Medieval Bibliography

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Clark, John. The medieval horse and its equipment, c1150-c1450: Medieval finds from Excavations in London 5. London, UK: Museum of London (HMSO), 1995.

Gladizt, Charles. Medieval Stud Management. Studies in Horse Breeding. East and West. n.l.: Four Courts Press, 1996. (ISBN 1-85182-270-4,1-85182-186-4) 356pp.

Daniel, Glyn. The Origins and Growth of Archeology. New York: Penguin Books, 1967.

Erich, R.W., ed. Chronologies in Old World Archaeology. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965.

Cook, Olive. English House through Seven Centuries. (0.14.00.6738.8)

Hewett, Cecil A. English Historic Carpentry. London, UK: Phillimore and Co., 1980. (ISBN 0-85033-354-7)

The Medieval Castle. London: Longman, n.d. (Then and There Series)

Wood, Margaret. English Medieval House. n.l.: J.M. Dent, 1965. (pbk 0-06-09178-X)

Beckwith, John. Early Medieval Art. London, UK: Thames and Hudson, 1985. (ISBN 0 500 20019 X)

Bjoern, Arne. Exploring Fire and Clay. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1969.

Borenius, T.; Tristram, E. English Medieval Painting. Florence: n.p., 1927.

Brondsted, J. Early English Ornament. London: Hachette, 1924.

Brown, G. Baldwin. The Arts in Early England. n.l.: n.p., 1903-37.

Divis, Jan. The Art of Bronze Brass and Copper New York: Hamlyn, 1991. ( ISBN 0 600 57268 4)

Earnes. Medieval Tiles. n.l.: Ponly, n.d. (34 p + [15] pl; 0 7141 13263 p 0 7141 13379 h)

Evans, John. Medieval Art in France, 987-1488. London: n.p., 1948.

Franklin, Julian. Brasses. n.l.: Arco Publications, 1964.

Fryer, A.C. Wooden Monumental Effigies. n.l.: n.p., 1924.

Gardner, A. Alabaster tombs. London: Cambridge, 1940.

_____. Medieval Sculpture in France. n.l.: n.p., 1931.

Martindale, Andrew. Gothic Art. New York: Oxford University Press, 1967. (ISBN 67-28194)

Nordenfalk, Carl. Celtic and Anglo Saxon Painting. New York: George Braziller Inc., 1977.

Prior, C.S.; Gardner, A. An Account of Medieval figure sculpture in England. London: Cambridge, 1921.

Schramm, Albert. Der Bilderschmuck der Fruhdrucke. Leipzig, Deutsches Museum fur Buch und Schrift, 1920-23; K.W. Hiersemann, 1924-1943. (096 Sch69b v 1-.21)

This is a 21 vol. series of German woodcuts. They include things like Hortus Sanitatus in several editions; Illustrations from Kaballa; Physiologus; and lots more. Each is the size of an atlas and is packed!

Van Marle, Raimond. The Italian Schools of Painting. The Hague: n.p., 1931. (14 vols)

Wilson, Eva. Early Medieval Designs. (0-7141-8056-4)

De Baghdad `Ispahahan: Manuscrits Islamiques de L'Institut d'itudes orientales, filiale de Saint Pitersbourg, Acadimie des Sciences de Russie. Musie du Petit Palais, 14 Oct. 1994 - 8 Jan 1995, Foundation ARCH Paris-Musies Electa, 1994. (ISBN 2-87900-185-4)

Bain, George. Celtic Art, the methods of construction. (ISBN 0-486-22923-8)

Bologna, Giulia. Illuminated Manuscripts. (ISBN 0-517-12083-6)

Dodwell, C. R. and Peter Clemoes, ed. The Old English illustrated Hexateuch : British Museum Cotton Claudius B. IV. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde og Bagger, 1974. (091.08 Ea761 v.18)

English Romanesque Illumination. Oxford: Bodelian Library, n.d. (Filmstrip)

Holbrook, Zoe. An Apprentice Illuminator's Workbook.

