Where can I find?...
My library is not up to date and will probably always be a work in progress. I try to lump books roughly by topic on the shelves. So this list is essentially divided up pretty much in the order it appears on my shelves and then alphabetized by author.
Soon there will be links to each shelf, in the mean time, you have to scroll down.
Contents: Italian Renaissance Art (in progress)Northern Renaissance Art (in progress)
Renaissance (all) Studies (in progress)
Persian Art and Costume; Eastern studies
Spanish Arts and Crafts
Byzantium and Russian Art
Celtic Art Stuff
Museums
"Embroidery and Lace"
"Textiles and Weaving"
Printed and Illuminated
Misc. Books
Misc. Periodicals
Translation of Period Texts
Medieval Art, Medieval History, and Medieval Costume Studies
Women and Family Studies
History, Archaeology or other Misc. Books (in progress`)
Italian and Northern Art Books
in Progress
Aikema, Bernard and Brown, Beverly Loise (ed), Renaissance Venice and the North Crosscurrents in the Time of Bellini, Durer, and Titan, Rizzoli, New York, 2000.
Batschmann, Oskar and Griener, Pascal, Hans Holbein, Princeton University Press, 1997.
Bedaux, Jan Baptist & Ekkart, Rudi, Pride and Joy Children's Portraits in the Netherlands 1500-1700, Ludion Press Ghent, Amsterdam, 2000. ISBN 0-8109-6730-8
Bovi, Arturo, Bruegel Paintings, Geddes & Grosset, 1977. ISBN 1-85534-001-1
Bussagli, Mario, Indian Miniatures, (Raymond Rudorff, translator), The Hamlyn Publishing Group, 1969.
Cox-Rearick, Janet, Bronzino's Chapel of Eleonora in the Palazzo Vecchio, University of California Press Berkeley, CA, 1993.
DK Publishing (pub), Piero della Francesco, New York, 1999.
Deuchler, Florens, Swiss Painting from the Middle Ages to the Dawn of the Twentieth Century, Rizzoli International Publications, Inc, New York. 1976.
Dini, Giulietta Chelazzi, Angelini, Alessandro, and Sani, Bernardina, Sienese Painting From Duccio to the Birth of the Baroque, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, New York. 1998
Dunkerton, Jill, Foiseter, Susan and Penny, Nicholas, Durer to Veronese Sixteenth-Century Painting in The National Gallery, National Gallery Publications Limited, London. 1999.
Eisler, Colin, The Genius of Jacopo Bellini The Complete Paintings and Drawings, Harry N. Abrams, Inc., New York, 1989.
Freedberg, S.J., Painting in Italy 1500-1600, Yale University Press, 1993. ISBN 0-300-05587-0
Friedlander, Max J., and Rosenberg, Jakob, The Paintings of Lucas Cranach, The Wellfleet Press, 1978.
Gesner, Konrad, Curious Woodcuts of Fanciful and Real Beasts, Dover Publications, New York, 1971.
Gray, Basil, Persian Miniatures, The New American Library of World Literature, 1962.
Grossmann, F, Pieter Bruegel Complete Edition of the Paintings, Phaidon, 1973. ISBN 0-7148-1511-X
Harpur, James, Revelations the Medieval World, Henry Hold and Company, New York, 1995.
Holden, Agnes, Elegant Modes in the 19th Century. Great Britain. 1935.
Humfrey, Peter, and Lucco, Mauro, Dosso Dossi Court Painter in Renaissance Ferrara, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1998.
Istituto Geografico de Agostini, The Complete Works of Raphael, William Morrow and Co, New York, 1969.
Istituto Geografico de Agostini (pub), Raffaello the Paintings the Drawings, Novara, Italy, 1998.
Janson, H.W, History of Art, Harry N. Abrams, 1986. (my first art book)
Kelder, Diane, The Pageant of the Renaissance, Frederick A Praeger, Inc., Publisher, 1969. ISBN 269-67124-2
Klerck, Bram de, The Brothers Campi, Images and Devotion Religious Painting in Sixteenth-Century Lombardy, translated by Andrew McCormick, Amsterdam University Press, 1999. ISBN 90-5356-383-0
Langdon, Helen, Holbein, Phaidon Press Limited, London, 1976.
Lassaigne, Jacques, Flemish Painting the Century of van Eyck, Albert Skira Publisher, New York. 1957. Translated by Stuart Gilbert.
