William Caxton

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• A, Only ornamental initial used by Caxton, pl. XIII., 62
• Aberdeen Breviary, 35
• Advertisement, Caxton's, pl. V., 42, 43, 91
• Aesop. Fables. See Fables of Aesop.
• Alost, Printing at, 26
• Ames, Joseph, Error in Typographical antiquities, 45
• Anelida and Arcyte. See Queen Anelida, etc.
• Angelus de Aretio. Lectura super institutiones,printed by Veldener at Louvain, 27
• Appendix, 91-98
• Archer, Thomas, 67
• Ars moriendi, printed by Caxton, 77, 78, pl. XX.
  • Collation, 91
• Art and Craft to know well to die, translated and printed by Caxton, 76, 77
  • Collation, 91
• Arundel, William Fitzalan, Earl of, 63, 84
• Ashburnham sale, 1897, 37
• Bagford, John, book-buyer, 41
• Ballard of Camden, 86
• Bamburgh castle, 49
• Bartholomaeus Anglicus. Bartholomaeus de proprietatibus rerum, 22, 23, pl. I.
• Bayntun, William, of Gray's Inn, 66
• Bedford Literary Institute, 67
• Bernard sale, 1698, 64
• Bibliothèque Nationale, Manuscript of L'Ordre de Chevallerie, 62
• Bindings. See forward, Bookbindings.
• Blades, William. Arguments concerning Caxton at Cologne, 22-26
  • Arrangement of Caxton's books by types, 73, 74
  • Boethius at St. Alban's, 37, 38
  • Book-worms, 57
  • Dibdin censured, 37
  • Errors with regard to: Ars Moriendi, 78
    • Confessio Amantis, 59
    • Dictes, 39
    • Eneydos (Spencer's copy), 77
    • Indulgence, 1489, 73
    • Infancia Salvatoris, 44
    • Mirrour, 76
    • Number of books printed by Caxton, 79
    • Perfect copies, 28
    • Propositio Johannis Russell, 43, 44
    • Pynson as apprentice, 89
    • Treatise of Love, 81
    • W. de Worde, 82
• Blanchardyn and Eglantine, printed by Caxton, 74, 75, 91
• Blandford, Lord, Copy of Propositio, 44
• Boccaccio, Work printed by C. Mansion, 1476, 25
• Bodleian Library, Oxford.
  • Copies of: Advertisement for Pica, pl. V.
    • Ars moriendi, 77, pl. XX.
    • Bartholomaeus, pl. I.
    • Boethius, pl. III.
    • Dictes, pl. IV.
    • Directorium, 75
    • Mirrour, pl. VI., VII.
    • Fables of Aesop, 62
    • Fifteen Oes, pl. XXII.
    • Game of the Chess, pl. VIII.
    • Liber Festivalis, pl. IX.
    • Recuyell, pl. II.
• Boethius de consolatione philosophiae, tr. by Chaucer, printed by Caxton, 37, 38, 91, pl. III.
• Boke of Eneydos. See Eneydos.
• Bolomyer, Henry, Canon of Lausanne, 65
• Bonaccursus de Montemagno. De nobilitate. See De nobilitate.
• Bonaventura, St. Speculum Vitae Christi. See Speculum, etc.
• Book of Courtesy, printed by Caxton, 41, 92
  • By W. de Worde, 81, 98
• Book of divers ghostly matters, printed by Caxton, 79, 92
• Book of Fame (Chaucer, G.). See Hous of Fame.
• Book of Good Manners, tr. and printed by Caxton, 68
• Book of Hours of Salisbury use. See Horae ad usum Sarum.
• Bookbindings, 38, 44, 68, 75
  • Caxton's method, 84, 85, frontispiece
• Booke which the Knight of the Toure made (La Tour-Landry, G.), translated and printed by Caxton, 60, 95
• Book-worms, Ravages of, 57
• Bourbon, Louis, Duke of, 52
• Brabant, Caxton in, 17
• Bradshaw, Henry, Conjecture as to "pyes" in Caxton's advertisement, 43
  • Discovery of: Ars moriendi, 77-78
    • Indulgence of J. de Gigliis, 73
    • Margarita Eloquentiae, 45
• Breviary of the Church of Salisbury, issued at Cologne, 31
• Breviary, Commemoratio and Servitium, intended for, 78
• British Museum.
  • Copies of: Canterbury Tales, 37, ed. 2, pl. X.
    • Charles the Great, 65
    • Directorium, 66
    • Fables of Aesop, 61
    • Fayts of Arms (French manuscript), 72
    • Fifteen Oes, 78
    • Golden Legend (French version), 63
    • Image of Pity, 66, pl. XIV.
    • Indulgence of J. Kendale, 1480, 48
    • Meditacions, printed by Mansion, 32
    • Order of Chivalry, 62
    • Paris and Vienne, 65
    • Psalter, 50
    • Quatre dernierres choses, 30
    • Servitium, 78
    • Sex Epistolae, 57
    • Speculum, printed by Pynson, 89
• Broadside, printed by Caxton, 62
• Bruges, Caxton's press at, 17, 18, 22 et seq., 43
  • Mansion's, 25
• Brut, printed by Caxton, 14
• Bryce, Hugh, 51
• Burgh, Benet, translator Cato parvus et magnus, 53, 60
  • See also Cato.
