References
used for
An Award of Arms...Book
References for materials, procedures, and cultural aspects of project:
[Note: Books not included in the online bibliography are indicated with a dot]
Alexander, JJG. Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work. Yale UP. New Haven, CT: 1992.
Anon. A Proper Treatise ... Arte of Limming. 1573. Facsimile printing. Society of Scribes and Illuminators. London:No date. Draft transcription: Boucher, E., 1998: publication forthcoming, Milipatis. Documentary references to this work are indicated as "Limming."
Backhouse, J. Books of Hours. British Library. London:1985.
Borradaile, V. and R. The Strasburg Manuscript: A Medieval Painters Handbook. Tiranti, London: 1966. Translation of a fifteenth century anonymous manuscript on the art of illumination.
Cennini, C. The Craftsman's Handbook. D. V. Thompson, trans. Dover, New York:1954. Translation of an early fifteenth century manuscript on painting.
Child, H., ed. The Calligrapher's Handbook. Taplinger, New York: 1985. Modern instructions for Medieval techniques.
Da Vinci, L. Leonardo on Painting. Kemp, M., editor. Yale UP. New Haven, CT: 1989 Translation and anthology of Da Vinci's notes, published posthumously as the 'Treatise on Painting'
Diringer, D. The Book Before Printing: Ancient, Medieval, and Oriental. Dover. New York:1982. Dry but exhaustive study of books.
Farquhar, J. Creation and imitation: The Work of a Fifteenth Century Manuscript Illuminator. Nova/NYIT UP. New York:1976. Study of the work of a particular illuminator and discussion of some methods. Very helpful section detailing precise layouts and examples of the same layout being used through several works.
Hilliard, N. The Arte of Limning. Transcribed by A. Kinney, with commentary by L. Salamon. Northeastern UP, Boston: 1983. sixteenth century manuscript on the methods and materials of miniature painting. Documentary references to this work are indicated as "Hilliard."
Hercolani, G. Lo Scrittor' Utile et brieve Segretario. Bologna:1574. Facsimile publication in A. Fairbanks, A Book of Scripts. Faber and Faber. London:1977. Shows the cutting of a quill.
Johnson, E. Writing and Illuminating and Lettering. Dover. New York:1995.
Langley, A. Medieval Life. Alfred A. Knopf. New York:1996.
Lehmann-Haupt, H., translator. The Göttingen Model Book: A Facsimile and Translations of a fifteenth Century Illuminators Manual. U Missouri P, Columbia, MO: 1972.
Levey, M., Translator. Medieval Arabic Bookmaking and Its Relation to Early Chemistry and Pharmacology. American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia: 1962. Translation of two Arabic treatise on the techniques of painting, writing, and bookbinding. Contains the work Staff of the Scribe, written in the eleventh century.
Merrifield, M., Original Treatises on the Arts of Painting. 1849. Reprint edition. Dover. New York:1967. A lengthy text on period painting practices plus a compendium of period (and a couple of post-period) painting manuals, including the original and Merrifield's translation printed side by side. Covers approximately 12 (yes, that's right, 12, with 8 of those being period instructional manuals) book. Slightly overwhelming, to tell the truth, but an excellent resource, nonetheless.
Morrill, J., ed. The Oxford Illustrated History of Tudor & Stuart Britain. Oxford UP. Oxford: 1995. General history of the British Isles, fifteenth-seventeenth centuries; contains section on education. Notable for this project in regard to the section on horn books, page 124.
Noble, B. Personal communication. 1993. (SCA: Mistress Bronwyn ferch Gwyn ap Rhys)
Olmert, M. The Smithsonian Book of Books. Wings Books. New York: 1992.
Shailor, B. The Medieval Book. U Toronto. Toronto:1991. Excellent section describing methods of layout; although not referred to in main documentation, of great help in providing visual information to clarify those things that were merely described in other books.
