List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Abbreviations General Introduction Fragment Theory and Theories of Fragmentation Introduction Chapter 1. What is a Fragment? Chapter 2. Types and Stages of Fragmentation Chapter 3. Motivations for Fragmentation Chapter 4. Cultural Value of Fragments Chapter 5. Reunification of Fragments The Fragment Trade: A Case Study of Collectors and Breakers Introduction Chapter 6. Manuscript Markets: Two American Collectors Chapter 7. Two Breakers Chapter 8.

A Biblioclast's Legacy Forensic and Technical Skills: Description Introduction Chapter 9. Getting Started Chapter 10. The Basics of "Basic Information" Chapter 11. Collecting Complex Forensic Data Chapter 12. Contents and Their Contexts Chapter 13. Ownership and Provenance Advanced Applications: Identifying and Describing Genres Introduction Chapter 14. Calendars Chapter 15. Liturgical Fragments Chapter 16.

Books of Hours Fragments Chapter 17. Bible and Scriptural Fragments Chapter 18. Legal Fragments Advanced Provenance Research Skills: Databases, Deep Provenance, Network Theory Introduction Chapter 19. Using the Schoenberg Database Chapter 20. Sorting and Managing Results Chapter 21. Deep Provenance Chapter 22. Connoisseurship and Network Theory Putting It All Together: A Case Study of a Broken Book of Hours Introduction Chapter 23. The "Before Times" and Biblioclasty of a Breton Book of Hours Chapter 24.

A Complex Provenance and Continuity of Misinformation Chapter 25. Forensics and Contexts Chapter 26. Reconstructed Contents Chapter 27. Afterlife Appendices Appendix 1. Data Collection Worksheet for Fragments Appendix 2. Additional Data Fields for Books of Hours Bibliography Index of Manuscripts Cited General Index.