Bokhistoriska skrifter 8. Contents: Preface; Introduction. Queen Christina's Manuscript Collection: Construction and Context; Previous Research: Four Themes; The Early History of Queen Christina's Library; Assembling and Arranging; Queen Christina as a Book Collector; 'Almost the Most Distinguished Library in the Entire World': Christina's Manuscripts Enter the Vatican Library; How Historical is a Historical Collection? Queen Christina's Books and Later Additions; Addressing Access and the Problems of Cataloging; Codices Reginenses Latini: Conclusive remarks; Sommario: La noia leggera dell'ordine: uno studio sulla storia della collezione di manoscritti della regina Cristina di Svezia; Appendix: List of printers; Index of Manuscripts Referred to in the Text and Notes; Bibliography; List of illustrations; Index of names.