Lassaigne, Jacques and Robert L. Delevoy, Flemish Painting from Bosch to Rubens, Albert Skira Publisher, New York. 1958. Translated by Stuart Gilbert.
Mayor, A. Hyatt, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Favorite Paintings, Crown Publishers Inc, New York, 1979.
McCorquodale, Charles, The Renaissance European Painting 1400-1600, Studio Editions, Londond, 1994.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (pub), The Renaissance in Italy and Spain, New York, 1987.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (pub), The Renaissance in the North, New York, 1987.
Morassi, Antonio, Titian, New York Graphic Society, Greenwich, Connecticut, 1964.
Morris, Jan, A Venetian Bestiary, Thames and Hudson, New York, 1982. Library of Congress CCN 82-80249.
Muhlberger, Richard, The Bible in Art the New Testament, Portland House, New York, 1990.
Murray, Linda, The High Renaissance and Mannerism Italy, The North and Spain 1500-1600, Oxford University Press, 1967. LOC 77-79636
Osten, Gert von der & Vey, Horst, Painting and Sculpture in Germany and the Netherlands: 1500-1600, Penguin Books, 1969. Translated from Germany by Mary Hottinger. ISBN 0-300-05311-8
Pope-Hennessy, John, The Portrait in the Renaissance, Princeton University Press, 1966. ISBN 0-691-01825-1.
Power, Eileen, Medieval Women, Cambridge University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-521-59556-8
Prideaux, Tom, The World of Whistler 1834-1903, Time-Life Books, New York, 1970.
R.T.V. Sales, Inc (pub), 100 of the World's Most Beautiful Paintings, 1966.
Rearick, W.R., Titian, Geddes & Grosset, 1976. ISBN 1-85534-009-7
Ross, Josephine, The Tudors, Artus Publishing Co, 1979.
Smith, Bradley, France a History in Art, Doubleday & Co, 1984.
Sun, Ming-Ju, Godey's Fashion Paper dolls 1860-1879.
Welch, Stuart Cary, The Isalmic World, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1987.
Willett, C. and Cunnington, Phillis, The History of Underclothes, Dover Publications, 1992. ISBN 0-486-27124-2
Wolfflin, Heinrich, Drawings of Albrecht Durer, Dover Publications, New York, 1970. Translated by Stanley Appelbaum.
Zuffi, Stefano, & Sadleir, Richard (Trans), Titian, Electra Art Books International, 1995.
Persian Art and Costume; Eastern studies
Canby, Sheila R. The Golden Age of Persian Art. 1999. ISBN: 0-8109-4144-9.
Dunn, Philip. The Perfumed Garden. 2004. ISBN: 0-600-60900-6.
Lewis, Raphaela. Everyday Live in Ottoman Turkey. 1971. ISBN: 0-88029-175-3
Palace Arts Foundation. Palace of Gold and Light. Treasures from the Topkapi, Istanbul. 2000-2001 Exhibition. 2000. ISBN: 0-9678639-0-2
Rajab, Jehan S. Palestinian Costume. 1989. ISBN: 0-7103-0283-5.
Titley, Norah M. Persian Miniature Painting and its Influence on the Art of Turkey and India. 1983. ISBN: 0-292-76484-7.
Welch, Stuart Cary. A King's Book of Kings. 1972. ISBN: 0-87099-028-4
in shed
Persian Miniatures (in shed)
Exhibit from Topkapi
Spanish Arts and Crafts
Gilman, Beatrice I. Catalogue of Sculpture (16th to 18th Centuries) in the collection of the Hispanic Society of America. The Hispanic Society of America. 1930.
du Gue Trapier, Elizabeth. Catalogue of Paintings (16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries) in the collection of the Hispanic Society of America. The Hispanic Society of America. 1929.
May, Florence Lewis. Catalogue of Laces and Embroideries (16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries) in the collection of the Hispanic Society of America. The Hispanic Society of America. 1936.
Stapley, Mildred. Popular Weaving and Embroidery in Spain. 1924. Spain. Talleres Volvntad, Serrano, 48, Madrid.
The Hispanic Society of America Handbook Museum and Library Collections. Printed by Order of the Trustees, New York, 1938.
May, Florence Lewis. Hispanic Lace and Lace Making. Printed by order of the Trustees, Hispanic Society of America, New York, 1939.