• Burgundy, Duchess of, 19, 20, 25
• Burgundy, Duke of, 43
• Calendar, Rules for adapting to the church services, 42, 66
  • See also Directorium and Ordinale.
• Cambridge, Caxton at, 45
• Cambridge University Library, Collection of Caxton pamphlets, 41
  • Copies of: Book of Good Manners, 68
    • Directorium, 66
    • Fayts of Arms, 72
    • Four Sons of Aymon (de Worde's), 74
    • Golden Legend (French version), 63
    • Legenda (Maynial), pl. XVII.
• Campbell of The Hague, 78
• Canterbury Tales (Chaucer, G.), printed by Caxton, 37
  • Second edition, revised and illustrated, 57-59; fac-simile pl. X.
  • Collations, 92
• Canutus, Bishop of Aarhaus. Treatise on Pestilence, 80
• Capital letters. See Initials, Woodcut.
• Carlisle, N., 59
• Castel, Étienne and Jean, 40
• Cato parvus et magnus (Cato, D.), translated by B. Burgh, printed by Caxton 41, 53, 60
  • Collations, 92
• Caton or Cathon (Cato D.), translated and printed by Caxton, 60
  • Collation, 92
• Caxton, William. Advertisement, 42, 43, 91; fac-simile pl. V.
  • Apprentices employed, 88, 89
  • Apprenticeship, 16, 17
  • Birth, 15, 16
  • Bookbindings. See Bookbindings, in general alphabet.
  • "Braband, Flandres, Holand, and Zealand," residence, 17
  • Bruges press, 17, 22 et seq.
  • Collections of Caxtons. See Collectors, in general alphabet; also names of individual collectors.
  • Cologne, Printing learned at (?), 22-26
  • Dates, Method of reckoning, 40, 41
  • Daughter, 20, 87
  • Death, 86-90
  • Device, 70, 71, pl. XVI.
  • Duchess of Burgundy's service, 19, 20
  • Education, 16, 89, 90
  • England, First printer of, 13 et seq.
    • Return to, 31
  • English language, Changes remarked in, 77
    • Services to, 14, 15
    • Spoken by, 89
  • Epitaph, 87
  • French influence first felt, 69
  • Gibbon and Disraeli, Sneers of, 13, 14
  • Handwriting, 51, 83, pl. XXV.
  • Literary and editorial work, 53, 54, 58, 60, 90
    • See also forward Translations.
  • Mansion, Colard, partner, 24-27, 30
    • See also Mansion.
  • Marriage, 20, 87
  • Merchant, 17-19
    • Governor of Merchant Adventurers, 34
  • Name, Various spellings, 15
  • Our Blessed Lady Assumption, Member of Fraternity of, 34
  • Personal history, 15 et seq.
  • Poetical attempts, 39, 40
  • Politics, 43, 57
  • Portrait, Illumination erroneously called, 39
  • Press, Periods: before 1476, 20-32
    • 1476-1479, 33-46
    • 1480-1483, 47-55
    • 1483-1487, 56-69
    • 1487-1491, 70-85
    • Products: List of books printed by or for Caxton, 91-97
    • List of books printed by De Worde, with Caxton's types, 98
    • Lost productions, 83, 84
    • Number of books printed, 79, 80
    • Pamphlets, 34, 35, 41-46
    • Reprints in later years, 75
    • Signatures first used, 47, 49
    • Statement in Recuyell, 20, 21
      • See also titles of individual books.
  • Translations: Art and Craft to know well to die, Blanchardyn and Eglantine, Book of Good Manners, Book which the Knyght of the Tour made, Eneydos, Game of the Chess, Godfrey of Bologne, Golden Legend (most important), Jason, Metamorphoses, Mirrour of the World, Oxford (Life of Robert, Earl of), Reynard the Fox, Recuyell of the Hystories of Troye, Vitas Patrum, Winifred (Life of St.). See also these titles in general alphabet.
  • Types. See forward, in general alphabet, Types.
  • Westminster press, 13, 33 et seq., 92-97
    • Continued by De Worde, 80-85, 98
  • Will, 82, 86
• Cessolis, Jacobus de. Liber de ludo scacchorum. See Game and playe of the Chess.
• Chap-book, Four Sons of Aymon in form of, 74
• Charles the Bold, Marriage with Princess Margaret, 19
• Charles the Great, Life of, translated and printed by Caxton, 16, 65, 92
• Chartier Alain. See Curial.
• Chartres, Church of. Manual and Statutes, 70
• Chastising of God's Children, printed with Caxton's type by De Worde, 80, 81, 98
• Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poems early printed by Caxton, 14
  • List, with collations, 92
  • Poems printed by A. Myllar, 35
  • Translation of Boeccius, 37, 38
  • See also, in general alphabet, Canterbury Tales, Hous of Fame, Queen Anelida, Temple of Brass, Troilus and Creside.
