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Non-Fiction Books
Fine & Applied Arts
An Introduction to English Stained Glass
Archer, Michael
Hardback
Published/Reprint: 1985
ISBN: 0112904165
Publisher: HMSO
Subjects covered: Design and making of stained glass
Synopsis: Concise introduction to the design and making of stained glass, illustrated by examples from the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Books of Hours
Backhouse, Janet
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1985
ISBN: 071-230-052-X
Publisher: British Library
Subjects covered: Books of hours; manuscripts
Synopsis: Introduction to books of hours, their content and purpose, beautifully illustrated from manuscripts in the British Library.
Companion to English History: Middle Ages
Barnard, Francis Pierrepont (Editor)
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1902
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Subjects covered: architecture; warfare; costume; heraldry; shipping; town and country life; monasticism; commerce; education and art
Synopsis: 12 chapters covering architecture, warfare, costume, heraldry, shipping, town and country life, monasticism, commerce, education and art with black and white pictures.
England and the Low Countries in the Late middle Ages
Barron, Caroline (Editor); Saul, Nigel (Editor)
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1995
ISBN: 075-090-861-0
Publisher: Alan Sutton Publishing
Subjects covered: England and the Low Countries
Synopsis: Eight papers from a conference at Royal Holloway College in 1991 illustrating the
importance of the political, cultural and trade links between the two areas.
St. Giles, Holme-by-Newark, Nottinghamshire: an analysis and contextualisation of a late 15th century parochial chapel
Barton, Allan B
MA dissertation, York Univ.
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1999
Subjects covered: 15th century parochial chapel
Synopsis: Detailed investigation and description of a small chapel, remodelled in the late 15th century.
Trades and Crafts in Medieval Manuscripts
Basing, Patricia
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1990
ISBN: 07123-0187-9
Publisher: British Library
Subjects covered: medieval trades and crafts; medieval agriculture; medieval trade; medieval industry; medieval professions
Synopsis: Describes medieval agriculture, trade, industry and the professions with over 80 illustrations from illuminated manuscripts.
Medieval Death; ritual and representation
Binski, Paul
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1996
ISBN: 07141-0561-9
Publisher: British Museum
Subjects covered: Pagan attitudes; Christian attitudes; death; burial; after life
Synopsis: Drawing on archaeological and art historical sources; examines pagan and Christian attitudes to death, burial and the afterlife.
Painters
Binski, Paul
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1991
ISBN: 0-7141-2052-9
Publisher: British Museum Press
Subjects covered: Medieval painters; altarpieces; screens
Synopsis: Illustrated survey of medieval painters: materials, methods, patrons and subjects. (Medieval Craftsmen Series).
Dress in Italian Painting 1460-1500
Birbari, Elizabeth
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1975
ISBN: 0-7195-2423-7
Publisher: John Murray Limited
Subjects covered: Italian artists; costume; sumptuary laws
Synopsis: Study of how Italian artists depicted costume with such accurate detail that its cut and construction can be worked out; illustrated with diagrams and black and white close-ups of details from paintings.
European Armour c. 1066 to c. 1700
Blair, Claude
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1958
ISBN: 0-7134-0729-8
Publisher: BT Batsford Limited
Subjects covered: Armour
Synopsis: Well-illustrated standard work on the development of armour.
English Medieval Industries Craftsmen, Techniques and Products
Blair, John (Editor); Ramsay, Nigel (Editor)
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1991
ISBN: 0-907628-877
Publisher: The Hambledon Press
Subjects covered: Medieval industries; housing; clothing; tools; vessels; ornaments
Synopsis: Authoritative account of the specialised work that went into making the housing, clothing, tools, vessels and ornaments of medieval people, from the raw materials to the finished products.
Caxton: England’s First Printer
Blake, N F
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1976
ISBN: 0-85045-106-X
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Subjects covered: William Caxton; printing
Synopsis: A biography of William Caxton and an account of the technical aspects of the development of early printing.
William Caxton: catalogue of an exhibition to commemorate the quincentenary of the introduction of printing into England
British Library
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1976
Subjects covered: William Caxton; printing
Synopsis: Well-annotated and illustrated catalogue on Caxton’s life and works.