Byzantium and Russian Art
Abbate, Francesco (Ed), Sutton, A.J. (Translator), Roman Art, Octopus Books, 1972. ISBN 7064-0059-3
Bustacchini, Gianfranco. Ravenna Capital of Mosaic.
Evans, Helen. Byzantium Faith and Power (1261-1557). 2004. ISBN: 1-58839-113-2
Maguire, Henry. The Icons of Their Bodies Saints and Their Images in Byzantium. 1996. ISBN: 0-691-02581-9
(The) Metropolitan Museum of Art. Treasures from the Kremlin An Exhibition from the State Museums of the Moscow Kremlin at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York May 19-September 2, 1979. 1979 ISBN: 0-87099-193-0.
Papaioannou, Kostas. Byzantine and Russian Painting. 1965. Library of Congress Catalog Number: 73-75700.
Celtic Art Stuff
Bain, George. Celtic Art The Methods of Construction. 1973. ISBN: 0-486-22923-8
Mackworth-Praed, Ben. The Book of Kells. 1997. ISBN: 1-85891-004-8
Meehan, Aidan. Knotwork. The Secret Method of the Scribes. 1991. ISBN: 0-500-27630-7
Nordenfalk, Carl. Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Painting Book Illumination in the British Isles 600-800. 1977. ISBN: 0-8076-0826-2
Wood, Juliette. The Celts. Life, Myth, and Art. 1998. ISBN: 0-7607-4858-6
(The) Accademia Galleries in Venice. 1998.
Basiclica of Saint Mark. by Maria da Villa Urbani. ISBN: 88-8180-150-7
(The) Basilica of St. Mark in Venice. Ettore Vio (ed). 2001. ISBN: 88-8117-276-3
Brera Gallery Milan, 1983. (Museum Guide)
(The) Doge's Palace in Venice. 1997.
(The) Frick Collection Handbook of Paintings. 1994. ISBN: 0-912114-09-6
(The) Metropolitan Museum of Art A Cloisters Bestiary. Prepared by Richard H. Randall, Jr. 1960. New York.Library of Congress Catalog No: 60-12054
National Gallery of Art, Washington, by John Walker. 1984. ISBN: 0-8109-8148-3.
National Gallery of Canada, Guide. Ottawa. 1988. ISBN: 0-88884-579-0
Old Masters Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Fundacion Coleccion Thyssen-Bornemisza, 1992. ISBN 84-88474-00-8
Paintings in the Louvre, by Lawrence Gowing. 1987. ISBN: 1-55670-007-5
(The) Prado of Madrid and its Paintings. Arco Publishing. 1973. ISBN: 0-668-02919-6
Royal Fortress The Tower of London Through Nine Centuries. Peter Hammond
Treasures of the Uffizi Florence, Abbeville Publishing, 1994. ISBN 1-55859-559-7
Ambuter, Carolyn. The Open Canvas An Instructional Encyclopedia of Openwork Techniques. 1982. ISBN 0-89480-170-8.
(The) Arts Council. Opus Anglicanum. English Medieval Embroidery. 1963. The Victoria and Albert Museum 26 September to 24 November 1963. (Catalog)
d'Averoigne, Ianthe. The New Carolingian Modelbook Counted Embroidery Patterns before 1600. 1995. ISBN: 0-9642082-2-9.
Beck, C.H. Die Textilen Kunste Von der Spatantike bis um 1500. 1991. ISBN: 3-406-35363-0.
Beck, Thomasina. The Embroiderer's Flowers. 1997. ISBN: 07-153-0692-8.
Beck, Thomasina. Gardening with Silk and Gold A History of Gardens in Embroidery. 1997. ISBN: 0-7153-0487-9.
Burda (periodical). "Special: Hardanger". 2004. ISBN: 6285-5433.
Cave, Oenone. Linen Cut-work. 1963. Publisher Vista. ISBN: 8316242530
Dawson, Barbara. Metal Thread Embroidery. 1968. Library of Congress CN: 69-11172.
de Dillmont, Theresa. The Complete Encyclopedia of Needlework. 1972. ISBN: 0-914294-00-8.
Don, Sarah. Traditional Embroidered Animals. 1990. ISBN: 0-7153-8967-X.
Edwards, Joan. Crewel Embroidery in England. 1975. ISBN: 0-668-02919-1.
Finelines (periodical). Volume 5, Number 2. (Sweet Bags cont.).
Finelines (periodical). Volume 5, Number 3. (Reticella Brooch Rest).
