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Abdy, Robert,150-151Abingdon Abbey,33,39,41,78,87,88,97,98,269Abyssinian libraries,18Academic libraries,133seqq.;Cambridge,155seqq.;Character of books in,222seqq.;economy,165seqq.;Oxford,133seqq.Acca, Bp.,34Adam de Brome,135Aelfric,44,85Aelfric, Abp.,44Aelfward, Abbot,44,263Aeneas Silvius,120,277Aethelwold,40-41,263Aidan, St.,30Aileran,8Albinus,25,28Alcuin,9,10,35-36,78,80,263Aldfrith of Northumbria,9,31Aldhelm,8,28-29,31Aleby, Thomas,279Alfred the Great,37-39All Souls College,147,149,151,153,165,166,167,168,170,186,277,283Alne, Robert,156,277Annalists, monastic,231-232Anselm,83,214Antiphonaries, value of,246Antiphonary of Bangor,11Arabian works imported,217-218Aristotle, works introduced,53,217-222;influence, 240Armagh, Book of,14,15,16,19,20Armagh monastery,4,9,12Armaria,91Armarius,96-97Arnoul of Metz, Gospels of,20Arundel, Abp.,139,190,275Asser,38Assicus, Bp.,20,21Astronomical text-books,225Athelney monastery,39Athelstan, King,263Audit of books in monasteries,102-103Augustine, St.,14,24Augustine, Irish Monk,8Aumbries,91,92Austin Friars’ libraries,55,56,67-68,103,271Bacon, Friar,178,216,218-219,220-221Baldock, Ralph,119-120,269Bale, John,66-67Balliol College,54,146,148,150,153,186,192,193,281,282Balsham, Hugh of,158Bangor monastery,7Baret, John,280Baringham, John,279Barking nunnery,33Basil the Great,2Basingstoke, John of,219-220,267Bateman, Bp. William,158-159,270Battle Abbey,62Beauchamp, Guy de,177,269Beaufort, Card.,188,190Beaufort, Sir Thomas,162Beaulieu Abbey,93Becket, Thomas à,89Beckford Cell,47Bede, 26n.,27,32-33;his library,33n.;Ecclesiastical History, MSS.,15,110;ApocalypseMS.,110-111Bedford, Duke of.SeeJohn of LancasterBedyll, Thomas,68Bek, Bp.,269Bekynton, Bp.,123n.,190Benedict Biscop,31-32,33,86Benedictines, use of books among,23-24,49,63Benedictionalof Abp. Robert,42Benedictionalof Ethelwold,42,43Bethum, Sir Edward,280Beverley Minster,128Bible, Latin, correcting text,58;circulation,239;prices of,243-244Biblical literature in monasteries,210-212Bicchieri, Guala, Card.,86-87Bicester Priory,175Binding,107-108;prices,256-257Birkenhead Priory,73,74Bishop Auckland Church,194,277,283Black Death,138,138n.,159Black Friars’ books,55Bobio,8,10,87Bodleian Library,113Bohun, Eleanor, of Gloucester,177Bolton, S. Mary’s Church,129Boniface,34Book-boxes,113-114,123Bookrooms, in colleges,149-151,164,186;in churches,112,115,117,118,119,120,121,122-123,124,126,128,130,186;in monasteries,12,63,93-96Books, care of,97-98;extent of circulation,232-241;destruction and dispersal,59seqq.,152-154,157-158;prices of,243seqq.Booksellers,199seqq.Book-trade in Oxford,133seqq.,199seqq.;Cambridge,155,205seqq.;London,207Bordesley Abbey,67,67n.Boston Church,129Boston, John,59Bowet, Abp.,123n.,178,189,276Bragge, Canon,177,274Brantingham, Bp.,149,150n.Brasenose College,168Bredon, Simon de,146,271Brensall-in-Craven, S. Wilfrid’s,129Breviaries, prices of,244-245Brigsley Church,129Bristol, S. Mary Redcliffe,128,275Browne (Cordone), Archdeacon,123,129,139,189,278Brownyng, William,279Bubwith, Nicholas of,123Buckfast Abbey,90Burley, Sir S.,272Burton-on-Trent Abbey,264Bury, R. de,50,58,60-61,170-172,178seqq.,267,269Bury St. Edmunds