Nesbitt, Alexander. History and Technique of Lettering. New York: Dover, 1957. (300 pp)

A Romanesque Alphabet. Oxford: Bodelian Library, n.d. (Filmstrip)

Soliman le Magnifique. 15 february to 14 may 1990, Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais, Ministhre des Affaires itranghres, Secritariat d'Etat aux relations Culturelles Internationales, Association Frangaise d'Action Artistique.

Thompson, Daniel V. The Materials and Techniques of Medieval Painting. New York: Dover, 1956. (ISBN 0-486-20327-1)

Wilson, Elizabeth B. Bibles and Beastiaries, a guide to illuminated manuscripts. (ISBN 0-374-30685-0)

Wright, David H., ed. The Vespasian Psalter. British Museum, Cotton Vespasian A.I. Copenhagen: Rosenkilde and Bagger, 1967. (091.08 Ea761 v.14)

Hapgood, C.H. Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings. n.l.: Chilton, n.d.

Dolley, R.H.M. Anglo-Saxon Coins. London: n.p., 1961.

Sutherland, C.H.V. Anglo-Saxon Gold Coinage in the Light of the Crondall Hoard. London: Oxford University Press, 1948.

Wool Merchants of the Fifteenth Century. London: Longman, n.d. (Then and There Series)

Hammarberg, I., B. Malmer and T. Zachrisson. Byzantine Coins found in Sweden n.l.: n.p., 1989.

Malmer, B. The Sigtuna Coinage, 995 - 1005 n.l.: n.p., 1989.

Amt, Emilie, ed. Women's Lives in Medieval Europe. New York: Routledge, 1993. (0-4159-0628-8)

Bartlett, Robert, ed. Medieval Panorama. Los Angeles: J Paul Getty Museum, 2001. (0-89236-642-7, 0-89236-643-5 (pbk))

Bessinger, J.B.; Creed, R.P. Medieval & Linguistic Studies in Honor of F.P. Magoun. London: n.p., 1965.

Boswell, John. The Kindness of Strangers, the Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antique to the Renaissance. New York: Pantheon Books, n.d. (ISBN 0-394-57240-8)

Carson, Rachel L. The Sea Around Us. London, UK: Oxford University Press, 1961.

Chatterton, E. Keble. Ships and Ways of Other Days. n.l.: J.B. Lippincott, 1924.

Geipel, J. The Europeans. n.l.: n.p., 1969.

Hatt, G. The Ownership of Cultivated Land. n.l.: n.p., 1939.

Kenyon, Sherrilyn. Everyday Life in the Middle Ages, The British Isles from 500 to 1500. (The Writers Guide To series) Cincinnati: Writers Digest Books, 1995. (ISBN 0-89879-663-6)

CAUTION -- This lady seems to have good intentions, but there are MANY errors in her data and we have serious issues with some of her sources. Most of her illustrations are from RenFaire and Museum Replicas catalogue (which she appears to consider good documentation). Any information from this source should be viewed with considerable caution, and checked against numerous other sources.

The Medieval Tournament. London: Longman, n.d. (Then and There Series)

The Medieval Town. London: Longman, n.d. (Then and There Series)

The Medieval Village. London: Longman, n.d. (Then and There Series)

The Medieval World. London: Longman, n.d. (Then and There Series) (Filmstrip)

Netzer, Nancy. Medieval Objects in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: Metalwork. (ISBN 0 87846 327 5)

Newman, Paul B. Daily Life in the Middle Ages. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, 2001. (ISBN 0-7864-0897-9 (pbk., alkaline paper))

Nickel, Helmut. Warriors and Worthies. n.l.: Atheneum, 1969.

Orme, Nicholas. Medieval Children. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2001. (ISBN 0-300-08541-9 (alkaline paper))

Pearsall, D.A.; Waldron, R.A. Medieval Literature and Civilization. London: n.p., 1969.

Pritsak, Omeljan. The Origins of the Old Rus' Weights and Monetary Systems: Two Studies in Western Eurasian Metrology and Numismatics in the Seventh to Eleventh Centuries. n.l.: Harvard University Press, 1998

Singman, Jeffrey L. Daily Life in Medieval Europe. Westport CO: Greenwood Press, 1999. (ISBN 0-313-30273-1)

Binchy, D.A. Celtic and Anglo-Saxon Kingship. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970.