English Costume of the Later Middle Ages: the 14th and 15th centuries
Brooke, Iris
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1956
ISBN: 0-713-60155-8
Publisher: Black
Subjects covered: English costume
Synopsis: History of medieval costume, illustrated with line drawings.
Glass-painters
Brown, Sarah; O’Connor, David
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1991
ISBN: 0-7141-2050-2
Publisher: British Museum Press
Subjects covered: Medieval stained glass; glass-painters; crafts; patrons
Synopsis: Well-illustrated survey covering the designs and methods of making medieval stained glass,
the status and organisation of the artists and their relationship with the patrons who commissioned the
glass. (Medieval Craftsmen Series).
An introduction to Medieval Enamels
Campbell, Marian
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1983
ISBN: 0-11290-385-1
Publisher: HMSO
Subjects covered: Medieval enamels
Synopsis: Illustrated descriptions of outstanding examples from the Victoria and Albert Museum with
information on techniques and the historical and artistic context of their manufacture.
Goldsmiths
Cherry, John
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1992
ISBN: 0-7141-2055-3
Publisher: British Museum Press
Subjects covered: Goldsmiths
Synopsis: Well-illustrated survey of the craftsmen, both monastic and secular, their materials and techniques, the range of items they made and the organisation of production and distribution.
The Middleham Jewel and Ring
Cherry, John
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1994
ISBN: 0-905-80712-X
Publisher: The Yorkshire Museum
Subjects covered: Middleham jewel; Middleham ring; Middleham
Synopsis: Detailed descriptions of the jewel and the ring, with an account of their finding and significance; lavishly illustrated.
Profession, Vocation and Culture in Later Medieval England: essays dedicated to the memory of AR Myers
Clough, C H (Editor)
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1982
ISBN: 0-85323-324-1
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Subjects covered: Merchant; culture; patronage; professions; literature; visual arts; religion
Synopsis: Studies of the patronage of the visual arts, literature, education and religion by the merchant class, the episcopate and by various professions.
Masons and Sculptors
Coldstream, Nicola
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1991
ISBN: 0-7141-2048-0
Publisher: British Museum Press
Subjects covered: Masons; sculptors; patrons; documents
Synopsis: Well-illustrated survey of the identity of the builders, how they were organised, the role of their patrons, and how they built cathedrals and castles. (Medieval Craftsmen Series).
English Collegiate Churches of the Middle Ages
Cook, G H
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1959
Publisher: Phoenix
Subjects covered: English Collegiate churches; Fotheringhay; St. Georges’s, Windsor; St. Mary’s,
Warwick; Beverley Minster; Westminster Abbey, Kings College, Cambridge; collegiate foundations;
canons
Synopsis: Description of 35 collegiate foundations, including Fotheringhay, St. George’s Windsor,
and St. Mary’s Warwick; illustrated with photographs and plans.
The English Mediaeval Parish Church
Cook, G H
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1970
ISBN: 0-460-0765-07
Publisher: Dent
Subjects covered: English Mediaeval Parish Churches
Synopsis: On the origin and development of parish churches, their architecture, furnishing and
decoration; illustrated with photographs and plans of many churches.
English Monasteries in the Middle Ages
Cook, G H
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1961
Publisher: Phoenix House
Subjects covered: English monasteries; monastic life
Synopsis: On the origin and ideals of monastic life, the buildings and their functions and the various orders and their houses; illustrated with plans and photographs.
Mediaeval Chantries and Chantry Chapels
Cook, G H
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1947
Publisher: Phoenix
Subjects covered: Mediaeval Chantries; Mediaeval Chantry Chapels
Synopsis: On different types of chantries, their origins and purpose; with descriptions of surviving examples in cathedrals, monasteries and parish churches; illustrated with photographs and plans.
The Chronicler of European Chivalry
Coulton, G G
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1930
Publisher: The Studio Limited
Subjects covered: Sir John Froissart; chronicles
Synopsis: Life and times of Sir John Froissart (1334-1410), illustrated with miniatures from Harl. MSS 4379 and 4380 from the third quarter of the 15th century. (The Studio Special Winter Number for 1930).
