Medieval Art in the Mediterranean: Pagans, Jews, Christians, Muslims (ca. 200-1300CE)
Professor Eva Hoffman , Fall 2007


Library Research Sources & Strategies
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Terms, Concepts, and Surveys
Medieval Studies

Dynasties of the World   
A Guide to the Ancient World
Who's Who in Ancient Egypt   
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
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)

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

 

Medieval Art

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 

 

Subjects and Symbols in Art

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)

 

Religions

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 

 

Christian Saints
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)
 
Books
  • 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 c
[Access from the Tisch Library web site, http://www.library.tufts.edu/tisch/; select "Databases and Articles"]  
Art and Art History Medieval Studies

Art Abstracts 1984- .  

Bibliography of the History of Art. 1973-

Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals  1934 -

Arts & Humanities Citation Index. 1974-

International Medieval Bibliography. (400-1500)

Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400 -1700)  

Acta Sanctorum  
An electronic collection of documents examining the lives of Christian saints, organized according to each saint's feast day.

Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index, 1994- .

 

Religion, Area and Cultural Studies Multidisciplinary Sources

ATLA Religion Database   1949-  

Index Islamicus 1906

Historical Abstracts 1969-

JSTOR

Project Muse
These are two digital collections of core journals in many disciplines. While Project Muse offers more recent issues, JSTOR has more earlier issues.

Google.Scholar

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

Internet Jewish History Sourcebook
Internet Islamic  History Sourcebook

Parts of the Internet History Sourcebooks Project, which consists of subject-specialized collections in the public domain and copy-permitted historical texts.

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

A short guide to writing about art (Tisch Reserves: N7476 .B37 2005)
The art of writing about art (Tisch Oversize:  N7475 .H83 2002)
 
 
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