FAH92/192-03 Arts of the Medieval Pilgrimage
Professor Karen Overbey, Spring 2008

An exploration of the art and architecture of medieval Christian pilgrimage with particular focus on the 10th - 13th centuries in Western Europe.

Library Research Sources & Strategies
Prepared by Chao Chen, Reference Librarian at Tisch Library

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The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium 
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
Medieval Folklore: an Encyclopedia of Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs. (GR 35 .M43 2000)
Medieval Italy. (Ref. DG443 .M43 2004)
Medieval Spain: culture, conflict, and coexistence (Stacks: DP99 .M34 2002)
Medieval Germany.  (Ref DD 126 .M43 2001)
Medieval France.  (Ref. DC33.2 .M44 1995)
Medieval Ireland. (Ref. DA933 .M43 2005)
Medieval England. (Ref. DA129 .M43 1998)

Women and gender in medieval Europe. (Ref. HQ1147.E85 W66 2006)

Early Christian and Byzantine architecture : an annotated bibliography and historiography. (Oversize: NA360.Z99 K55 1992)
Art and architecture in Central Europe, 1550-1620 : an annotated bibliography. (Oversize: N6375.M3 Z999 1988)

Medieval Art: A Topical Dictionary (N 7850 .R67 1996)
Encyclopedia of Medieval Church Art. (N 7943 .A1 T37 1993)
The Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture. (N 7830 .M87 1996)
Grove Art Online 

The Oxford Companion to Christian Art and Architecture (N 7830 .M87 1996)

A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
English mediaeval architects: a biographical dictionary down to 1550: including master masons, carpenters, carvers, building contractors, and others responsible for design. NA963 .H37 1984
English mediaeval architects: a biographical dictionary down to 1550. Supplement to the revised edition of 1984.  NA963 .H37 1984 Suppl

Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art. (Ref. N7560 .H34 1979)
Dictionary of Symbols in Western Art. (Ref. N7740 .C29 1995)
Symbols and Legends in Western Art. (Ref N7760  .W53)

Iconography of Christian Art. (Ref N7830 .S3513 1971)
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography. (Ref. N7560 .E53 1998)

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church 
Who's Who in Christianity
Patrologia Latina
The works of the Church Fathers from Tertullian in 200 AD to the death of Pope Innocent III in 1216.

• Tufts Library Catalog [http://library.tufts.edu]
• WorldCat [from the Tisch Library web site, http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/; select "Other Library Catalogs"]

Journal Articles
The following core medieval studies journals are all indexed in the Art and Medieval Studies Databases:

Dumbarton Oaks Papers Early Medieval Europe Gesta Essays in Medieval Studies

Medieval Encounters Speculum Studies in Iconography Studies in Medieval Culture

Web Sites:

Labryinth (Resources in medieval studies from Georgetown University.)

Ancient and Medieval Studies (Columbia Studies)

Online Medieval and Classical Library (UC Berkeley)
The Online Medieval and Classical Library (OMACL) is a collection of some of the most important literary works of Classical and Medieval civilization.

The Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies (ORB)
College of Staten Island, City University of New York

Materials for the study of Women and Gender in the Ancient World
Co-creator, Professor Ross Scaife, Classics Department of Modern and Classical Languages University of Kentucky

Voice of the Shuttle, Web Site for Humanities Research [U.California, Santa Barbara, http://vos.ucsb.edu/]
Art History
Classical Studies

Guides on Writing about Art