Handbook of English Medieval Costume
Cunnington, C Willet; Cunnington, Phillis
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1973
ISBN: 0-571-04670-3
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Subjects covered: English medieval costume; children’s costume; working people’s clothes
Synopsis: Covers costume from the 9th to the 15th century, the illustrations are based on contemporary sources. (1969 2nd edition in stock).
Scribes and Illuminators
De Hamel, Christopher
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1992
ISBN: 0-7141-2049-9
Publisher: British Museum Press
Subjects covered: Manuscript; scribes; illuminators; manuscript preparation; stationer; patrons
Synopsis: Well-illustrated survey of medieval manuscript making from the preparation of the vellum, pens and paints, through the writing and decoration, to the craftsmen who did the work and the customers for whom the manuscripts were produced. (Medieval Craftsmen Series).
Pageant of the Birth, Life and Death of Richard Beauchamp Earl of Warwick KG 1389-1439
Dilon, Harold Arthur (Editor); Hope, W H St. John (Editor)
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1914
Publisher: Longmans Green & Company
Subjects covered: Richard Beauchamp, Earl of Warwick; costume
Synopsis: Chief events in the life and death of the Kingmaker’s father-in-law, illustrated in a series of line drawings done c. 1485-90, showing the costume etc. of the period.
English Tilers
Eames, Elizabeth
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1992
ISBN: 07141-2053-7
Publisher: British Museum Press
Subjects covered: English tilers; tile manufacture
Synopsis: How tiles were made and decorated with many illustrations of surviving examples. (Medieval Craftsmen Series).
Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight
Edge, David; Paddock, J M
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1888
Subjects covered: weapons; body armour
Synopsis: Large-format illustrated survey of the evolution of weapons and body armour from the 11th to the 16th century.
Greater Medieval Houses of England and Wales 1300 to 1500 Vol. 1: Northern England
Emery, Anthony
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1996
ISBN: 0521-4973-X
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Subjects covered: Medieval houses; Medieval Society; Northumbria; Cumbria; Lancashire; Yorkshire;
architecture
Synopsis: Well-illustrated survey of surviving medieval houses, the residences of the Crown, the greater and lesser nobility and church leaders; their historical relevance and architectural development; covers Northumbria, Cumbria, Lancashire and Yorkshire.
The Secret Life of Paintings
Foster, Richard; Tudor-Craig, Pamela
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1986
ISBN: 085-115-439-5
Publisher: Boydell Press
Subjects covered: paintings; symbolism
Synopsis: Detailed discussion of five well-known pictures painted between 1433 and 1533 explaining their symbolism and how they reflect the philosophical and political ideas of the times.
Brasses
Franklyn, Julian
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1969
ISBN: 209-626-984
Publisher: Arco
Subjects covered: Brasses; monuments; brass inscriptions; armour; glossary
Synopsis: History and description of monumental brasses, with useful glossaries and a guide to reading inscriptions. (1969 2nd edition in stock).
Books of Hours and their Owners
Harthan, John
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1977
ISBN: 0500-23217-2
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Subjects covered: Books of hours
Synopsis: Introduction on the making, content and use of books of hours plus an anthology of over 90 coloured illustrations from 34 different books of hours with notes on the books and their owners.
An Introduction to Illuminated Manuscripts
Harthan, John
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1983
ISBN: 01129-0396-7
Publisher: HMSO
Subjects covered: Manuscripts; illumination; craft; book production
Synopsis: Concise introduction to the techniques of manuscript illumination from the 7th to the 16th century, illustrated with examples from the collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Portraits of the Later Plantagenets
Hepburn, Frederick
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1986
ISBN: 085-115-4220
Publisher: Boydell Press
Subjects covered: Plantagenets; portraits
Synopsis: Detailed survey of the portraits of Richard II, Henry V and VI, Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville and Richard III, with a discussion of how faithfully they reflect their actual appearance, citing contemporary evidence fro m literature, manuscripts and stained glass.