Finelines (periodical). Volume 5, Number 4. (Reticella cont.).
Finelines (periodical). Volume 8, Number 2. (Plaited Braid Stitch).
Finelines (periodical). Volume 9, Number 1. (On Visiting the V&A. Study of Strawberries.)
Fitch, Marc. The London Makers of Opus Anglicanum. Essay. London & Middlesex Archaeology 27, 1976.
Geddes, Elisabeth and McNeill, Moyra. Blackwork Embroidery. 1976. ISBN; 0-486-23245-X.
Goldberg, Rhoda Ochser. The New Dictionary of Counted-Thread Embroidery Stitches. 1998. ISBN: 0-517-8863-4.
Gostelow, Mary. Embroidery Traditional Designs, Techniques, and Patterns from all over the World. 1983. ISBN: 0-668-05910-2.
Gostelow, Mary. Blackwork
Grape, Wolfgang. The Bayeux Tapestry. 1994. ISBN: 3-7913-1365-7.
Hali The International Magazine of Antique Carpet and Textile Art. (periodical). February/March 1995, Issue 79. (Westphalian White on White Embroidery)
Inpirations (periodical). Issue No. 44.
Inpirations (periodical). Issue No. 47.
Jones, Mary Eirwen. A History of Western Embroidery. 1969. ISBN: 289-79655-5.
Kaestner, Dorothy. Four Way Bargello. 1974. ISBN: 684-13646-5.
Kiewe, Heinz Edgar. Charted Peasant Designs from Saxon Transylvania. 1964. ISBN: 0-486-23425-8.
King, Donald and Levey, Santina. The Victoria and Albert Museum's Textile Collection Embroidery in Britain from 1200-1750. 1993. ISBN: 1-55859-652-6.
Levey, Santina M. An Elizabethan Inheritance The Hardwick Hall Textiles. 1998. ISBN: 0-7078-0249-0.
McNeill, Moyra. Drawn Thread Embroidery. 1989. ISBN: 0-8050-1406-3.
Lants, Sherlee. A Pageant of Pattern for Needlepoint Canvas. 1973. ISBN: 0-448-12034-8.
deMarchi Micheli, Vima. Italian Renaissance Sampler. 2001.
deMarchi Micheli, Vima. Antiquet Tuscan Embroidery. 1990.
Milner Craft Series. Lagartera Embroidery. 2003. ISBN: 1-86351-308-6.
Morrell, Anne. The Techniques of Indian Embroidery. 1995. ISBN: 1-883010-08-X.
Museo Nazionale del Bargello (pub). I Ricami dal XIV al XVII Secolo nella collezione Carrand. 1991. S.P.E.S. Firenze.
Newall, Kathryn, Needlework Patterns from Renaissance Germany, Costume and Dressmaker Press, Colorado, 1999.
Rhodes, Mary. The Batsford Book of Canvas Work. 1983. ISBN: 0-7134-2669-1.
Ricci, Elisa. Italian Lace Designs. 243 Classic Examples . 1993. ISBN: 0-486-27588-4.
Roberts, Melissa. Plain Needlework A guide to Nineteenth Century Hand Sewing. 2000. Published by Hollis and Bell, 171 Skylake, Sautee, Georgia.
Scoular, Marion. Why Call it Blackwork? 1993. Printed by Indelible, Inc.
Swain, Margaret. The Needlework of Mary Queen of Scots. 1973. ISBN: 0-442-29962-1
Synge, Lanto. Art of Embroidery History of Style and Technique, The Royal School of Needlework. 1988. ISBN: 1-85149-359 X.
Taylor, Roderick. Embroidery of the Greek Islands and Epirus. 1988. ISBN: 1-899296-0-0.
Victoria and Albert Museum (pub). Flowers in English Embroidery. London. His Majesty's Stationery Office. 1950.
Vinciolo, Federico. Renaissance Patterns for Lace, Embroidery and Needlepoint An unabridged facsimile of the "Singuliers et nouveaux pourtraicts" of 1587. 1971. ISBN: 0-486-22438-4.
Wardle, Patricia. Guide to English Embroidery. 1981. ISBN: 0-11-290030-5
Wark, Edna. Drawn Fabric Embroidery. 1979. ISBN: 0-7134-8803-4
Wilson, David M. The Bayeux Tapestry. 1985. ISBN: 0-500-25122-3.