• Chorle and the Bird (Lidgate, J.), printed by Caxton, 41, 42, 95
• Christine de Pisan, Character and attainments, 39, 40
  • See also Fayts of Arms, Morale Proverbes.
• Chronological arrangement of Caxton's books not determined, 73
• Chronicles of England, printed by Caxton, 50
  • Second edition, 53, 54
  • Collations, 93
  • Reprinted by G. Leeu, 65, 87
• Church, Daniel, 60
• Churl and the Bird. See Chorle.
• Cicero, M. T. Of Old Age and Friendship, translated from De senectute and De amicitia; printed by Caxton, 52
  • Collation, 93
• Collations of Caxton's books, 91-97
  • Of De Worde's books, 98
• Collectors of Caxtons: American private collector owns finest copy, 37
  • Only two unique Caxtons outside England, 45, 78
  • Made-up copies of little value to, 54
  • See also names of individual collectors,--as, Bamburgh castle; Bedford Library
    • Institute; Bodleian Library; British Museum; Cambridge University; Congregational Library; Copenhagen Royal Library; Devonshire, Duke of; Edward IV.; Eton College; George III.; George IV.; Ghent, University of; Göttingen University Library; Harleian Library; Heber, W.; Hedrington, R.; Herbert, W.; Holland, Colonel; Jersey, Lord; Lambeth Palace Library; Leicester, Earl of; Lenox Library, New York; Lincoln Minster; Magdalene College (Cambridge); Mary, Queen of England; Merton College (Oxford); Miller, C.; Moore, Bishop; Newton, Lord; Osborne, T.; Perde, W.; Peterborough, Earl of; Pope; Ripon Cathedral; Roxburghe, J., Duke of; St. Alban's Grammar School; St. John's College, Oxford; Selden collection; Shrewsbury School; Smith, Richard; Spencer, Lord; Trinity College, Dublin; Tutet; Windsor, Royal Library at; York Cathedral. Also under titles of individual books.
• Cologne, Controversy as to Caxton's learning to print there, 22-26
• Commemoratio Lamentationis Beatae Mariae Virginis, printed by Caxton, 45, 78, 93
• Commonest Caxtons, 53, 54
• Confessio Amantis (Gower, J.), printed by Caxton, 59, 94
• Congregational Library, London, Copy of Servitium, 78
• Consolatio peccatorum. See Jacobus de Theramo.
• Copenhagen, Royal Library. Copy of Book of Good Manners, 68
• Copland, Robert, assistant of De Worde, and translator of Dictes, 34, 35
• Copland, William, printer of Four Sons, 74, 84
• Cordyale, translated by Lord Rivers, from Quatre derrenieres choses; printed by Caxton, 40, 41, 45, 46, 93
  • For French edition, see Quatre derrenieres choses.
• Cotton, Archdeacon, Remarks on Caxton's Indulgence type, 73
• Croppe, Gerard, Separation from Caxton's daughter, 20, 87
• Crucifixion, Wood-cut, pl. XXII.
• Curia Sapientiae (Lidgate J.), printed by Caxton, 50, 95
• Curial (Chartier, A.), printed by Caxton, 59
• Dates: Definite date, 59
  • First book printed with, in England, 34
  • None in Caxton's books, 1487-1491 (excepting Statutes), 73
  • Variations in style as to, 40, 41
• De amicitia. See Cicero.
• De consolatione philosophiae. See Boethius.
• De nobilitate (Bonaccursus de Montemagno), printed by Caxton, 52
• De proprietatibus rerum. See Bartholomaeus Anglicus.
• De quattuor novissimis. See Quatre derrenieres choses.
• De senectute. See Cicero.
• Death-bed Prayers, printed by Caxton, 62, 93
• Deguilleville, Guillaume, 54
  • See also Pilgrimage of the Soul.
• Description of Britain, printed by Caxton, 50, 93
• Devices, Caxton's, 70, 71, pl. XVI.
  • De Worde's, 81
• Devonshire, Duke of.
  • Copies of: Parvus Cato, 41
    • Recuyell, 28
    • Vocabulary, 48-49
  • Overtures for Morte d'Arthur, 64
• Dibden, censured by Blades, 37
  • Description of Bartholomaeus, 23
  • Persuaded Dean of Lincoln to sell Caxtons, 30
  • Remarks on Treatise of Love and Chastising, 81
• Dialogue of Salomon and Marcolphus, printed by G. Leeu, 66
• Dictes or Sayengis of the Philosophres, printed by Caxton, 34, 35, 38, 39, fac-simile pl. IV.
  • Second edition, 46
  • Reprinted, 75
  • Translated by Scrope, 52
  • Collations, 93
• Dickinson's List of printed Service Books, 56
• Dictionary of National Biography, List of Caxton's books in, 74
• Dies used by Caxton on bindings, 84-85, pl. XXVI.