Renaissance Dress in Italy 1400-1500
Herald, Jacqueline
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1981
ISBN: 07135-12946
Publisher: Bell & Hyman
Subjects covered: Renaissance; clothes; Italy; fashion; society; Isabella d’Este; Beatrice d’Este
Synopsis: Large format, lavishly illustrated survey of the development of fashionable dress in 15th century Italy, against the background of social, political and cultural change.
Medieval Jewellery from the 11th to the 15th Century
Hinton, David
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1982
ISBN: 0-85-263-5761
Publisher: Shire Publications Limited
Subjects covered: Jewellery
Synopsis: A concise introduction deals with the materials used and the types of jewellery made, followed by drawings and black and white photographs of surviving examples. (Shire Archaeology Series).
Medieval Costume in England and France: the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries
Houston, Mary G
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1965
Publisher: Adam & Charles Black
Subjects covered: Costume; armour; fashion; hairdressing; embroidery; textiles
Synopsis: Covering regal, ecclesiastical and civilian costume, also styles in armour, with illustrations taken from contemporary sources.
The Secret Middle Ages: Discovering the Real Medieval World
Jones, Malcolm
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 2002
ISBN: 07509-2685-6
Publisher: Sutton Publishing Limited
Subjects covered: Artefacts; Folk Art
Synopsis: Looking at the medieval world through artefacts produced from popular and folk art.
Reflections on Caxton’s ‘Recuyell of the Historyes of Troye’
Kageyama, Yashuko
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 2001
ISBN: 4896-30033-5
Publisher: Yasuhyko Kageyame
Subjects covered: Caxton
Synopsis: Study of all aspects of Caxton’s first published book – literary, historical and bibliographical.
The Role and Depiction of Women in Elite Genealogies and Family Historiography
Ketskmety, E
MA Thesis, York Univ
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1998
Subjects covered: Women; Family
Synopsis: Discussion of how women are depicted in the Rous and Salisbury Rolls and the Beauchamp Pageant as vessels for the line of inheritance in a patriarchal society.
Writing Medieval Scripts
Lancaster, John
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1988
ISBN: 085-219-760-8
Publisher: Dryad Press Limited
Subjects covered: calligraphy
Synopsis: Practical instructions for amateur calligraphers on writing a variety of medieval scripts from the 4th to the 15th century.
Gothic to Renaissance: Essays on Sculpture in England
Lindley, Phillip
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1995
ISBN: 187-161576-3
Publisher: Paul Watkins, Stamford
Subjects covered: Sculpture; Edward II; funerary effigies; Ely Cathedral; Eton College; Henry VII
Synopsis: Art historian, Phillip Lindley, reviews the origins and development of the craft of sculpture in medieval England. There are 8 specialist essays, prefaced by a comprehensive introduction. Subjects covered include the range of method and materials; the relationship between patron and artist; the place of sculpture in architectural settings and images of kingship and the hero, especially St George fighting the dragon. B/W illustrations.
Gothic: Art for England 1400-1547
Marks, Richard (Editor); Williamson, Paul (Editor)
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 2003
ISBN: 185-177-401-7
Publisher: V&A Publications
Subjects covered: Gothic; Art; Church; Society
Synopsis: Catalogue for the Gothic Exhibition held at the V&A Museum in 2003. This exhibition celebrated the glories of late medieval English art and architecture and gave an introduction to the age. Lavishly illustrated in colour.
Textiles in Daily Life in the Middle Ages
Martin, Rebecca
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1985
ISBN: 091-038-680-3
Publisher: Cleveland Museum of Art
Subjects covered: Textiles; Cleveland Museum of Art
Synopsis: Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art on textiles in ecclesiastical and secular settings, with a glossary and bibliography.
Furniture 700 – 1700
Mercer, Eric
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1969
Publisher: Weiden Feld & Nicolson
Subjects covered: Furniture; society
Synopsis: Well-illustrated history of furniture in its social context.