Wilson (Kagan), Erica. Erica Wilson's Embroidery Book. 1973. ISBN: 684-10665-8.
Blumenau, Lili. The Art and Craft of Hand Weaving. 1968. Library of Congress: 55-7241.
Broudy, Eric. The Book of Looms. 1979. ISBN: 0-87451-649-8.
Brown, Rachel. The Weaving, Spinning and Dyeing Book. 1978. ISBN: 0-394-73383-5.
Campbell, Thomas P. Tapestry in the Renaissance Art and Magnificence. 2002. ISBN: 1-58839-022-5.
Collingwood, Peter. The Techniques of Sprang Plaiting on Stretched Threads. 1974. ISBN: 1-55821-930-7.
Collingwood, Peter. The Techniques of Tablet Weaving. 1982. ISBN: 1-56659-055-8
Crockett, Candice. Card Weaving. 1991. ISBN; 0-934026-61-0.
Davidson, Marguerite Porter. A Handweaver's Pattern Book. 1990. ISBN: 0-9603172-0-1
Dean, Jenny. Wild Color The Complete Guilde to Making and Using Natural Dyes. 1999. ISBN: 0-8230-5727-5.
Durian-Russ. Meisterwerke mittelalterlicher Textilkunst aus dem Bayerischen Nationalmuseum. 1986. ISBN: 3-7954-0636-6.
EDIFIR (Edizione Firenze). Meraviglie Tessute Della Galleria Degli Uffizi, Il Reestauro di tre Arazzi Medicei. 2000 by EDIFIR. ISBN: 88-7970-090-1
Fannin, Allen A. Handloom Weaving Technology. 1979. ISBN: 0-442-22370-6.
Feltwell, Dr John. The Story of Silk. 1990. ISBN: 0-312-05772-5
Fischbach, Friedrich. Historic Textile Patterns in Full Color. 1992. ISBN: 0-486-27074-2.
Ginsburg, Madeleine (ed). The Illustrated History of Textiles. 1991. ISBN: 0-517-05031-5.
Hali The International Magazine of Antique Carpet and Textile Art. (periodical). Jan/February/March 1986, Issue 29. (Nuremberg Tapestries)
Hali The International Magazine of Antique Carpet and Textile Art. (periodical). Oct/Nov 1995, Issue 83. (Classical Carpets in the Bargello, Florence).
Hamamura, John and Hamamura, Susan. Woven Works. 1978. ISBN: 0-87701-118-4.
Hamlyn, Paul. Early Decorative Textiles.1969. The Hamlyn Publishing Group Ltd, Hamlyn House, the Centre, Feltham, Middlesex.
Handwoven (periodical). Jan/Feb 1995.
Hansen, Egon. Tablet Weaving. 1990. ISBN: 87-7739-047-4
Harris, Jennifer. 5000 Years of Textiles. 1993. ISBN: 0-7141-1769-2.
Harvey, Nancy. Tapestry Weaving A Comprehensive Study Guide. 1991. ISBN: 0-934026-64-5.
Helmecke, Gisela. Byzantineische und orientalische Seidenstoffe Grabfunde aus der Sepultur der Bamberger Domherren. 2001. ISBN: 3-931432-05-X
Hoffman, Marta. The Warp-Weighted Loom. 1974. ISBN: 82-00-08094-3.
Holland, Nina. The Weaving Primer. 1978. ISBN: 0-8019-6625-6.
Hollen, Norma; Saddler, Jane; Langford, Anna. Textiles. 1979. ISBN: 0-02-356130-0
Jenkins. The Cambridge History of Western Textiles (2 volumes). 2003. ISBN: 0-52134107-8
Jerde, Judith. Encyclopedia of Textiles. 1992. ISBN: 0-8160-2105-8.
Kluger, Marilyn. The Joy of Spinning. 1991. ISBN: 0-8050-1397-0.
Los Angeles County Museum. 2000 Years of Silk Weaving. 1944. Printed by Anderson and Ritchine: The Ward Ritchie Press, Los Angeles.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art (pub). Velvets East and West from the 14th to the 20th Century. An Exhibition assembled from the Collection of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Lytton Gallery: March - May 1966.
de'Marinis, Fabrizio (ed). Velvet History Techniques Fashions. 1994. ISBN: 88-7017-115-9.
Martin, Rebecca. Textiles in the Daily Life in the Middle Ages. 1985. ISBN: 0-910386-80-3.
