Roll and codex : the transmission of the works of Reinmar von Zweter -- Potens in opere et sermone : Philip, Bishop of Bayeaux, and his books -- The medieval circulation of Cicero's "Posterior academics" and the De finibus bonorum et malorum -- The Florilegium angelicum : its origin, content, and influence -- Florilegia and the Latin classical authors in twelfth- and thirteenth-century Orléans -- Statim invenire : schools, preachers, and new attitudes to the page -- The development of research tools in the thirteenth century -- The book trade at the University of Paris, ca. 1250-ca.1350 -- The early library of the Sorbonne -- The Franciscans and books : Lollard accusations and the Franciscan response -- Correction and emendation of texts in the fifteenth century and the autograph of the Opus pacis by "Oswaldus Anglicus" -- Backgrounds to print : aspects of the manuscript book in northern Europe of the fifteenth century -- Bibliography before print : the medieval De viris illustribus.