• Directorium Sacerdotum, or Pica (Maydeston, C.), printed by Caxton, 66, 67
  • Reprinted, 75
  • Collation, 96
• Disraeli, Isaac, sneers at Caxton, 13, 14
• Doctrinal of Sapience, translated and printed by Caxton, 76, 93
• Donatus melior (Donatus, Ae.), printed by Caxton, 68, 93
• Douce collection, Bodleian Library, 81
• Dunbar, Stories by, 35
• Edward IV., Copy of Godfrey of Bologne, 52
  • Grants charter to Mercer's Company, 18, 19
  • Authorizes translation of Jason, 36
  • L'Ordre de Chevallerie, written for, 62
  • Proclamation concerning Rhodes, 48
• Elizabeth, Wife of Edward IV, 28
• Elizabeth of Hungary, Revelations of St., 80
• Eneydos, Boke of, translated and printed by Caxton, 77, pl. XIX.
• England, Caxton first printer of, 13
  • First dated book in, 34
  • Only two unique Caxtons outside, 45, 78
• English language, Caxton's remarks on changes in, 77, pl. XIX.
  • First printed book in, 27
  • Services of Caxton to, 13, 14
• English nation in the Low Countries. See Merchant Adventurers.
• Erasmus, Life of St., added by Caxton to Golden Legend, 71
• Esope, Fables of. See Fables of Aesop.
• Estenay, John, Sacrist of Westminster, 33
• Evil-merodach, Wood-cut of, 53
• Fables of Aesop, printed by Caxton, 61, 62, fac-simile pls. XII., XIII.
  • Collation, 91
• Faits et prouesses du chevalier Jason. See Jason.
• Fairfax, Bryan, copy of Morte d'Arthur, 64
• Fastolfe, Sir John, 52
• Fayts of Arms (Christine de Pisan), translated and printed by Caxton, 72
  • Collation, 93
• Ferrara, Duke of, 57
  • See also Sex Epistolae.
• Festial. See Liber Festialis.
• Festum Transfigurationis Jesu Christi. See Servitium.
• Festum Visitationis Beatae Mariae Virginis. See Servitium.
• Fifteen Oes, printed by Caxton, 78
  • Cut of Crucifixion for, pl. XXII.
  • Collation, 94
• Flanders, Caxton in, 17
• Flemish families in Kent, 16
• Flemish goods prohibited in England, 19
• Four Sons of Aymon, History of, printed by Caxton, 74
  • Collation, 94
  • Printed by Copland, 84
• Folios, Caxton's early, 35 et seq.
• Fraternity of Our Blessed Lady Assumption, 34
• Fructus Temporum, printed by Julyan Notary, 86
• Gairdner discovers record of Caxton's marriage, 87
• Gallopes, Jean de, 54
• Game and playe of the Chess (Cessolis, J. de), translated and printed by Caxton, 29-31, fac-simile pl. VIII.
  • Second edition, 53
  • Collations, 91
• George I. presents Caxton pamphlets to Cambridge, 41
• George III., Copy of Directorium, 66
• George IV., Copy of Fables of Aesop, 61
• Germany, Origin of printing in, 13
  • Title-pages used in, 80
• Ghent, Oration at, 1470, 43
• Ghent, University of, Copy of Commemoratio, 78
• Gibbon, Criticism of Caxton, 13, 14
• Gigliis, John, 73
  • See also Indulgence.
• Godfrey of Bologne, History of, translated and printed by Caxton, 52, 94
• Göttingen University Library, Copy of Infancia Salvatoris, 44
  • Of Treatise of Love, 81
• Golden Legend (Voragine, J. de), translated and printed by Caxton, 63
  • Second edition, 71, 72
    • Copies left to Caxton's son-in-law, 82, 83, 88
    • Introduction, 83
    • French and Latin version used in, 89
  • Third edition, reprint by De Worde, 81-83
    • Date of Caxton's death in colophon (?), 86
  • Collations, 97, 98
• Governal of Helthe, printed by Caxton, 94
• Gower, John, 14, 59
  • See also Confessio Amantis.
• Granton, John, debtor to Wm. Craes of Bruges, 18
• Guild of St. John, 26
• Gutenberg, Invention of movable type, 13
• Halberstadt. Hecht-Heine Library, Copy of Sex Epistolae, 57
• Harleian Library, Copy of Infancia Salvatoris, 44
• Heber, Book-collector, 54, 55
• Hedrington, Robert, Collector of Caxtons, 63
• Henry VII., Founded almonry, 33
  • Loaned Caxton manuscript of Fayts, 72
  • Statutes, printed by Caxton. See also Statutes.
• Herbert, W., Bibliographer, 54
• Higden, Ralph, 14, 50, 53
  • See also Polycronicon.
• History of Blanchardyn and Eglantine. See Blanchardyn.
• History of Jason. See Jason.
• History of Reynard the Fox. See Reynard.
• History of the Four Sons of Aymon. See Four Sons, etc.
• History of the Knight Paris and the Fair Vienne. See Paris.
• Holdsworth, Dr., 66
• Holford, Col., Copy of Game of the Chess, 29
  • Of Godfrey of Bologne, 52
• Holkham, Copy of Speculum, 1494, 73
• Holland, Caxton in, 17
• Horae ad usum Sarum, printed by Caxton, found in binding of Boethius, 38, 50
  • Wood-cuts intended for, 67
  • Fifteen Oes, supplement to, 78
  • Collations, 94
• Horse, the Shepe and the Goose (Lidgate, J.), printed by Caxton, 41, 42
  • Collation, 95
• Hous of Fame (Chaucer, G.), printed by Caxton, 59
  • Collation, 92
• Illustrations. See Wood-cuts.