Museo Nazionale del Bargello (pub). Tesuti Copti nelle collezione del Museo del Bargello. 1996. SPES> Firenze.
Museo Nazionale del Bargello (pub). Tessuti al Bargello Donazione 1988-1991. 1991. S.P.E.S. Firenze.
Neuper, Anna (translated by Nancy Spies and Ute Bargmann). Modelbuch Early Sixteenth Century Patterns for Weaving Brocaded Bands. 2003. ISBN: 0-971-8960-1-1.
Ostergard, Else. Woven into the Earth Textiles from Norse Greenland.
Parry, Linda. William Morris Textiles. 1983. ISBN: 0-517-12055-0
Pastoureau. The Devil's Cloth. ISBN: 0-231-12366-3
Rogers, Clive (ed). Early Islamic Textiles. 1983. ISBN: 0-9508875-0-1
Russell, Carol K. The Tapestry Handbook. 1990. ISBN; 0-937274-54-2.
Schuette, Marie and Muller-Chrestiensen, Sigrid. Das Stickereiwerk. 1963. Verlag Ernst Wasmuth Tubingen. Klischees: Meisenbach, Riffarth & Co., Berlin.
Sjoberg, Gunilla Paetau. New Directions for Felt An Ancient Craft. 1996. ISBN: 1-883010-17-9.
Spies, Nancy. Ecclesiastical Pomp and Aristocratic Circumstance A Thousand Years of Brocaded Tabletwoven Bands. 2000. ISBN: 0-615-11681-7.
Staniland, Kay. Medieval Craftsmen Embroiderers. 1991. ISBN: 0-8020-6915-0.
Sutton, EF. Weaving: The Irish Inheritance. 1980. Gilbert Dalton, LTD, Dounty Dublin.
(The) Textile Museum Journal 1997-1998. (periodical). 1999. ISSN: 0083-7407.
(The) Textile Museum Journal 1999-2000. (periodical). 2001. ISSN: 0083-7407.
Threadneedle Street (periodical). Trial Issue.
Thurstan, Violetta. A Short History of Ancient Decorative Textiles. 1954. The Favil Press, LTD, London.
Utrecht, Rijksmuseum het Catharijneconvent, Schilderen met Gouddraad en Zijde. 1987. Exhibition.
Wertime, John.Silk & Leather Splendid Attire of Nineteenth-Century Central Asia. 2005.The Textile Museum, 2320 S. Street NW, Washington, DC 20008-4008.
von Wilckens, Leonie. Smittelalterliche Seidenstoffe. 1992. ISBN: 3-88609-079-5.
Wilson, Jean. The Pile Weaves; 26 Techniques and how to do them. 1979. ISBN: 0-684-16085-4.
Wolff, Colette. The Art of Manipulating Fabric. ISBN: 0-8019-8496-3.
Amman, Jost, 293 Renaissance Woodcuts for Artists and Illustrators Jost Amman's Kunstbuchlin, Dover Inc, 1968. ISBN 0-486-21987-9
Avril, Francois. Manuscript Painting at the Court of France The Fourteenth Century (1310-1380). 1978. ISBN: 0-8076-0879-3
Barker, Nicolas (Compiled by). Treasures of the British Library. 1988. ISBN: 0-8109-1653-3
Butsch, Albert Fidelis. Handbook of Renaissance Ornament. 1969. ISBN: 0-486-21998-4
(The) Cambridge Library of Ornamental Art. Medieval Ornament from the 9th to the 16th century. 1991. ISBN: 0-8317-3933-9
Drucker, Johanna. The Alphabetic Labyrinth The Letters in History and Imagination. 1995. ISBN: 0-500-01608-9
Fahy, Everett (Intro). The Medici Aesop. 1989. ISBN: 0-8109-1542-1
Gesner, Konrad. Curious Woodcuts of Fanciful and Real Beasts. 1971. ISBN: 0-486-22701-4
Gnudi, Martha Teach (trans). The Various and Ingenius Machines of Agostino Ramelli a Classic Sixteenth-Century Illustrated Treatise on Technology. 1976. ISBN: 0-486-28180-9
Jarman, Christopher. Illumination for Modern Calligraphers Practical Ideas from Nineteenth-Century Handbooks. 1988. ISBN: 0-8230-2534-9
Landau, David. and Parshall, Peter. The Renaissance Print 1470-1550. 1994. ISBN: 0-300-05739-3
Shaw, Henry. Alphabets and Numbers of the Middle Ages. 1988. ISBN: 0-517-66585-9.
