Books were printed in Constantinople, perhaps as early as 1490, certainly before types were thought of in Scotland.
Books were so scarce at the close of the seventh century, that Pope Martin requested one of his bishops to supply them, if possible, from Germany.
Books were expensive, not so much through the labor of the copyist, who did the simplest and cheapest part of the work, but through the extravagant ornamentation put on [p169] them by the illuminator and the binder.
These were books of over two hundred pages; but most of the toy-books were limited to less than one hundred.
These chap-books were sold in considerable quantities on account of their cheapness, and included religious subjects as well as tales of adventure.
Faber’s books were condemned to the flames, but he himself, threatened with the stake, escaped by flight to Strassburg.
Instead of hymns, street songs were sung, instead of responses blasphemous cries were shouted forth, while cushions and prayer-books were hurled at the altar decorations, etc.
The desk could not be dispensed with so long as books were chained, but one or more shelves were added to it.
Thus when a number of manuscripts were piled on the shelf of an armarium the pendants hanging down from the ends of the rolls indicated plainly what the books were, without the necessity of pulling them from their place.
Some of Don Silvestro's manuscripts are now preserved in the Laurentian library in Florence, and a number of miniatures cut out of his choir-books were acquired by W.
Books were bought in London in such quantities by 1403 that the craft organizations of text-letter writers, illuminators, bookbinders, and book sellers was sanctioned by ordinance.
At the two universities, books were no longer chained to the bookcases.
As a result, these two types of books were eliminated: 1.
In one teacher's outlines, familiar looking notes on book selection and lists of children's books were discovered.
John Wilkes' books were sold at Sotheby's in 1802.
There was a sale in the neighbourhood of Ipswich, in which a number of books were included.
Seaman's books weresold at his own house in Warwick Court.
During a period of forty years, books were supplied by foreign printers, some of whom appear to have accompanied their merchandise, and to have settled themselves here.
Two classes of books were in the cancellary: one stored in a large closet with folding doors, called an armariolum, and used by all the monks; the other kept in an inner room, and apparently reserved for special uses.
Books were supplied, or what is more likely, waxed tablets folded in book form.
Books were, therefore, useful to them, if not essential; as indeed St. Francis ultimately recognized.
Section V Books were given to Lincoln Cathedral about 1150 by Hugh of Leicester; one of them bears the inscription, Ex dono Hugonis Archidiaconi Leycestriae.
Batches of books were forwarded to every elementary school in the City, and the head teacher in each was made responsible for the distribution of the books to the scholars in standards IV and upwards.
Books were on all the tables, books were on all the chairs.
Books were to be freely available for reading at home.
Catalogues of Mr. West's library, with the sums for which the books were sold, are now found with difficulty, and bring a considerable price.
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