• Image of Pity, 66, pl. XIV., 94
• Indulgence of John Kendale, printed by Caxton, 1480, 48, 94
• Indulgence of John de Gigliis, printed by Caxton, 1481, 68
  • 1489, 73, pl. XVIII.
  • Collations, 95
• Infancia Salvatoris, printed by Caxton, 42, 44
  • Collation, 95
• Initials, Wood-cut A, used by Caxton, 62, pl. XIII.
  • Blank spaces usually left for, 36
  • First used in England, 48
  • Intended for Life of St. Katherine, printed by De Worde, 80
• Jacobus de Cessolis. See Cessolis.
• Jacobus de Theramo. Consolatio peccatorum, printed by Veldener, 27
• Jacobus Magnus. See Legrand, Jacques.
• Jason, Faits et prouesses du chevalier (Lefevre, R.), printed by C. Mansion, 31, 32
• Jason, History of (Lefevre, R.), translated and printed by Caxton, 35-37, 95
  • Reprinted by G. Leeu, 65
• Jerome, St. Vitas Patrum, colophon, 90
• Jersey, Earl of. Copy of Recuyell sold, 29
  • Library sold, 64
• John of Westphalia, Printer, 26
• John of Trevisa, 53
• Katherine, Life of St., printed with Caxton's type by W. de Worde, 80, 98, pl. XXIII.
• Kendale, John, Indulgence of. See Indulgence.
• Kent, Weald of, Birthplace of Caxton, 15, 16
• King Apolin of Tyre, printed by De Worde in 1510, 34
• Knight of the Tour. See La Tour-Landry, G.
• Könnecke, Archivist at Marburg, 57
• Lambarde, William. Perambulation of Kent, 15
• Lambeth Palace Library, Copy of Book of Good Manners, 68
  • Manuscript of Dictes, 39
• Landry, Geoffrey de la Tour-. See La Tour-Landry.
• La Tour-Landry, Geoffrey, 60
  • See also Booke which the Knyght of the Toure made.
• Large, Robert, Master of Caxton, 16, 17
• Laurentius de Saona. Margarita Eloquentiae, or, Nova rhetorica. See Margarita.
• Lectura super institutiones. See Angelus de Aretio.
• Leeu, Gerard, Printer of Antwerp. Dutch edition of Reynard, 51
  • Reprint of Paris and Vienne, History of Jason, Chronicles of England, 65, 66, 87
• Lefevre, Raoul, 27, 36
  • See also Recueil des histoires de Troyes and Recuyell, etc.
• Legenda secundum usum Sarum, printed for Caxton, probably by Maynial, 71, 82, pl. XVII.
  • Collation, 97
• "Legends" bequeathed by Caxton, 82
• Legrand, Jacques (Jacobus Magnus), 68
  • See also Book of Good Manners.
• Leicester, Earl of. Copy of Propositio, 43
• Lenox Library, New York, Copy of Caton, 60
• Le Roy, G., Printer at Lyons, 77
• Lettou, John, First London printer, 47, 48
• Lewis de Bretaylles, 38
• Liber de ludo scacchorum (Cessolis, J. de). See Game of Chess.
• Liber Festivalis, or Festial (Mirk, J., comp.), printed by Caxton, 56, pl. IX.
  • Second edition, 77
  • Collation, 96
• Lidgate, John, 14, 50, 57
  • See also Chorle and the Bird, Curia Sapientiae, Horse, the Shepe and the Goose, Life of Our Lady, Pilgrimage of the Soul, Stans puer ad mensam, Temple of Glass.
• Life of Charles the Great. See Charles the Great.
• Life of Our Lady (Lidgate, J.), printed by Caxton, 57, 95
• Life of St. Katherine of Senis. See Katherine.
• Life of the Holy and Blessed Virgin St. Winifred. See Winifred.
• Lincoln Minster, Copies of Recuyell, 30
  • Reynard, 52
  • Sale of Caxtons, 30
• Linton, Mr., Suggestion as to metal blocks, 53
• List of Caxton's books, with collations, 91-97
• Little John. See Book of Courtesy.
• Livre des Eneydes, printed at Lyons, 1483, by G. le Roy, 77
• Lloyd, Mr., of Wygfair, Library sold, 1816, 64
• London, John Lettou first printer of, 47, 48
• Louvain, Printing at, 26
• Lover's Confession. See Confessio Amantis.
• Low Countries, Caxton Governor of the English nation in, 34
• Lumley, Lord, Autograph, 84
• Lydgate. See Lidgate.
• Lyf of St. Katherin. See Katherine, Life of St.
• Machlinia, William de, London printer, 80
• Madden, Note on Caxton at Weidenbach, 24
• Made-up copies of Caxtons, 54, 55
• Magdalene College, Cambridge. Pepysian collection, Copy of Reynard the Fox, 76
  • Manuscript colophon of Metamorphoses, 83, pls. XXIV., XXV.