Abbey,44,49,59,61,63,68n.,69,71,84,86,88,90,96,162,265Caedmon,30Calami,85Caldey, Henry,278Calligraphy.SeeWritingCambridge, book-trade,155,205seqq.;college libraries,158seqq.;University Library,70,155seqq.,164,276,281.Seealso names of CollegesCambuskenneth monastery,57Candida Casa,7Canterbury (Christ Church),46,46n.,49,63,64,65,70,71,76,80,89,95,100,101,102,150,177,190,196-197,220,239,265,267,269,270,275,284Canterbury (S. Augustine’s),9,14,24,25,26,28,29,31,33,40,47,49,69,70,71,83,88,89,95,96n.,103,104,175,178,263,283Canterbury College, Oxford,138n.,150,195,284Capsae,19n.Carilef, William de,90,264Carmelite Friars’ libraries,54,55Carpenter, Bp. John,115Carpenter, John,187,278Carrells,75-77,92Cathach Psalter.SeeColumba’s PsalterCatalogues of monastic books,103-107Cathedral libraries,109seqq.Catholicon,132,224Cawod, William,275Ceadda (Chad),30Cedd,30Chace, Thomas,150Chad, St.,30;Gospels of,14Chained books,109,112,117Charles the Great,35,107Charleton, Bp.,116Chaucer, Geoffrey,85,174,182-184,240Chaundler, Thomas,190Chertsey Abbey,33Chester, Richard,160Chester, S. Werburgh’s,61,76,92Chesterton Church,87,87n.Chests for books,91Chichele, Abp. Henry,95Chichele, William,187,276Christ Church, Oxford,151n.Christ’s College, Cambridge,164,284Church, Canon C. M.,110,121,124n.Church libraries,109seqq.Ciaran, St.,13,22Circulation of books, extent,232-241Clare College,138n.,158,164Clare, Elizabeth,158,177,270Clark, Dr. J. W.,92,95,113Classical literature in monasteries,212-215,258seqq.Clement,10,11Clergy and books,177-178Clifford, J. de,177Clonard,5Cluni Abbey,103Cobham, Bp.,134-136,269Cockersand Abbey,73Codex Exoniensis,87,110,113Codex Vercellensis,87,87n.Coldingham,34,271College libraries,145seqq.,158seqq.Columba, St.,5,6,17;Psalter,6,16,17,21Columban, St.,7Coopertoria librorum,19n.Corbie,78,89Corpus Christi College, Camb.,70,110,113,138n.,159,163,164,277Corpus Christi College, Oxford,70,151n.,154,170,227Correctoria,58,85Corvey,89Coventry Priory,268Cronan, St.,21,22Croucher, John,156Crowland,33,37Culross,56Cumdachs,4,12,19,19n.Cummian, St.,8Cupboards for books,91Cuthbert, Abbot,80Cuthbert, St.,31Dalby, T. de,274Daniel, Bp. of Winchester,34Darell, G.,276Deeping Priory,268Derby, All Saints,130Despenser, Hugh le, elder,177Dicuil,11Dimma’s Book,21,22Domnach Airgrid (S. Patrick’s Gospels),17,20Donatus,11Dover, S. Martin’s Priory,70,71,90,105,106,272Downham, W.,280Dreff, Ralph,189,278Drury, Roger,283Duffield, Canon W.,189,278Dungal,10,11Dunstan,40,41,41n.Durham, Book of (Lindisfarne Gospels),15,17Durham Hall, Oxford,54,148,150,170,179,269,274Durham Priory,63,73,75,80,91,103,107,162,211,217,264,269,273,275,276,283Durrow, Book of,16,20Eastern monachism,1-3Easton, Card.,90Eastry Prior,70,89,95,216,269Ebesham, W.,207-208Ecgberht,9Echard, R.,281Edlyngton, J.,279Edward II.,176Eleanor of Gloucester,274Electio librorum,166n.,167Eltisle, T. de,159Ely Priory (cathedral),33,86,88,101Embleton Church,128,271Emmanuel of Constantinople,194-195English monastic libraries,23seqq.English scholars in Ireland,8,9Erghome, John,56Erigena, or Scotus, John,11,39Ernulf of Rochester,47Est, R.,129,281Ethelwold,40,41,263Eton College,144,159-160,161Evesham Abbey,33,44,47,76,88,


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