The Secular Spirit: life and art at the end of the middle ages
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1975
ISBN: 087-099-096-9
Publisher: Dutton
Subjects covered: Art; tools; pots; chattels
Synopsis: Detailed, well-illustrated catalogue of an exhibition of objects of daily life from about 1300 to 1550.
The World of Medieval and Renaissance Musical Instruments
Montagu, Jeremy
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1976
ISBN: 0-7153-7280-7
Publisher: David & Charles
Subjects covered: Musical instruments
Synopsis: Well-illustrated account of the instruments in use from the Early Middle Ages to the Renaissance, and the role of musicians, both amateur and professional.
Arms and Armour
Norman, Vesey
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1969
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1972
Publisher: Weiden Feld & Nicolson
Subjects covered: Armour; mail; war; tournaments; weapons
Synopsis: Well-illustrated account of the development of armour and weapons from the 11th to the 17th century.
La Toison d’Or: cinq siecles d’art et d’histoire
Pauwels, H (Editor)
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1962
Subjects covered: Order of the Golden Fleece
Synopsis: Illustrated catalogue of an exhibition held in Bruges in 1962 on the history of the Order of the Golden Fleece; the text is in French.
The Devil’s Cloth: A history of stripes and striped fabric
Pastoureau, Michel
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1991
ISBN: 0231-123-663
Publisher: Columbia
Subjects covered: textiles; stripes; fashion
Synopsis: History of stripes and striped fabric in society.
Armourers
Pfaffenbichler, Matthias
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1992
Subjects covered: Armourers; armour
Synopsis: Well-illustrated survey of the identity of the armourers, how armour was commissioned and made, and how much it cost. (Medieval Craftsmen Series).
Dress in the Middle Ages
Piponnier, Françoise; Mane, Perrine; Beamish, Caroline (Translator)
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1997
ISBN: 0300-069-065
Publisher: Yale University Press
Subjects covered: Costume; clothes; fashion; textiles; jewellery; armour
Synopsis: Social history of costume: what clothes were made of and why, where materials came from, and the different clothes according to age, sex, status and profession.
Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
Pognon, Edmond (Editor)
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1979
Publisher: Liber
Subjects covered: Duc de Berry
Synopsis: Colour reproductions of all the illuminated pages with descriptive commentary.
England in the Fifteenth Century: proceedings of the 1992 Harlaxton symposium
Rogers, Nicholas (Editor)
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1994
ISBN: 187-161-567-4
Publisher: Paul Watkins
Subjects covered: Religion, society; art; books; libraries; royalty
Synopsis: Fifteen papers on the religious, social and artistic history of the 15th century, including royal books and libraries.
Medieval Effigial Alabaster Tombs in Yorkshire
Routh, Pauline E
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1976
ISBN: 085-991-073-X
Publisher: Boydell
Subjects covered: Effigies; tombs; alabaster; Yorkshire
Synopsis: Descriptions of surviving effigies, with photographs and biographical notes.
The Medieval Monuments of Harewood
Routh, P E; Knowles, R
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1983
ISBN: 0901-869-163
Publisher: Wakefield Historical Publications
Subjects covered: Monuments; alabaster; Harewood; conservation
Synopsis: Detailed and well-illustrated descriptions of the unique collection of six fine alabaster
monuments of the 15th and 16th century.
English Industries of the Middle Ages
Salzman, L F
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1923
Subjects covered: Mining; quarrying; building; metalworking; pottery-making; cloth-making;
leatherworking; fishing; brewing
Synopsis: On mining, quarrying, building, metalworking, pottery-making, cloth-making, leatherworking, fishing and brewing. (1923 2nd edition in stock).
English Life in the Middle Ages
Salzman, L F
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1927
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Subjects covered: Society; education; religion
Synopsis: Description of everyday life in the Middle Ages.
Building in England down to 1540
Salzman, L F
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1997
ISBN: 019-817-158-7
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Subjects covered: Architecture; masons; architects; building
Synopsis: Detailed account of medieval building practice, based on documentary evidence; covering
personnel, work practices, material and equipment. (1997 reprint in stock).
