A. J. Ford, Ph.D. (2009), University of Manchester, is the Vicar of Holy Saviour, Sugley, in the Diocese of Newcastle.

• List of IllustrationsList of FiguresAbbreviationsAcknowledgementsChapter 1'The Manifold uses of Things': The Early Medieval Book as ArtefactChapter 2The Wonders of the East and the Learned Tradition of MarvelsIntroduction A Brief Overview of the Learned TraditionThe Wonders of the East and the Letter of Pharasmenes to Hadrian Chapter 3The Wonders in a Manuscript of Unknown Origin: London, British Library, Cotton Vitellius A. XVIntroduction Illustration HomodubiiCynocephali and Donestre Other similarities Conclusion Palaeography Anglo-Saxon Square Minuscule: Scribe 2Style-I English Vernacular Minuscule: Scribe 1The Significance of Distinct Scripts in Vitellius A. xv CodicologyThe Consensus Quires The Contested QuiresThe Wonders in Vitellius A. xv: ‘Speaking Beyond the Light’ Chapter 4The Wonders and the Computus Manuscript:London, British Library, Cotton Tiberius B. V IntroductionThe Origin and Audience of Tiberius B. v Reading Books and the Monastic Library The Materiality of Tiberius B. vPage Design in Tiberius B. v The Wonders of the East The CalendarTiberius B. v: the Semiotics of the Computus Manuscript The Wonders of the East as Semiotic The Land of Vineyards and the Ivory CouchThe Mountain of Adamant and the GriffinThe Phoenix and its Nest of CinnamonThe Unnamed Fiery Mountain and its Black Inhabitants Jamnes and Mambres Conclusion Chapter 5The Wonders and the Schools:Oxford, Bodleian Library, Bodley 614IntroductionThe Problem of Dating Bodley 614 Codicological Considerations Art-Historical Considerations Palaeographical Considerations Textual Considerations SummaryThe Origin and Sources of Bodley 614 A Palaeographical Comparandum? The CalendarThe Additions from William of Conches’s De philosophia mundi De miraculis beati Thomae apostoliSt Urri and the Folklore of Megalithic MonumentsEvidence Concerning Opusculum de ratione spereSummary The Social Relations of the ‘Twelfth-Century Renaissance’ Bodley 614 and the Practice of the Schools Selection and Compilation Self-Aware Commentary An Illustrative Tradition The Mythographic Mode The Fighting Brothers The Dancing Women Conclusion Chapter 6The Materiality of Marvels AppendixBibliography