medieval books for research.
some are old, but many are not.


Miscellaneous


Architecture

Art and Architecture of the Late Middle Ages
1350 to the Advent of the Renaissance

by Wim Swaam
Crescent Books
NY 1982
Heavenly Vaults
From Romanesque to Gothic in European Architecture

by David Stephenson
Princton Architectural Press
NY. 2009
Medieval Ornamental Styles
Polychromatic Decoration as Applied to Buildings in the Medieval Style

by W & G Audsley
Wordsworth Editions
1988
Pattern Design
An Introduction to the Study of Formal Ornamentation
with over 400 illustrations

by Archibald H Christie
Dover Publications Inc.
New York, 1969

Miscellaneous
A History of English Literature
The Middle Ages and the Renaissance
650 - 1947

by Emile Legouis and Louis Cazamian
Translated from the French by Helen Douglas Irvine
JM Dent & Sons, Ltd
London, 1948
A Pocket Guide to Superstitions of the British Isles
by Steve Roud
The Pocket Guide
Index Press
November 4, 2004.
Guide to English Literature
From Beowulf through Chaucer and medieval Drama

by David M Zesmer
Long Island University
Barnes & Noble
Medieval Gardens
A Book Of Days

Past Times
CLB Publishing Ltd.
1995

Medieval Pets
Kathleen Walker-Meikle
Boydell & Brewster Ltd.
The Boydell Press
Woodbridge, 2014

Renaissance Secrets
Recipes & Formvlas

by Jo Wheeler
Victoria & Albert Museum
V&A Publishing, Kensington
London, 2009
The Norton Anthology of English Literature
The Middle Ages. Volume A

by Stephen Greenblatt
WW Norton & Co.
March 3, 2012
The Story of English Literature
by Anna Buckland

Cassels Modern School Series
Second edition
Cassell & Company, Limited
1885
Through The Glass Window Shines The Sun
An Anthology of Medieval Poetry and Prose

Edited by Pamela Norris
Tiger Books International
Twickenham, UK, 1998

 

 

 

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Miscellaneous
A History of English Literature
The Middle Ages and the Renaissance
650 - 1947

by Emile Legouis and Louis Cazamian
Translated from the French by Helen Douglas Irvine
JM Dent & Sons, Ltd
London, 1948
A Pocket Guide to Superstitions of the British Isles
by Steve Roud
The Pocket Guide
Index Press
November 4, 2004.
Ettiquette For Renaissance Gentlemen
by Baldesar Castiglione

Translated by George Bull
Penguin 60's Classic
1967
Guide to English Literature
From Beowulf through Chaucer and medieval Drama

by David M Zesmer
Long Island University
Barnes & Noble
Medieval Gardens
A Book Of Days

Past Times
CLB Publishing Ltd.
1995

Medieval Pets
Kathleen Walker-Meikle
Boydell & Brewster Ltd.
The Boydell Press
Woodbridge, 2014

Renaissance Secrets
Recipes & Formvlas

by Jo Wheeler
Victoria & Albert Museum
V&A Publishing, Kensington
London, 2009
The Norton Anthology of English Literature
The Middle Ages. Volume A

by Stephen Greenblatt
WW Norton & Co.
March 3, 2012
The Story of English Literature
by Anna Buckland

Cassels Modern School Series
Second edition
Cassell & Company, Limited
1885
Through The Glass Window Shines The Sun
An Anthology of Medieval Poetry and Prose

Edited by Pamela Norris
Tiger Books International
Twickenham, UK, 1998

 


Heraldry & Armorials

A Grammar of English Heraldry
by WH St John Hope, Litt D., Hon DCL (Durham)
The Cambridge Manuals of Science & Literature
Cambridge at the University Press
1913
A Handbook of English Heraldry
by W.H. St John Hope, Litt D., Hon DCL (Durham)
The Cambridge Manuals of Science & Literature
Cambridge at the University Press, 1913

Small hardcover illustrated with line drawings, this book looks at the styles and methods of English heraldry. REVIEW
Arms and Armour
by Vesey Norman
Second Impression
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
1969
Arms and Armour in Britain
by Alan Borg
TSO
June 30, 1979
Crusaders and Medieval Knights of Britain
Handbook of Heraldry
With Instructions for Tracing Pedigrees & Deciphering Ancient Mss. Rules for the Appointment of Liveries &c
by John E Cussans
Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly, London. 1893

Fourth edition with upwards of 400 illustrations.The title pretty much sums it up. Green cloth cover with gold gilt printing. Line drawings, some with colour. The definative book on heralrdry. REVIEW

Handbook of Herandry
With Instructions for Tracing Pedigrees & Deciphering Ancient Mss. Rules for the Appointment of Liveries &c

by John E Cussans
Fourth edition with upwards of 400 illustrations
Chatto & Windus, Piccadilly
London, 1893

 

Heraldry
by Henry Bedingfeld, Rouge Croix Pursuivant,
Peter Gwynn-Jones, Lancaster Herald
Bison Books
London, 1993

Heraldry
Decoration and Floral Forms

by Herbert Cole
Crescent Books
London

Heraldry
For The Local Historian and Genealogist

by Stephen Friar
The History Press Ltd
April 30, 1992
The Poolbeg Book of Irish Heraldry
by Michael O'Comain
Dufour Editions
March 1, 1992
The Art of Heraldry
by Carl-Alexander von Volborth
Tiger Books International
London, 1987
The British Herald V2:
Or Cabinet of Armorial Bearings of the Nobility and Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland: From the Earliest to the Present

by Thomas Robson (Editor)

 

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