• Malory, Sir Thomas. See Morte d'Arthur.
• Mancinellus, Revision of Donatus, 68
• Manipulus Curatorum. See Doctrinal of Sapience.
• Mansion, Colard, Illuminator and writer of manuscripts, 24, 26
  • Press at Bruges established, 25
  • Partner of Caxton, 26, 27, 30
  • Printed alone, 25, 31, 32
• Manuscript preferred to printing for presentation, 84
• Margaret, Lady, mother of Henry VII., patron of Caxton, 33, 34
• Margaret, Queen, 72
• Margarita Eloquentiae or Nova Rhetorica (Laurentius de Saona), printed by Caxton, 45, 97
• Martens, Thierry, Printer, 26
• Mary, Queen of England, Copy of Psalter, 49-50
• Maydeston, Clement, 66
  • See also Directorium.
• Maynial, or Maynyal, Printer for Caxton, 70, 71, 97, pl. XVII.
• Medal, Earliest known English, 48
• Meditaciones sur les sept pseaulmes, printed by C. Mansion, 31, 32
• Memorare novissima. See Quatre derrenieres choses.
• Mercers' Company, Caxton a member of, 34
  • Mention of, 51
• Merchant Adventurers, or "English nation in the Low Countries," Caxton Governor of, 18, 19, 34
• Merchant's mark in Caxton's device, 70, 71
• Merton College, Oxford, Copy of Canterbury Tales, 37
• Metamorphoses of Ovid, a lost product of Caxton's press, 83, pls. XXIV., XXV.
• Mielot, Jean, 52
• Mirk, John. See Liber Festivalis.
• Mirrour of the World (Vincentius), translated and printed by Caxton, 51, fac-simile pls. VI., VII.
  • Reprinted, 75, 76
  • Collations, 97
• Missale secundum usum Sarum, printed for Caxton by Maynial, 70, 97
• Montemagno, Bonaccursus. See Bonaccursus.
• Moore, Bishop, Collector of Caxtons, 41
• Morale Proverbes of Cristyne (Christine de Pisan), translated by Earl Rivers, printed by Caxton, 39, 40, 93
• Morte d'Arthur (Malory, Sir T.), printed by Caxton, 63-65, 96
• Mutilation of Caxtons, 54, 55
• Myllar, Andrew, First printer of Scotland, 35
• New Testament. Apocrypha. Infancia Salvatoris. See Infancia.
• Newton, Lord, Copy of Missale, 70
• Notary, Julyan, Printer, 86
• Nova Rhetorica. See Margarita Eloquentiae.
• Number of books printed by Caxton, 79, 80
• O, Fifteen prayers commencing with. See Fifteen Oes.
• Obray, William, Governor of Merchant Adventurers, 19
• Of Old Age and Friendship. See Cicero, M. T.
• Oldys on handwriting of Caxton, 51
• Order of Chivalry, printed by Caxton, 62, 96
• Ordinale secundum usum Sarum, printed by Caxton, 42, 74, 96, pl. V.
• Orologium Sapientiae, part of Book of divers ghostly matters, q. v.
• Os, Gotfried van, 80
• Osborne, Thomas, Bookseller. Copy of Infancia Salvatoris, 44
  • Morte d'Arthur, 64
• Osterly, Copy of Morte d'Arthur, 64
• Ovid. Metamorphoses. See Metamorphoses.
• Oxford, Earl of. Copies of Charles the Great and Paris and Vienne, 65
  • Library sold, 64
• Oxford, Life of Robert, Earl of, translated by Caxton, 84
• Oxford, Press at, 47
• Pamphlets printed by Caxton rare, 34, 35, 41-46
• Parchment not used as binding material by Caxton, 75
• Paris and the fair Vienne, translated and printed by Caxton, 65
  • Collation, 96
  • Reprinted by G. Leeu, 65
• Parker, Archbishop, Books bequeathed to Corpus Christi, 45
• Parvus Cato. See Cato.
• Pepysian library. See Magdalene College.
• Perde, William, Copy of Polycronicon, 54
• Peterborough, Earl of, Copy of Godfrey, 52
• Petrus Carmelianus, Editor of Sex Epistolae, 57
• "Philosopher," Wood-cut, pl. VIII.
• Pica. See Directorium Sacerdotum; also Ordinale secundum usum Sarum.
• Pilgrimage of the Soul (Deguilleville, G.), translated by Lidgate, and printed by Caxton, 54, 95
• Pisan, Christine de. See Christine.
• Pitt, Moses, 62
• Polycronicon (Higden, R., compiler), printed by Caxton, 53, 54, 94
• Pope, American collector, Copy of Morte d'Arthur, 64
• Pratt, William, Mercer, 68
• Prayers, Death-bed. See Death-bed prayers.
• Premierfait, Laurence de, 52
• Prices, Highest, paid for a Caxton, 67
  • See also under names of individual books.