Clarke, Howard et al. Ireland and Scandinavia in the Early Viking Age. n.l.: Four Courts Press, 1997. (ISBN 1-85-182-235-6) 400pp.

The Days of James IV of Scotland. London: Longman, n.d. (Then and There Series)

Doherty, Charles. Early Ireland 5th to 12th Century. n.l.: n.p., 1982.

Etchingham, Colman. Viking Raids on Irish Church Settlements in the 9th Century. n.l.: Maynooth, 1996. (ISBN 0-901519-944) 79pp.

Fox, Sir Cyril. The Find of the Early Iron Age at LLyn Cerrig Bach in Anglesey. n.l.: National Museum of Wales, 1946.

Howlett, David. Pillars of Wisdom in Ireland and England. n.l.: Four Courts Press, 1997. 220pp.

Hudson, Benjamin T. Prophecy of Berchan: Irish/Scottish High-Kings of the Early Middle Ages. n.l.: n.p., 1996.

Jackson, Kenneth Huldstone, trans. A Celtic Miscellany. New York: Penguin Books, n.d.

MacNiocaill, Gearoid. Ireland Before the Vikings. n.l.: n.p., 1972.

Ni Bhrolchain, Muireann. An Banshenchas: The Lore of Women. n.l.: Four Courts Press, 1997. (ISBN 1-85182-245-3) 256pp.

O'Croinin, Daibhi. Early Medieval Ireland 400-1200. n.l.: n.p., 1995.

Sutherland, Elizabeth. Five Euphemias : Women in Medieval Scotland, 1200-1420. New York: St Martin's Press, 1999. (ISBN 0-312-22284-X)

Burne, A.H., Lt. Col. The Agincourt War. London: n.p., 1957.

_____. The Crecy War. London: n.p., 1955.

Darby, H.C., ed. An Historical Geography of England before 1800. n.l.: n.p., 1936.

Dyer, Christopher. Everyday Life in Medieval England. London: Hambleton and London, 2000. (ISBN 1-85285-201-1 (pbk.), 1-85285-112-0)

Egan, Geoff. The medieval household, daily living c1150-c1450: Medieval finds from Excavations in London 6. London, UK: Museum of London (HMSO), 1998.

Emerson, Kathy Lynn. Everyday Life in Renaissance England, from 1485-1649. (The Writers Guide To series) Cincinnati: Writers Digest Books, 1996. (ISBN 0-89879-752-7)

The Golden Age of Northumbria. London: Longman, n.d. (Then and There Series)

Henry Percy and Henry VIII. London: Longman, n.d. (Then and There Series)

Jackson, Robert. Dark Age Britain. n.l.: Patrick Stephens Ltd., n.d. (ISBN 0-85059-622-X)

Morris, J.E. The Welsh Wars of Edward the First. n.l.: Oxford, 1901.

Elizabethan Citizen. London: Longman, n.d. (Then and There Series)

Elizabethan Court. London: Longman, n.d. (Then and There Series)

Elizabethan Village. London: Longman, n.d. (Then and There Series)

Adams, Arthur E., Ian M. Matley and William D. McCagg. An Atlas of Russian and East European History. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. (204 pp; U-613, LOC 66-18884)

Croutier, Alev Lytle. Harem: The World Behind the Veil. New York: Abbeville Press, 1989. (1-5585-9159-1)

Gimbutas, Dr. Marija. The Balts. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1963. (286 pp; 913.474 G LOC 63-18018)

Hansen, Jens Pederhart, ed. The Greenland Mummies. London: The British Museum, 1991. (0-71412500-8)

investigation of the 1475 burials of six women and two children

Jayusi, S. K., ed. Legacy of Muslim Spain. n.d.: Brill, 199?.

Jordanes; Mierow, C.C., ed. Gothic History of Jordanes. n.l.: Speculum Historiale, 1966.

