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Preface; Part I. The Roles of Books: 1. Books and society Christopher deHamel; 2. Language and literacy Rodney M. Thomson and Nigel Morgan; Part II.Book Production: 3. The format of books: books, booklets and rolls PamelaRobinson; 4. Layout and presentation of the text M. B. Parkes; 5. Technologyof production of the manuscript book: I Parchment and ruling Rodney M.Thomson; II Illumination Nigel Morgan; III Binding Michael Gullick andNicholas Hadcraft; 6. Handwriting in English books c. 1100-1425 M. B. Parkes;7. Monastic and Cathedral book production Rodney M. Thomson; 8. Urbanproduction of manuscript books and the role of the university towns MichaelMichael; Part III. Readership, Libraries, Texts and Contexts: 9. Librarycatalogues and indexes Richard Sharpe; 10. University and monastic texts: IBiblical exegesis, theology,and philosophy Jeremy Catto; II Latin poetry,satires, fables and grammar Jan Ziolkowski; III Encyclopaedias MichaelTwomey; 11. Law Nigel Ramsay; 12. Books for the liturgy and private prayerNigel Morgan; 13. Compilations for preaching and Lollard literature: ICompilations for preaching Alan Fletcher; II Lollard literature Anne Hudson;14. Spiritual writings and religious instruction Alexandra Barratt; 15.Vernacular literature and its readership: I Anglo-Norman Tony Hunt; IIMiddle English Julia Boffey and A. S. G. Edwards; III Welsh Daniel Huws; 16.History and history books Geoffrey Martin and Rodney M. Thomson; 17. Archivebooks Nigel Ramsay; 18. Scientific and medical writings Charles Burnett andPeter Jones; 19. Music Nicolas Bell; 20. Illustration and decoration MartinKauffman; Bibliography; General index; Index of manuscripts; Plates.