Wells-Cole, Anthony. Art and Decoration in Elizabethan and Jacobean England. 1997. ISBN: 0-300-06651-1
Westwood, J.O. The Art of Illuminated Manuscripts Illustrated Sacred Writings. 1988. ISBN: 0-517-66296-5
Misc. Books
Craven, Thomas. The Story of Painting from Cave Pictures to Modern Art. Simon an d Schuster, New York 1943. inscribed to me as a gift by Great Grandma Botkins
Ferguson, Diana. Greek Myths and Legends. 2000. ISBN: 1-85585-766-9.
Fox-Davies, A.C. A Complete Guide to Heraldry. Bonanza Books. 1969. ISBN:0-517-46893-x
Fraser, Angus, The Gypsies, Blackwell Publishers, 1997. ISBN 0-631-19605-6
Macinnis, Peter. Bittersweet the Story of Sugar. 2002. ISBN: 1-86508-657-6
Norris, Herbert.Church Vestments Their Origin Development. 2002. ISBN: 0-486-42258-9
Paine, Lauran. The Hierarchy of Hell. 1995. ISBN: 1-56619-796-1
Shephard, Sue. Pickled, Potted, and Canned. 2000. ISBN: 0-7432-1633-4
Misc. Periodicals
Horizon. July 1963. Volume V, Number 6.
Horizon. November 1963. Volume V, Number 8
Horizon. Spring 1964. Volume VI, Number 2.
Horizon. Spring 1975. Volume XVII, Number 2.
Translation of Period Texts
Branca, Vittore (Ed.), Merchant Writers of the Italian renaissance from Boccaccio to Machiavelli, Marsilio Publishers, 1999. ISBN 1-56886-058-7
Castiglion, Baldesar, Etiquette for Renaissance Gentlemen, Translated by George Bull, Penguin Books, 1995. ISBN 0-14-60.0174-5
Handford, S.A. (Trans), Fables of Aesop, Penguin Books, 1964. ISBN 0-14-0434043-7
Heaney, Seamus (trans). Beowulf. 2000. ISBN: 0-393-32097-9
Machiavelli, Niccolo, The Art of War, translated by Peter Bondanella and Mark Musa, Penguin Books, 1995. ISBN 0-14-60.0200-8
Phillps, Mark, The Memoir of Marco Parenti A Life in Medici Florence, Broadview Press, 2000. ISBN1-55111-389-9
Symonds, John Addington (trans), The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini, Doubleday & Company, 1948.
Vasari, Giorgio, The Lives of the Artists, Translated and edited by Julia Conaway Gondanella & Peter Bondanella, 1991. ISBN 0-19-281754-X
Medieval Art, Medieval History, and Medieval Costume Studies
Beckwith, John. Early Medieval Art. Frederick A. Praeger, Publishers, New York. 1964.
Benton, Janetta Rebold. The Medieval Menagerie Animals in the Art of the Middle Ages. 1992. ISBN: 1-55859-133-8
Cherry, John. Medieval Crafts a book of days. Thames and Hudson, Inc. New York, NY. 1993
Davis-Weyer, Caecilia. Early Medieval Art 300-1150 Sources and Documents. 1993. ISBN: 0-8020-6628-3
Duby, Georges. The Making of the Christian West 980-1140. by Editions d'Art Albert Skira, Geneva, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 66-30306. 1967.
Dupont, Jacques and Cesare Gnudi. Gothic Painting. Skira.1954.Library of Congress Number: 54-7294
Fines, John. Who's Who in the Middle Ages From the Collapse of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance. 1995. ISBN: 1-56619-716-3
Frisch, Teresa G. Gothic Art 1140-1450. 1971. LCC: 77-135403
Guerber, H.A. Middle Ages. 1994. ISBN: 1-85958-012-2
Henisch, Bridget Ann. The Medeival Calendar Year. 1999. ISBN: 0-217-01903-4
Hinks, Roger. Carolingian Art A Study of Early Medieval Painting and Sculpture in Western Europe. The University o f Michigan Press, 1962
Hollister, C.Warren. Medieval Europe A Short History. 1974. ISBN: 0-471-40698-8
Kitzinger. Early Medieval Art in the British Museum. 1940. London The British Museum.