Pouncy, Carolyn Johnston. The Domostroi. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1994. (0-8014-2410-0)

Rules for Russian households in the time of Ivan the Terrible (essentially the Medieval Home Companion for Russia)

Smith, G. Rex. Medieval Muslim Horsemanship: A Fourteenth Century Arabic Cavalry Manual. London: The British Library, 1979. (0-9046-5412-5)

The Norman Conquest. London: Longman, n.d. (Then and There Series)

R.C. Bell. Board and Table Games from Many Civilizations. New York: Dover, 1979. (ISBN 0-486-23855-5, LC 79-51819. The UK publisher is Constable and Company.)

Falkener, Edward. Games Ancient & Oriental and How to Play Them. New York: Dover, n.d.

Fiske, Willard. Chess in Iceland.

Grunfeldt, Frederic V., ed. The World of Games: Their Origins and History, How to Play Them, and How to Make Them. New York: Ballantine Books, 1975. (ISBN 0-345-25531-3; LC 75-13812)

Murray, H. J. R. A History of Chess.

_____. A History of Board Games Other Than Chess.

Crisp, Sir F. Medieval Gardens. New York: Hacker, 1979 (reprint).

Harvey, J.H. Medieval Gardens. London, UK: Batsford, 1981.

Landsberg, Sylvia. The Medieval Garden. New York.: Thames and Hudson, 1995. (ISBN 0-500-01691-7)

McLean, T.Medieval English Gardens. London, UK: Collins, 1994 (2nd ed.).

Peplow, E. and R. Medieval Gardens. London, UK: David and Charles, 1988.

Stokstad, M., and Stannard, J. Gardens of the Middle Ages. Kansas City: University of Kansas Press, 1983.

Adams, Arthur E., Ian M. Matley and William D. McCagg. An Atlas of Russian and East European History. New York: Frederick A. Praeger, 1967. (204 pp; U-613, LOC 66-18884)

Darby, H.C., ed. An Historical Geography of England before 1800. n.l.: n.p., 1936.

Watts, May Theilgaard. Reading the Landscape of Europe. n.l.: Harper & Row, 1971.

Gerard, John. The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. n.l.: n.p., 1597.

Keville, Kathi. Herbs, An Illustrated Encyclopedia. A Complete Culinary, Cosmetic, Medicinal, and Ornamental Guide. New York: Barnes & Noble, 1997. ISBN 0 7607 0486 4.

Ody, Penelope. The Complete Medicinal Herbal. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1993.

Parkinson, John. Theatrum Botanicum: The Theatre of Plants or an Herball of a Large Extent.

Simmons, Mrs. Adelma Grenier. Herb Gardening in Five Seasons.

Abbott, E.A. A Shakespearian Grammar. New York: Dover, n.d.

Baugh, A. A History of the English Language. n.l.: n.p., 1965.

Bessinger, J.B.; Creed, R.P. Medieval & Linguistic Studies in Honor of F.P. Magoun. London: n.p., 1965.

Bloomfield, L. Language. n.l.: n.p., 1933.

Esposito, Mario. Latin Learning in Medieval Europe. n.l.: n.p., 1988.

Haas, M. Prehistory of Languages. The Hague: n.p., 1970.

Hall, R. Pidgin and Creole Languages. New York: Cornell University Press, 1966.

Hoenigswald, H. Language Change and Linguistic Reconstruction. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965.

Kibler, W. An Introduction to Old French. n.l.: MLA, n.d. (ISBN 0-07352-292-3)

Leeds Studies in English, I. n.l.: n.p., 1932.

Sapir, E. Language. London: Oxford, 1921.

Strang, Barbara. History of English. n.l.: Methuen, n.d.

Vildomes, V. Multilingualism. n.l.: Leyden, 1963.

Weinreich, U. Languages in Contact. The Hague: n.p., 1953.

Amt, Emilie, ed. Women's Lives in Medieval Europe. New York: Routledge, 1993. (0-4159-0628-8)

Budge. The Decrees of Memphis and Canopus. London: n.p., 1904. (3 vols)

Drew, Katherine Fisher (trans.). The Burgundian Code, a Book of Constitutions or Law of Gundobad... Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1972. (ISBN 0-8122-0135-2)

Lyons, Bryce. A Constitutional and Legal History of Medieval England.

Magna Carta. London: Longman, n.d. (Then and There Series)

Stubbs, William. Select Charters and Other Illustrations of English Constitutional History from the Earliest Times to the Reign of Edward the First... Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1929.