Taubes, F. The Painter's Dictionary of Methods and Materials. Watson-Guptil, New York:1971. A concise dictionary of modern and historical items and practices used in painting. Used for the confirmation of facts and dates alluded to in other secondary sources, and definitions of some obscure terms not clarified elsewhere.
Theophilus. On Divers Arts. C. Smith, translator. Dover. New York, 1979. Translation of a manuscript written C. 1122 regarding several crafts, including manuscript illumination.
Thompson, D. V., Translator. De Arte Illuminandi. Yale UP, New Haven, CT: 1933. Translation of an anonymous fourteenth century manuscript on illumination.
---------. The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Paining. Dover, New York:1956. Contrast, comparison, summary, and study of the methods set forth in a vast array of period manuscripts regarding the work of the artist.
----------. The Practice of Tempera Painting: Materials and Methods. Dover, New York: 1962. Practical tempera painting--modern instructions based on period manuscripts.
Thompson, J., transcriber. A Booke Of Secrets. In J. Thompson, editor. Medieval Inks. Caber Press. Portland, OR:1996. Transcription of a sixteenth century manuscript on the making of inks and paints.
Vasari, G. On Technique. Maclehose, L., trans. Dover, New York: 1960. Translation of Vasari's sixteenth century writings on the techniques of painting, sculpture, and architecture.
Viator. De Artificiali Perspectiva. 1505 & 1509. Facsimile publication with notes by W. Irvin, Jr. Da Capo Press. New York:1973 First and second edition of a period manual on perspective drawing for art.
Calligraphy
Brown, M. A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600. U Toronto Press. Toronto:1990. Paleographic study.
Drogin, M. Medieval Calligraphy. Dover, New York: 1989. Instructional manual on medieval writing.
Jackson, D. The Story of Writing. Taplinger. New York: 1981.
Preston, J. And L. Yeandle. English Handwriting 1400-1650. Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies. Birmingham, NY: 1992. Paleographic study, provides some alternative letter forms.
Wright, C. E. English Vernacular Hands. Oxford UP. London:1960. Paleographic study. Used for comparison of hands and letter form examples.
Illumination--visual references
Alain, A., et al, Splendours of Flanders. Cambridge UP. Cambridge:1993. Several pages are used from this
Alexander, JJG., The Master of Mary of Burgundy: A Book of Hours for Engelbert of Nassau. Geo. Braziller. New York:1970. Partial facsimile of the above named hours, produced in the Netherlands during the last half of the 15th century.
Backhouse, J. The Hastings Hours. Pomagranate. San Francisco:No Date. Study of a Ghent-Bruges manuscript made about 1480 and exported to England.
Backhouse, J. The Isabella Breviary. British Library. London:1993. Study of a Flemish manuscript made ca 1495 and exported to Spain.
Blunt, W & S. Raphael. The Illustrated Herbal. Revised edition. Thames & Hudson. London;1994. Modern herbal illustrated with period illumination.
Bocskay, G. & Hoefnagel, J. Mira Calligraphiae Monumenta. Late Sixteenth century. Facsimile publication. J. Paul Getty Museum. Malibu:1992
Kruger, A., American Nature Guides: Herbs. Dragon's World Ltd. London:1995.
Mayer van den Bergh Breviary. Ghent-Bruges, ca 1510. In M. Smeyers & J. Van der Stock, ed., Flemish Illuminated Manuscripts 1475-1550. Ludion Press. Ghent:1996.
The Psalter of Anne Boleyn. Paris or Rouen, ca. 1529-32. Facsimile pages in Catalogue of Western Manuscripts and Miniatures comprising the Property of Mrs. M. J. Hughlock, the Property of the late J.C. Thomson, the Property of the late Brigadier W.G. Carr, D.S.O., and Other Properties. Sotheby's. London:1982.
Wieck, R. Painted Prayers: The Book of Hours in Medieval and Renaissance Art. Braziller, New York;1997. Exhibit Catalogue--contains several facsimile pages used for this project.
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