Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction. Making Book: The Way of the Humanists 1
4. Chapter 1. Humanists with Inky Fingers 29
5. Chapter 2. Philologists Wave Divining Rods 56
6. Chapter 3. Jean Mabillon Invents Paleography 78
7. Chapter 4. Polydore Vergil Uncovers the Jewish Origins of Christianity 105
8. Chapter 5. Matthew Parker Makes an Archive 128
9. Chapter 6. Francis Daniel Pastorius Makes a Notebook 152
10. Chapter 7. Annius of Viterbo Studies the Jews 186
11. Chapter 8. John Caius Argues about History 208
12. Chapter 9. Baruch Spinoza Reads the Bible 232
13. Conclusion. What the Ink Blots Reveal 254
14. NOTES 259
15. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 367
16. INDEX 371