Sources and Additional Information
Sources from Special Collections
Published Sources
Online Resources
- Clemens, Raymond and Timothy Graham. Introduction to Manuscript Studies. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007.
- De Hamel, Christopher. “Books for Everybody,” in A History of Illuminated Manuscripts. Boston: David R. Godine Publisher Inc., 1986.
Hartje Special ND 2900 D36 1986, 159-185
- Harthan, John. The Book of Hours: With a Historical Survey and Commentary by John Harthan. New York: Park Lane Books, 1982.
Hartje Special ND 3363 A1 H37 1982
Rothe, Edith. Mediaeval Book Illumination in Europe. London: Thames and Hudson, 1968.
Hartje Special ND 2894 G4 R613 1968B
- Wieck, Roger. Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life. New York: George Braziller Inc., 1988.
- Backhouse, Janet. The Illuminated Manuscript. Oxford: Phaidon Press Limited, 1979.
- Harthan, John. An Introduction to Illuminated Manuscripts. London: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1983.
- Watson, Rowan. Illuminated Manuscripts and Their Makers. London: V & A Publications, 2004.
Online resources can also be found on the specific pages of this site. These sites can be found here as well with additional resources that have a more general category with relation to this site.
Learn about Medieval Books of Hours
The Met: The Book of Hours – A Medieval Bestseller
University of Reading: Book of Hours
How is a Book of Hours Created?
Youtube: Vellum Through the Ages by Phillip Pirages
Youtube: Getty Museum: Making Manuscripts
The Making of Medieval Manuscripts: Lecturer Dr. Sally Dormer
ILLUMINATED: Manuscripts in the Making at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge
The University of Alabama at Birmingham: Reynolds-Finley Historical Library