Pearsall, D.A.; Waldron, R.A. Medieval Literature and Civilization. London: n.p., 1969.

A Chaucer Coloring Book. San Francisco: Bellerophon Books, 1973. (48 pp with record; ISBN 0-88388-017-2)

Chaucer, Geoffrey; Illus. Irons, Gregory. Wife of Bath. San Francisco: Bellerophon Books, n.d.

Chaucer, Geoffrey; Hopper, Vincent F., trans. Chaucer's Canterbury Tales An Interlinear Translation. Great Neck, NY: Barron's, 1960. (448 pp)

Hussey, Stanley S. Chaucer: An Introduction. n.l.: Methuen, n.d.

_____. Piers Plowman: Critical Approaches. n.l.: Methuen, n.d.

Gradon, Pamela. Form & Style in Early English Literature. n.l.: Methuen, n.d.

Kane, G. Middle English Literature. n.l.: Methuen, n.d.

Wilson, R.M. Early Middle English Literature. n.l.: Methuen, n.d.

Dioscorides. Materia Medica.

Wright, C. E. Bald's Leechbook (British Museum Royal manuscript 12D xvii). Copenhagen: Rosenkilde and Bagger, 1955. [also Baltimore, Johns Hopkins Press] (091.08 Ea761 v.5)

Dickins, B. Runic & Heroic Poems. n.l.: Cambridge, 1915.

Menner, R.J. The Poetical Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn. New York: n.p., 1941.

Christofides, Constantine. Notes toward a history of medieval and renaissance art : with a translation of the pilgrim's guide to Saint-James of Compostela. Seattle: University of Washington Press, c1976.

Codex Calixtinus de la Catedral de Santiago de Compostela. [Madrid?] : Kaydeda Ediciones, 1993.

Cumont, Franz. Astrology and Religion Among the Greek and Romans. New York: Dover, n.d.

_____. The Mysteries of Mithra. New York: Dover, n.d.

_____. Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism. New York: Dover, n.d.

Dyer, T.F. Thistelton. Folklore of Shakespeare. New York: Dover, 1965. (526 pp; 21614-4)

Haymes, Marguerite. Magic and Power of Symbols. n.l.: Award (Galaxy), n.d.

The Medieval Monastery. London: Longman, n.d. (Then and There Series)

Medieval Pilgrimages. London: Longman, n.d. (Then and There Series)

Melczer, William. The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela. New York: Italica Press, 1993. (ISBN 0-934977-25-9) (translates book 5 [*] of the Liber Sancti Jacobi, which is the Pilgrim's Guide, and has several other interesting sections of commentary on thehistory of the cult of St James, the Pilgrim Route etc.)

Menner, R.J. The Poetical Dialogues of Solomon and Saturn. New York: n.p., 1941.

Muller, F. Max, trans. The Upanishads. New York: Dover, n.d.

Page, Raymond Ian; T. Hofstra, L.A.J.R. Houwen, and A.A. MacDonald, ed. "Pagans and Christians: the interplay between Christian Latin and traditional Germanic cultures in early medieval Europe" in Proceedings of the Second Germania Latina Conference held at the University of Groningen, May 1992 Groningen: Egbert Forsten, c1995) (Contents include: "Anglo-Saxon Paganism: the Evidence of Bede" by R.I. Page ISBN: 9069800764)

Parkinson, John. Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris. n.l.: n.p.,1629.

The Relics of St. Cuthbert. n.l.: Battiscombe, 1956.

Schweikle, Gunther. Das Nibelungenlied in spatmittelalterlichen Illustrationen (Die 37 Bildseiten des Hundeshagenschen Kodex MS. GERM. FOL 855). Bozen: Athesia, 1968. (PT1587 .H6)

Shaver-Crandell, Annie. The pilgrim's guide to Santiago de Compostela : a gazetteer. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, c1995.

Thomas, William and Kate Pavitt. The Book of Talismans, Amulets & Zodiacal Gems. n.l.: Wilshire Book Co., n.d. (ISBN 0 85030 042 8)

Williams, John and Alison Stones (eds.) The Codex Calixtinus and the Shrine of St. James. Tumubingen: G. Narr, c1992.

de Wulf, Prof. M. Introduction to Scholastic Philosophy. New York: Dover, n.d.

