Books and manuscripts Book III, Chapter 15, Section 1
Chapter 15, Item 12a
Standing inkhorn
There is another sort of these hornes, which is roundish, where the penner screws vpon it, and then groweth widder, haueing a flatt and streight bottome, so that it will stand firme and stiddy when it is used in writting. It is called a standing Inkhorn. In the midle of this bottome is a dust box screwed on.
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Chapter 15, Item 12b
Ancient terms in deeds
The Reading and Vnderstanding of the terms used in old deeds and Charters, is that as accomplishes a Gentleman, Student in Antiquities; for that end I haue Alphabetically set down such words, as I haue mett with in such writtings; giuen you the true meaning of the words as they were taken and accepted in those older tymes.
[Randle Holme gives no such list.]
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Chapter 15, Item 14a
Book size
Bookes of seuerall bignesse
A Tome, a part of a subject, or some thing of a matter, that is bound vp in a book, the whole work containeing some volumes.
A Volume, a Larg book in folio consisting of some hundreds of pages.
A Folio booke, is so large that a sheete of paper makes but two leaues.
A quarto booke, is 4 leaues in a sheete.
A large quarto and a small folio are the sizes of such bookes as are betweene a folio and quarto booke.
An Octavo booke, is of eight leaues made out of one sheete of paper.
A duodecimo booke, is 12 leaues in a sheete.
A sextodecimo booke, is of 16 leaues in a sheete.
A vicesimo-quarto booke, is the least of all bookes, it hath 24 leaues in one sheete of paper.
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Chapter 15, Item 14b
Book shape
The shape and forme of Bookes.
Folio bookes, are longer then broade or, as 13 to 8. or 12 to 7 Inches there aboutes, as a sheet of paper is.
Register bookes, account bookes or cash bookes, are folio's longer then broad almost by the one halfe, in the leaues, or one in three parts the breadth to the height.
Quarto bookes are much about foure square in the leaues, or want an Inch in the square.
Musick bookes, are broader then highe by the halfe.
All other bookes are generally higher (then they are in breadth) by 2 Inches thereabout, whether they be large or small octavo's, sixteens, or twenty foures.
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Chapter 15, Item 14c
Book types manuscript
Bookes for seuerall affaires and offices.
Amongst these said bookes we shall not take notice of any that concerne diuinity, arts, and sciences, or of such as haue vndergone the presse, but speake onely of such as are manuscripts, and of publick use, as:
A manuscript, is a written booke, derived from manuscriptus, written with the hand; of this kind are all diuines sermon notes, doctors bills, Historians collections, Heraulds Genealogies, and the like.
A manual, is a little booke wherein is written notes of remembrance.
A docket, the catalogue of the person in suite with another.
A minite, is a booke where notes are taken of law proceedings at the tyme of pleading of causes in courts of law and Chancery.
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Chapter 15, Item 14d
Book types printed
Names of Books acording to the matter they Treate vpon.
The Horne book, the A.B.C. a book to teach children their letters and to speal words.
The Primare, a small book for children first to learn in.
The psalter, a small book containing the psalmes of Dauid.
The Testement, the gospell of Jesus Christ.
The Bible, scripture, the written word of God, containing the old and new Testement.
The Vocabulary, a word book.
The Lexicon, is an inventory of words (of what language soeuer) or words compounded, and how derived from the simple of primitive words.
The dictionarie, is such and such books (in all Languages) as haue their tongues disgested into an alphabeticall order for their more ready finding.
The phrase bookes, treating of sentences, wise saying, parables.
Books of Arts and sciences, as of diuinity, History, schoole Bookes Musick, Geometry, Arethmetick, Astronomy, Astrology, Machanick exercise &c. which haue seuerall names according to the matter or subiect they treate off; and the authors of them.
Miscellanies, Bookes being a Hotch pot of sundry collections, or a mixture of sundry things together, without order, or Books (according to it partes) treating of all things, as this work of mine doth.
A day Booke, is such wherein are written the proceedings of the day in expences, or buying and selling, receiuing and paying.
A Kalender, the same as day booke.
An account booke or cash booke: of which nature are all shop bookes, custome bookes, Law Bookes, wherein are set downe receipts and disbursements, betweene the parties concerned, and vpon the behalfe of the debitor and creditor.
A Register booke, of which nature are all bookes of Records, Inrollments of deeds, pleadings in courts of Judicature, of wills in consistoryes, and Wedding burialls and christenings in Churches.
A Library, are a multitude of bookes on shelues.
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Chapter 15, Item 14e
Book parts outward
Of the seuerall parts of a Book both outward and Inward.
Outward.
The Hilling, or couer of the Booke, is the board or past board and Leather of the out sides the binding to preserue the leaues.
The stitching or sowing the seuerall leaues to leather or cord bands.
The Bands, leather or cords to which the leaues are stitched ; and those that hold the couer to the back of the book.
Clasps, brass hooks with hinges to hold the book close together.
Bosses, Brasses fastned on the couer of the book to keep it from fretting.
Register, strings fixed to the head band, to be put betweene the leaues in any place.
Head band, that as binds the top and bottom of the leaues to the Hilling.
Strings, rubins to tye the edges of the Hilling to the leaues.
Edges, the out parts of the leaues.
Back, the hinder part of the book couer.
The Round Bands, the Ribbs on the back.
The fore part of side of the book.
The top of the book.
The Bottom of the book.
Rowling, the printing the edges of the couer.
Filletts, are the single or double lines made for ornament on the out side of the couer.
The paines, the distance in the midle of the couer within the filletts.
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