OF LITERATURE18. XVI SOURCES OF THE BOOK-MAKING INDUSTRY19. XVII THE LITERARY PREËMINENCE OF ALEXANDRIA20. XVIII VARYING FORTUNES OF THE ALEXANDRIAN LIBRARY21. XIX CONSTANTINOPLE THE LATER CENTER OF LITERATURE22. XX MONASTERIES AND THE MONASTIC INSTITUTION23. INDEX