Archaeology of the manuscript book of the Italian Renaissance

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01. Introduction: The Quantitative Study of Manuscripts -- 2. Dated Manuscripts -- 3. Humanistic Manuscripts -- 4. Previous Work as Basis for the Present Study -- 5. Criticism -- 6. Should the Quantitative Study of Humanistic Manuscripts include the Decoration? -- 7. Amplifying the Corpus by including the Data recorded in Manoscritti datati d'Italia -- 8. The Present Book -- 9. Quire Structures -- 10. Ruling: General -- 11. Ruling Types -- 12. Ruling Techniques -- 13. Ruling Types and Ruling Techniques -- 14. Two-Column Rulings -- 15. Rulings for Layout with Long Lines -- 16. The Problem of Identical Rulings -- 17. Manuscripts produced in Lombardy -- 18. Manuscripts produced in Northeast Italy -- 19. Manuscripts produced in Emilia -- 20. Manuscripts produced in Tuscany -- 21. Manuscripts produced in Latium -- 22. Manuscripts produced in Naples.