Bibliography

copyright 1998, E. Boucher

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  Alexander, JJG. Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work. Yale UP. New Haven, CT: 1992.

  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.

• Brown, M. A Guide to Western Historical Scripts from Antiquity to 1600. U Toronto Press. Toronto:1990. Paleographic study.

  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'

  Drogin, M. Medieval Calligraphy. Dover, New York: 1989. Instructional manual on medieval writing.

  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.

  Jackson, D. The Story of Writing. Taplinger. New York: 1981.

  Johnson, E. Writing and Illuminating and Lettering. Dover. New York:1995.

  Lehmann-Haupt, H., translator. The Gottingen Model Book: A Facsimile and Translation 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.

  Marrow, J., et al. The Golden Age of Dutch Manuscript Painting. Braziller. New York:1990. Exhibition catalogue containing four of the facsimiles used as models for the illumination.

• 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.

• Preston, J. And L. Yeandle. English Handwriting 1400-1650. Medieval & Renaissance Texts & Studies. Birmingham, NY: 1992. Paleographic study, provides some alternative letter forms.

• 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.

  Wieck, R. Painted Prayers: The Book of Hours in Medieval and Renaissance Art. Braziller, New York;1997. Exhibit Catalogue--contains facsimile page of MS M.487, folio 1r (ABC, Pater Noster), 1490's.

• Wright, C. E. English Vernacular Hands. Oxford UP. London:1960. Paleographic study. Used for comparison of hands and letter form examples.

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