England in Tudor Times
Salzman, L F
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1933
Publisher: Batsford Press
Subjects covered: Tudors; church; sea; society; land
Synopsis: Everyday life in the Tudor Age.
English Trade in the Middle Ages
Salzman, L F
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1931
Publisher: Oxford at the Clarendon Press
Subjects covered: Trade; imports; exports; distribution; credit; weights & measures
Synopsis: Description of English Trade procedures and organisation in the Middle Ages.
Age of Chivalry: art and society in late medieval England
Saul, Nigel (Editor)
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1992
ISBN: 1855-85-052-4
Publisher: Collins & Brown
Subjects covered: Artefacts; thirteenth century; fourteenth century; chivalry; society
Synopsis: Nine essays on the artefacts of the period (13th and 14th centuries), the society in which they were produced, the patrons who commissioned them and the ideals which inspired them.
English Court Culture in the Later Middle Ages
Scattergood, John (Editor); Sherborne, JW (Editor)
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1983
ISBN: 07156-163-74
Publisher: Duckworth
Subjects covered: Court; education; patronage; crusades; architecture; painting; manuscripts; literature;
music
Synopsis: Ten papers from a seminar on whether the culture of late medieval England was a product of the court: covering education, patronage, crusades, architecture, paintings, manuscripts, literature and music.
Saxon and Medieval Parish Churches in the City of London: a review
Published in Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society Vol.45 (pages 23-145).
Schofield, John
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1996
Subjects covered: Parish churches in London;
Synopsis: On the structural and decorative development of parish churches in London with a gazetteer of 63 churches described by archaeologists or antiquarians; illustrated with plans, photographs, engravings etc.
History of Dress: Late Gothic Europe 1400 to 1500
Scott, Margaret
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1980
ISBN: 0263-064-298
Publisher: Mills & Boon Humanities Press
Subjects covered: Fashion; clothes; dress; society; France; Germany; Netherlands; paintings
Synopsis: Scholarly and readable account of the evolution of fashion in France, Germany and the Netherlands, including social, economic and practical aspects. Large format, beautifully illustrated with details from paintings.
Masterpieces of Tapestry from the 14th to the 16th Century
Souchal, Geneviève
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1974
ISBN: 0870-990-861
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Subjects covered: Tapestry
Synopsis: Well-illustrated descriptive catalogue of an exhibition of tapestries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Embroiderers
Staniland, Kay
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1991
ISBN: 07141-2051-0
Publisher: British Museum Press
Subjects covered: Embroiderers; embroidery; patrons; design; techniques
Synopsis: Well-illustrated survey of the embroiderers themselves, the designers, the patrons and the techniques and methods of production. (Medieval Craftsmen Series).
‘And When Did You Last See Your Father?’: the Victorian painter and British history
Strong, Roy
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1978
ISBN: 0500-232-814
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Subjects covered: paintings; Victorian
Synopsis: Study of Victorian painters and their attitudes to painting scenes from history, with an appendix listing paintings on subjects from history (e.g. Wars of the Roses, Edward IV and Elizabeth Woodville and the Princes in the Tower) exhibited at the Royal Academy 1769-1904.
I Sing of a Maiden: the story of the maiden of the Mercers’ Company
Sutton, Anne F
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1998
ISBN: 0952-151537
Publisher: The Mercers Company
Subjects covered: Mercers Company; badges; seals; arms; pageantry; property marks
Synopsis: Traces how the Mercers’ Company used the badge of the Maiden to decorate their property, plate etc.; beautifully illustrated with many colour pictures.
The Hours of Richard III
Sutton, Anne F; Visser-Fuchs, Livia
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1990
ISBN: 086-299-7798
Publisher: Alan Sutton
Subjects covered: Richard III; books of hours; manuscript; illumination
Synopsis: Detailed study of the book of hours owned by Richard III, its contents, decoration and ownership, with chapters on the ‘Prayer of Richard III’ and on Richard’s piety.
The Medieval Face
Tomlinson, Amanda
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1974
Publisher: The National Portrait Gallery
Subjects covered: Paintings; manuscripts; tombs; effigies; National Portrait Gallery
Synopsis: Black and white photographs from an exhibition of medieval portraits from manuscripts and tomb effigies at the National Portrait Gallery in 1974.