• Printing, Brito reputed inventor of, 25, 26
  • Introduced into Europe, 13
  • Into England, 13, 27
• Prior, Robert, Reputed author of Life of St. Winifred, 59
• Proctor, Robert, Discovery of Donatus melior, 68
• Propositio Johannis Russell, printed by Caxton, 42, 44, 97
• Psalter, printed by Caxton, with signatures, 49, 96
• Pynson, Richard, not apprenticed to Caxton, 89
  • Reprinted Servitium, 49
• Quartos, Almost all early ones unique, 35
• Quatre derrenieres choses, also called Cordiale, Memorare novissima, or De quattuor novissimis, printed by Caxton and Mansion, 30
  • Collation, 91
  • For English translation printed later by Caxton, see Cordyale.
• Quattuor Sermones, printed by Caxton, 56, 96
• Queen Anelida and the false Arcyte (Chaucer, G.), printed by Caxton, 41, 92
• Quires of eight leaves, Caxton's books in, 80
• Record Office, Document concerning Caxton's daughter, 87
• Recueil des histoires de Troyes (Lefevre, R.), translated by Caxton, 19, 20, 24, 25
  • Printed by Mansion, 31, 32
• Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye (Lefevre, R.), translated by Caxton, 20, 21
  • Manuscript presented to Duchess of Burgundy, 25
  • Printed by Caxton, 17, 20, 21, 28-30, fac-simile pl. II.
  • Collation, 91
  • Prices, 20-30
• Red ink, Caxton's method of printing in, 30, 78
• Red Pale, Sign of the, 33
• Reynard the Fox, translated and printed by Caxton, 49, 51, 52
  • Reprinted, 75, 76
  • Collations, 96
• Reynes, John, Binding by, 62
• Rhodes, Besieged by Turks, 48
• Richard II., Command to poet Gower, 59
• Ripon Cathedral, Copy of Vocabulary, 48-49
• Rivers, Lord, Illuminated portrait of, 39
  • Translator of: Dictes, 38, 39
    • Quatre derrenieres choses, 45
• Rood and Hunte, Oxford printers, 56
• Roxburghe, John, Duke of, Copy of Blanchardyn and Eglantine, 75
• Royal Book, translated and printed by Caxton, sold for £2225, 67
  • Binding lined with Indulgences, 68
  • Collation, 96
• Rule of St. Benet, Part of Book of divers ghostly matters, q. v.
• Russell, John. Propositio Johannis Russell. See Propositio.
• St. Alban's Grammar School, Copy of Boethius, 37-38, 50
  • Press, 47
• St. John's, Bedford, Church library, 67
• St. John's College, Oxford, Copy of Canterbury Tales, 59
• St. Margaret's Church, Westminster, "Bureyng of Mawde Caxston", 88
• Salisbury, Church of. Hours, Legends, Missal, Ordinale. See, respectively, Horae, Legenda, Missale, Ordinale, ad usum Sarum.
• Saona, Laurentius de. Nova Rhetorica. See Margarita Eloquentiae.
• Sarum, Church of. See Salisbury.
• Scotland, Andrew Myllar first printer of, 35
• Scott, Sir Walter, Comment on Morte d'Arthur, 64
• Scott, Mr., of British Museum, Remark on Caxton's will, 86
• Scrope, Translator of Dictes, 52
• Selden collection, 75
• Sermones, Quattuor. See Quattuor Sermones.
• Servitium, or Festum de Transfiguratione Jesu Christi, printed by Caxton, 78, 94, pl. XXI.
• Servitium, or Festum de Visitatione Beatae Mariae Virginis, printed by Caxton, reprinted by De Worde and Pynson, 48, 49, 94
• Sex Epistolae, edited by Petrus Carmelianus, printed by Caxton, 57
• Shrewsbury School, Copy of Confessio Amantis, 59
• Shrewsbury, John Talbot, Earl of, 72
• Signatures adopted by Caxton, 47, 49
• Sixtus IV. Indulgence, 48
  • Sex Epistolae, 57, 97
• Skelton, John, Assisted Caxton in translation, 77
• Smith, Richard, Copy of Godfrey of Bologne, 52
• Somerset, Margaret, Duchess of, 75
• Somme des vices et vertus (La). For English translation, see Royal Book.
• Sophologium, 68
• Speculum Vitae Christi (Bonaventura, St.), printed by Caxton, 67, fac-simile pl. XV.
  • Second edition, 77
  • Wood-cut intended for, 79
  • Collations, 91
  • Printed by De Worde, 73
• Spencer, Lord, Collection of Caxtons at Manchester, 62
  • Copies of: Blanchardyn and Eglantine, with manuscript note, 75
    • Dictes, 39
    • Eneydos, 77
    • Four Sons of Aymon, 74
    • Game of the Chess, 30
    • Golden Legend, 63
    • Propositio, 43, 44
    • Recueil, printed by Mansion, 31
    • Recuyell, 28
    • Reynard, 52
  • Supplied missing leaves for Canterbury Tales, 37
• Stans puer ad mensam (Lidgate, J.), printed by Caxton, 41, 96
• Statutes of Henry VII., printed by Caxton, 73, 97
• Stow, John, Description of "almonesrye," etc., 33, 34
• Strype, Rev. John, Life of Archbishop Parker, 45
• Taylor, Watson, Sale, 31
• Temple of Brass (Chaucer, G.), printed by Caxton, 41, 92
• Temple of Glas (Lidgate, J.), printed by Caxton, 41, 96
• Theological and liturgical books printed by Caxton, 77
• Thorney, Roger, 52
• Title-page first used at Westminster press, 80
• Tour-Landry. See La Tour-Landry.
