Cambridge Studies in Palaeography and Codicology - Series page

pp ii-ii

Sixteenth-Century Readers, Fifteenth-Century Books - Title page

pp iii-iii

Copyright page

pp iv-iv

Dedication

pp v-vi

Contents

pp vii-vii

Illustrations

pp viii-x

Acknowledgements

pp xi-xii

Abbreviations

pp xiii-xiv

Note on Transcription Policy

pp xv-xvi

Introduction

pp 1-17

1 - Family Matters: The Roberts Family of Willesden

pp 18-47

2 - Private Faces in Public Places

pp 48-76

3 - Devotional Reading in the Reigns of Henry VII and Henry VIII

pp 77-128

4 - Out of the Cloister, Out of the Family

pp 129-164

5 - Books and Their Uses

pp 165-199

6 - Devotional Reading in the Reigns of Mary Tudor and Elizabeth I

pp 200-230

Conclusion - Newly Reformed Readers?

pp 231-244

Postscript - After the Family: The Manuscripts’ Later Histories

pp 245-252

Appendices

pp 253-267

Appendix I - Timeline of Key Events During the Lifetimes of Thomas and Edmund Roberts

pp 253-254

Appendix II - Summary List of Contents of the Manuscripts Owned by the Roberts Family

pp 254-256

Appendix III - Manuscripts and Printed Books of Uncertain Association

pp 257-259

Appendix IV - Other Families Named Roberts

pp 259-267

Bibliography

pp 268-294

Index of Manuscripts and Early Printed Books

pp 295-297

General Index

pp 298-316