The Hastings Hours: a 15th century Flemish Book of Hours made for William Lord Hastings, now in
the British Library, London
Turner, D H (Editor)
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1983
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Subjects covered: William, Lord Hastings; books of hours; manuscripts
Synopsis: An account of Hastings’ life, a detailed commentary on the manuscript and 78 pages reproduced in full colour.
Catalogue of Rubbings of Brasses and Incised Slabs
Victoria and Albert Museum
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1972
ISBN: 11-29-00-879
Publisher: HMSO
Subjects covered: Brass rubbings; brasses; incised slabs
Synopsis: List of rubbings arranged chronologically by type (e.g. military, civilian etc.) with name and place indexes and 72 plates of brasses. (Reprint revised, with an introduction by Muriel Clayton).
The Playfair Hours: a late 15th century illuminated manuscript from Rouen
Watson, Rowan (Editor)
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1984
ISBN: 0905-209-98-2
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
Subjects covered: Books of hours; trade; book production; Rouen
Synopsis: Colour reproductions of the illuminated pages, with introductory chapters on books of hours, the book trade, the provenance of text etc.
The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life
Wieck, Roger (Editor)
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1988
ISBN: 085-667-3579
Publisher: Sotherbys
Subjects covered: Books of hours; manuscripts
Synopsis: Large-format, well-illustrated survey (based on the collection of the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore) of the manufacture, use and the various component parts of books of hours.
Arms and Armour
Wilkinson, Frederick
Paperback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1971
ISBN: 0600-001-261
Publisher: Hamlyn
Subjects covered: Armour; weapons; soldiers; war
Synopsis: Survey of armour and weapons from the ancient world to the 20th century with many coloured illustrations.
Arms and Armour
Wilkinson, Frederick
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1963
Publisher: A&C Black
Subjects covered: Armour; weapons; soldiers; war
Synopsis: Simplified account of weapons, armour and the life of fighting men from the earliest times to the present, illustrated with line drawings. (Black’s Junior Reference Books Series).
England in the Fifteenth Century: proceedings of the 1986 Harlaxton symposium
Williams, Daniel (Editor)
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1987
ISBN: 085-115-475-1
Publisher: Boydell Press
Subjects covered: Literature; art; politics; Cardinal Henry Beaufort; Books of Hours; Crowland Chronicle; Edward V; William, Lord Hastings
Synopsis: Twenty-three papers on a variety of literary, art historical, biographical and political history topics.
The English Medieval House
Wood, Margaret
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1981
ISBN: 0905-746-236
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1983
ISBN: 094-649-5025
Publisher: Ferndale (1981) / Bracken Books (1983)
Subjects covered: Houses; building; architecture
Synopsis: Definitive and well-illustrated study of the evolution of medieval houses from the late 11th to early 16th century.
The Architectural History of King’s College Chapel and its Place in the Development of late Gothic
Architecture in England and France
Woodman, Francis
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 1986
ISBN: 07100-9871-5
Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul
Subjects covered: King’s College Chapel; gothic; architecture; England; France
Synopsis: Illustrated study of the building of the Chapel during the period 1448 to 1515.
Medieval Life and Leisure in the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries
Woolley, Linda
Hardback
Date of Pub/Reprint: 2002
ISBN: 185-177-3746
Publisher: V&A Publications
Subjects covered: Hunt; Fashion; Textiles; Design; Technique; Tapestries
Synopsis: Depicts the four magnificent fifteenth century tapestries in the V&A Museum, known as the Devonshire Hunting Tapestries. These tapestries provide an intricate picture of the medieval hunt in all its forms: falconry, hunting for otter, bear, boar and deer, plus the robbing of a swan’s nest for its eggs. They also provide information on medieval dress and head-dress styles and which textiles and patterns were in favour.
Banner image of King Richard III’s Book of Hours (MS 474f. 7v) reproduced by kind permission of Lambeth Palace Library.