• Trade regulations in England, 19
• Translations made by Caxton. See before under Caxton.
• Treatise of Love, printed with Caxton's type by De Worde, 81, 98
• Treatise on Pestilence (Canutus), Title-page prefixed, 80
• Trinity College, Dublin, Copy of Indulgence, 1489, 73
• Triphook, Bookseller, 74
• Troilus and Creside (Chaucer, G.), printed by Caxton, 59, 92
• Turks, Crusade against, 73
• Tutet, Copy of Chronicles, 54
• Twelve Profits of Tribulation, part of Book of divers ghostly matters, q. v.
• Type, Invention of movable, 13
• Types, Caxton's No. 1, 22 et seq., pl. II.
  • No. 2, 30, 31, pl. IV.
    • Recast, 45
  • No. 2*, 48, pls. VI.-VIII.
  • No. 3, 49, pls. III., V.
  • No. 4, 48, 49
    • Recast, 56 et seq.
  • No. 4*, pls. IX.-XI.
    • De Worde's modification, 80, pl. XXIII.
  • No. 5, 68, pls. XV., XXI.
  • No. 6, 80, pls., XIX., XX.
  • No. 7, 72, 73, pl. XVIII.
  • No. 8, pl. XX.
  • Caxton's types used by Mansion, 31, 32
    • By De Worde, 80-82, 98
  • Chronological arrangement of Caxton's books by, 73, 74
  • Smallest used. See No. 7.
• Upsala University Library, Copy of Margarita Eloquentiae, 45
• Utrecht, Printing at, 26
• Vander Haeghen, Dr. Ferdinand, 78
• Veldener, John, printer at Louvain, 26, 27
• Vellum, Copy of Doctrinal of Sapience printed on, 76
  • Not used by Caxton for bindings, 75
• Venetians, Letters in interest of, 57
• Vincentius. Mirrour of the World. See Mirrour.
• Vineis, R. de. Life of St. Katherine of Senis. See Katherine.
• Virgilius. Eneydos. See Eneydos.
• Visitation, Feast of, 49
  • See also Servitium.
• Vitas Patrum (St. Jerome), translated by Caxton, printed by De Worde, 90
• Vocabulary in French and English, printed by Caxton, 48, 97
• Voragine, Jacques de. Golden Legend. See Golden Legend.
• Waste sheets found in bindings, 38, 68
• Weald of Kent, Birthplace of Caxton, 15, 16
• Weidenbach, Monastery of, 24
• Westminster Abbey, Caxton's will possibly preserved in, 86
• Westminster press, Conducted by Caxton, 33-79
  • List of books printed by Caxton, 91-97
  • Continued by De Worde, 80-85
  • List of books printed by De Worde, 98
• White Knights sale, 1819, 55
• Windsor Royal Library, Copy of Doctrinal of Sapience, 76
  • Fables of Aesop, 61
• Winifred, Life of the Holy and Blessed Virgin St., translated and printed by Caxton, 59, 97
• Women, Caxton adds to Dictes chapter on, 38
• Wood-cuts. A, first wood-cut initial used in England, 48, 62
  • Caxton's first illustrations, 51
  • Not engraved abroad, 53
  • Doing double duty, 58
  • Special cuts mentioned: Crucifixion, pl. XXII.
    • Caxton's device, 70, 71, pl. XVI.
    • De Worde's device, 81
    • "Figure of a Philosopher", 76, pl. VIII.
    • Transfiguration, 76
  • Special mention of illustrated books: Cato parvus et magnus, 3d ed., 53
    • Canterbury Tales, 58, pl. X.
    • Directorium, 66
    • Fables of Aesop, 61, pls. XII., XIII.
    • Fifteen Oes, 78, pl. XXII.
    • Game of Chess, 2d ed., 53, pl. VIII.
    • Golden Legend, 63
    • Image of Pity, 66, pl. XIV.
    • Mirrour, 51, 76, pls. VI., VII.
    • Speculum, 67, 79, pl. XV.
• Wool trade, Abbots of Westminster in, 34
• Worde, Wynkyn de, Printer. Birth, etc., 88, 89
  • Device, 81, 88
  • Printed books with Caxton's type, 79 et seq., 88, 98
    • Also Ars moriendi, 77-78
    • Four Sons of Aymon, 74
    • King Apolyn of Tyre, 34
    • Polycronicon, 52
    • Speculum, 73
  • Quatrain about Caxton at Cologne, 22, pl. I.
  • Remark on Caxton's death in Vitas Patrum, 90
  • Wood-cut used by, pl. XXII.
• York Cathedral, Copy of Chorle, 2d ed., 42
  • Horse, 41
• Zel, Ulric, Printer at Cologne, 24