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List of plates . . ix
Foreword . .  xi
Introduction . . xv
The plates . . xlviii

Descriptions . . 1
Bibliography . . 157
Index of authors . . 163
Index of original titles . . 164
Index of presses, places and printers . . 167
Index of locations . . 168
Index of persons . . 169

List of Illustrations . . VI
How this Book came to be Written . . 1
About the Book of Common Prayer . . 5
Prayer Book Translations . . 19
Glossary . . 28
A Note on Sources . . 33
Bibliographical Method . . 39
Library Codes . . 46
Traditional Page Sizes for Printed Books . . 49
Former Names for Type Points . . 50

Bibliography of English-language Prayer Books . . 53
Bibliography of Prayer Books in Other Languages . . 469

Indices
Printers, Publishers and Booksellers . . 589
Translators, Editors, Promoters and Designers . . 608
Classical and Vernacular Short Titles . . 615
Exotic Types and Scripts . . 616

Acknowledgements . . viii
List of Plates and Figures . . x

Introduction . . 1
1 The genesis of the Lindisfarne Gospels . . 13
2 The Lindisfarne Gospels: the biography of the book . . 84
3 Enshrining Scripture: the text of the Lindisfarne Gospels . . 150
4 Sacred codicology: the physical preparation, writing and binding of the Lindisfarne Gospels . . 200
5 The art of the Lindisfarne Gospels . . 272
Conclusion . . 395
Appendix I . . 430

Preface . . 1
Author's Note . . 9
Introduction . . 11

Part I: The Libraries of King Henry VIII
1 The Physical Setting: Storage of the Travelling Library and Palace Collections . . 21
2 Inherited Books . . 36
3 New Year's Gifts, Other Presentations and Purchases . . 53
4 Sequestrations . . 80
5 Henry's Reading Habits . . 100

Part II: Henry's Wives
6 Catherine of Aragon . . 109
7 Anne Boleyn . . 124
8 Catherine Howard . . 134
9 Catherine Parr . . 138

Part III: Subsequent Events
10 The Fate of the Collection . . 144

Conclusion . . 152
Further Reading . . 154
Index . . 159

Preface page . . vii
Abbreviations . . xii

1: Introduction to Medieval Maps . . 1
2: Illustrated Histories . . 18
3: The Nature of Things . . 36
4: Space and Time in the Computus Manuscript . . 52
5: Maps in Three Computus Manuscripts . . 72
6: Maps in Medieval Histories . . 97
7: Histories without Maps, Maps as Histories . . 132
8: Spiritual Maps . . 145
Conclusion . . 164

Notes . . 167
Bibliography . . 191
General Index . . 204
Index of Manuscripts . . 209