Martin, Sean. The Cathars The Most Successful Heresy in the Middle Ages. 2004. ISBN: 1-56025-674-5
McEvedy, Colin. The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History. ISBN: 0-14-051249-7
(The) Metropolitan Museum of Art. Europe in the Middle Ages. 1987. ISBN: 0-87099-447-6
(The) Museum of London. Dress Accessories 1150-1450. Medieval Finds from Excavations in London. 2002. ISBN: 0-85115-839-0
(The) Museum of London. Knives and Scabbards. Medieval Finds from Excavations in London. 1987. ISBN: 0-11-290440-8
(The) Museum of London. Shoes and Pattens. Medieval Finds from Excavations in London. 1988. ISBN: 0-11-290443-2
(The) Museum of London. Textiles and Clothing. Medieval Finds from Excavations in London. 1992. ISBN: 0-11-290445-9
Netherton, Robin and Owen-Crocker, Gale R. Medieval Clothing and Textiles. 2005. ISBN: 1-84383-123-6
Owen-Crocker, Gale R. Dress in Anglo-Saxon England. 2004. ISBN: 1-84383-081-7
Petzold, Andreas. Romanesque Art. 1995. ISBN: 0-8109-2744-6
Schachert, Lillian. Tres Riches Heures Behind the Gothic Masterpiece. 1997. ISBN: 3-7913-1870-5
Women and Family Studies
Aries, Philippe. Centuries of Childhood A Social History of Family Life. 1962. ISBN:0-394-70286-7.
Binski, Paul. Medieval Death. 1996. ISBN: 8014-3315-0
Collis, Louise. Memoirs of a Medieval Woman The Life and Times of Margery Kempe. 1983. ISBN: 0-06-090992-7
Gies, Frances and Joseph. Marriage and the Family in the Middle Ages. 1989. ISBN: 0-06-091468-8
Gies, Frances and Joseph.
Hopkins, Andrea. The Book of Guinevere 1996. ISBN: 1-887354-04-2
Kelly, Amy. Eleanor of Aquitane and the Four Kings. 1978. ISBN: 0-674-24250-5
Ozment, Steven. Ancestors The Loving Family in Old Europe. 2001. ISBN: 0-674-00484-1
Power, Eileen. Medieval Women. 1997. ISBN: 0-521-59556-8
Time-Life Books, What Life was Like in the Age of Chivalry, Alexandria, VA, 1997.
Virgoe, Roger. Private Life in the Fifteenth Century. 1989 ISBN: 1-555-84-270-4
Wells, Peter S. Farms, Villages, and Cities Commerce and Urban Origins in Late Prehistoric Europe 1984. ISBN: 0-8014-9298-x
History, Archaeology or other Misc. Books
in desperate need of update
Barkan, Leonard, Unearthing the Past Archaeology and Aesthetics in the Making of Renaissance Culture, Yale University, 1999. ISBN 0-300-07677-0
Beaumont,Francis, The Knight of the Burning Pestle, University of California Press, 1968. LOC 68-64516
Bellonci, Maria, Lucrezia Borgia, Translated by Bernard and Barbara Well, Phoenix Press, 2000. ISBN 1-84212-059-x
Burckhardt, Jacob, The Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy, Phaidon, 1995. ISBN 0-7148-3363-0
Carretero, Concha Herrero. Museo de Telas Medievales Monasterio de Santa Maria La Real de Huelgas Burgos. 1988. ISBN: 84-7120-127-5
Fraps, G.S., Principles of Dyeing, The Macmillan Company, 1926.
Hollingsworth, Mary, Patronage in Renaissance Italy from 1400 to the Early Sixteenth Century, John Murray Pub, 1994. ISBN 0-8018-5287-0
Kluger, Marilyn, The Joy of Spinning, Henry Hold and Company, 1991. ISBN 0-8050-1397-0
Liles, J.N., The Art and Craft of Natural Dyeing Traditional Recipes for Modern Use, The University of Tennessee Press, 1993. ISBN 0-87049-670-0
Mohr, Merilyn, The Art of Soap Making, Firely Books, 1996. ISBN 0-920656-03-X
Salgado, Gamini. The Elizabethan Underworld, Wrens Park Publishing, 1999. ISBN 0-905-778-391
von Wilckens, Leonie. Smittelalterliche Seidenstoffe. 1992. ISBN: 3-88609-079-5.