Research Guide for Medieval Art

FIND JOURNAL ARTICLES | ELECTRONIC JOURNALS | FIND BOOKS | REFERENCE SOURCES | INTERNET RESOURCES |

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These databases will help you locate information published in journals, magazines, newspapers and a variety of other sources. Art Abstracts One of the most important indexes to journal and magazine articles in the visual arts. Coverage: 1984 to the present. Humanities Abstracts Indexes 400 periodicals in archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, journalism, linguistics, music, the performing arts, philosophy, religion, world history, and world literature. Coverage: 1984 to the present. Arts and Humanities Search Indexes 1300 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals. Coverage: 1980 to the present..

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Albion College Library - Electronic Journals Home Page Provides links to more than 1,100 electronic journals available through the Albion College Library. Electronic Collections Online Electronic Collections Online provides indexing and full-text from academic journals in the sciences and many other disciplines. Articles can be viewed online or printed. JSTOR Provides indexing and full-text from scholarly journals in Art and Art History, as well as many other disciplines. Unique, in that coverage for each journal begins with the first volume.

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Albion College Library Online Catalog The Online Catalog will help you find books, videos, government documents, journals, newspapers, and other materials owned by the Albion College Library. MeLCat Online Catalog MeLCat will help you find books owned by dozens of libraries in Michigan (including Albion College, Michigan State University, Central Michigan University, Albion Public Library, East Lansing Public Library, Grand Rapids Community College, Southfield Public Library, and many others). Books may be borrowed by using the online request form. WorldCat Records of books and any other types of material cataloged by thousands of libraries worldwide. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.

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Dictionary of Art (REFERENCE COLLECTION - N 31 .D5 1996) Despite the title, this 34 volume set is an encyclopedia of the visual arts. An extremely valuable resource. Dictionary of the Middle Ages (REFERENCE COLLECTION - D 114 .D5 1982) This is a 14 volume encyclopedia of the middle ages. Oxford Companion to Christian Art (REFERENCE COLLECTION - N 7830 .M87 1996)

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Online Exhibits and Illuminated Manuscripts The Cloisters at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Images from The Cloisters Collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The Age of King Charles V (1338-1380) 1,000 Illuminations from the Department of Manuscripts, The Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Monarchs and Monasteries: Knowledge and Power in Medieval France Part of the Library of Congress Exhibit "Creating French Culture: Treasures from the Bibliothèque National de France" In Aedibus Aldi: The Legacy of Aldus Manutius and his Press from the Harold B. Lee Library, Bringham Young University. Medieval Illuminated Manuscripts From the Koninklijke Bibliotheek (Netherlands). The Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection From the University of Pennsylvania Library. ArtServe Large collection of art history links. Les très riches heures du Duc de Berry "The Très Riches Heures is the classic example of a medieval book of hours. This was a collection of the text for each liturgical hour of the day - hence the name - which often included other, supplementary, texts. Calendars, prayers, psalms and masses for certain holy days were commonly included. The pictures in this exhibition are from the calendar section of the Très Riches Heures. This was painted some time between 1412 and 1416 and is arguably the most beautiful part of the manuscript; it is certainly the best known, being one of the great art treasures of France. In terms of historical and cultural importance, it is certainly equal to more famous works such as the Mona Lisa, marking the pinnacle of the art of manuscript illumination." Illuminated Manuscript Images from the Bodleian Library, University of Oxford Artists Giotto di Bondone Hieronymus Bosch Rogier van der Weyden Jan van Eyck Medieval Sourcebook: Giorgio Vasari (1511-1574): Lives of the Artists, selections Other Links Internet Medieval Sourcebook ORB: The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies "The ORB is an academic site, written and maintained by medieval scholars for the benefit of their fellow instructors and serious students. All articles have been judged by at least two peer reviewers. Authors are held to high standards of accuracy, currency, and relevance to the field of medieval studies." Images of Medieval Art and Architecture Glossary of Medieval Art and Architecture Art of the Middle Ages The Lindisfarne Gospels Tour (British Library) DScriptorium Home Page "DScriptorium is devoted to collecting, storing and distributing digital images of Medieval manuscripts". Aedificium "Interactive website for the study of medieval architecture." The International Center of Medieval Art