Medieval & Renaissance Art Resources

Databases

International Medieval Bibliography (1967 - present)
Interdisciplinary bibliography of the Middle Ages, covering Europe, the Middle East and North Africa from the period 400-1500. The database comprises over 300,000 articles derived from regular coverage of some 4500 periodicals and 5000 miscellany volume (conference proceedings, essay collections, Festschriften, and exhibition catalogues).
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ITER: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (1859 - present)
Iter indexes over 1,555 journal titles and selected essays from 3,701 scholarly collections related to inter-disciplinary subjects of the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700).

Index of Christian Art
The ICA records works of art produced without geographical limitations from early apostolic times up to A.D. 1400 with a particular emphasis on art of the western world. Seventeen different media are represented in the archive, including manuscripts, metalwork, sculpture, painting, and glass.

Index Islamicus (1906 - present)
Index Islamicus database indexes over 3,000 journals, along with conference proceedings, monographs, and book reviews on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. Subjects covered include the archaeology, architecture, art history, history of the book, languages and religion of the Islamic world.

Dictionaries

Encylopedia of the Middle Ages
Covers subjects including the art, architecture, religions and cultures of medieval Europe from the fifth to the fifteenth century. While focusing on Europe and the Christian world, the Encyclopedia also contains information relating to the rise of Islam and non-western cultures that came into contact with Europeans during this period.

Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
With more than 5,000 entries, this is the standard research tool on 1,100 years of Byzantine history. Exhaustive in its coverage, entries range from patriarchy and emperors to entries on surgery, musical instruments, and the baking of bread, bringing to life this vastly important culture and empire, from the 4th century to the 15th.

Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
With more than 4,000 entries, this reference work covers the art, architecture, culture, literature, history, and includes biographies of important historical figures in Europe from the fourteenth to seventeenth centuries.

Oxford Encylopedia of the Reformation
Over 1,200 entries covering the religious and social change that occurred in Europe during the sixteenth century.

Primary Sources

Early English Books Online (1475-1700)
Full text source of all titles contained in the Pollard & Redgrave's Short Title catalogue, Wing's Short Title catalogue, Thomason Tracts, and Early English Books Tract Supplement.

Empire Online (1492-1962)
Images of original documents from libraries and archives around the world relating to Empire Studies, including many materials from the British Library.

Medieval and Early Modern Sourcebook Online (1100-1800)
Full text primary source documents related to the study of medieval and early modern England, Ireland, and Scotland from the 11th to the 18th centuries. Documents are searchable and include personal and state papers relating to the region's government, history, exploration, and colonial involvements.

Library Instruction Handouts

"Kings, Caliphs, and Emperors: Images of Authority in the Era of the Crusades" (Professor Walker, Spring 2007)

"Rome: The Eternal City in the Middle Ages" (Professor Fleck, Spring 2008)

Websites

Pierpont Morgan Library

British Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Smithsonian/Freer Sackler