FAH25/125 Medieval Architecture
Professor Karen Overbey, Fall 2008

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

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A Guide to the Ancient World
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 England. (Ref. DA129 .M43 1998)
Medieval France.  (Ref. DC33.2 .M44 1995)
Medieval Germany.  (Ref DD 126 .M43 2001)
Medieval Ireland. (Ref. DA933 .M43 2005)
Medieval Italy. (Ref. DG443 .M43 2004)
Medieval Spain: culture, conflict, and coexistence (Stacks: DP99 .M34 2002)

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

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 
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

A Dictionary of the Bible   
The Oxford Companion to the Bible   

Encyclopaedia Judaica  
Dictionary of Jewish Lore and Legend 

The Oxford Dictionary of Islam 

Dictionary of saints (Ref. BX4655.8 .D44 2005)
The Oxford Dictionary of Saints   
Butler’s Lives of the Saints. (Ref BX4654 .B8 1995)
Saints and Their Emblems. (Ref N8080 .D7 1971)
Saints in Art. (Ref Nd1430 .G5513 2003)

Encyclopedia of Architectural Technology (Ref.NA31.E58)
Encyclopedia of Architecture (Ref NA31.E59 1988)
International Dictionary of Architects and Architecture (Ref NA40.I48 1993)
Encyclopedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World (Ref NA208.E53 1997)
Encyclopedia of American Architecture (Ref NA705.P3 1995)
Dictionary of Architecture and Construction (Ref NA31.H32 1993)

• Tufts Library Catalog
• WorldCat

Journal Articles
Access: Tisch Library web site, http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/; select "Articles via Databases"

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