_____. Philosophy and Civilization in the Middle Ages. New York: Dover, n.d.

_____. The System of Thomas Aquinas. New York: Dover, n.d.

Gardner. Ironwork part 1. (0-905209-00-1)

Lindberg. Science in the Middle Ages.

Peregrinius, Petrus. "On the Magnet" in Electical World and Engineer 43 (1904): 598-601.

Poole, R.L. Illustrations of the History of Medieval Thought and Learning. New York: Dover, n.d.

Redgrove, H. Stanley. Alchemy : ancient and modern.

Singer, Charles, E.J. Holmyard and A.R. Hall. A History of Technology, Vol I. London: Oxford University Press, 1967.

Smith, Julian. "Precursors to Peregrinus: The Early History of Magnetism and the Mariner's Compass in Europe," in Journal of Medieval History 18 (1992): 21-74.

Source Book of Medieval Science. Cambridge, Mass: Harvard University Press, 1974.

Wilson, D.M. Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork 700-1100 in the British Museum. London: n.p., 1964.

Windelband, W. History of Ancient Philosophy. New York: Dover, n.d.

Abbott, E.A. A Shakespearian Grammar. New York: Dover, n.d.

Dyer, T.F. Thistelton. Folklore of Shakespeare. New York: Dover, 1965. (526 pp; 21614-4)

Kott, Jan; Boleslaw Taborski, trans. Shakespeare Our Contemporary. n.l.: Anchor, n.d.

van Doren, Mark. Shakespeare. n.l.: Anchor, n.d.

Elizabethan Ship. London: Longman, n.d. (Then and There Series)

Bass, F. George, ed. A History of Seafaring. n.l.: Walker and Co., 1972.

Chatterton, E. Keble. Ships and Ways of Other Days. n.l.: J.B. Lippincott, 1924.

Landstroem, Bjoern. The Ship. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, n.d.

Sailing into the past : proceedings of the International Seminar on Replicas of Ancient and Medieval Vessels. Roskilde : Viking Ship Museum, 1986. (237 pp. : ill., maps, ports.)

Doménech (Galissá), Rafael and Luis Pérez Bueno; trans. Grace Hardendorff Burr. Antique Spanish Furniture (Muebles Antiguos Espanoles). New York: Bonanza Books, 1964.

A scattering of pieces from the Middle Ages and Renaissance though the emphasis is post Renaissance.

Ball, Richard and Peter Campbell. Master Pieces. New York: Hearst Books, 1983. (ISBN 0-688-02488-2)

While including a number of pieces from the middle ages and renaissance, the woodworking on these pieces includes a number of non-period techniques and interpretations. It should be used with caution.

Eames, Penelope. Medieval Furniture: Furniture in England, France and the Netherlands from the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Century. London, UK: The Furniture History Society, 1977. (ISBN 0903335 02 6)

Goodman, William Louis. The history of woodworking tools. New York: D. McKay, c1964.

Perhaps the definitive work on historical woodworking tools. It has its problems, some due to its date and in light of more recent archaeology, but an excellent starting point.

Hewett, Cecil A. English Historic Carpentry. London, UK: Phillimore and Co., 1980. (ISBN 0-85033-354-7)

Mercer, Eric. Furniture 700-1700. New York: Meredith Press, 1969.

Mercer, Henry C. Ancient Carpenters' Tools. Doylestown, Penn.: The Bucks County Historical Society, 1968 (4th ed.). (LC 60-15258)

The majority of this book deals with tools of the18th and 19th century eastern US despite its title. It does however contain a reasonable amount on Roman tools. Tools of the middle ages and renaissance are sadly under represented. And whatever the author may think 1596 is not "ancient".

Tomlin, Maurice. English Furniture - An Illustrated Handbook. London, UK: Faber and Faber, 1972. (ISBN 0 571 08381 1)

A few examples from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Sadly under represented though.

Wanscher, Ole. The Art of Furniture. New York: Reinhold Publishing Corporation, 1966.

A few medieval and renaissance pieces.

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