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Reading List for Children and Educators

Children's Reading List

Brookfield, Karen. Books. (Dorling Kindersley, 1993)

Langley, Andrew. Medieval Life. (Dorling Kindersley, 1996).

Robertson, Bruce. Marguerite Makes a Book. Illustrated by Kathryn Hewitt (The J. Paul Getty Museum, 1999)

Wilson, Elizabeth B. Bibles and Bestiaries: A Guide to Illuminated Manuscripts. Straus and Giroux, 1994).

Educator’s Reading List

Alexander, Jonathan J.G. Medieval Illuminators and Their Methods of Work. (Yale University Press, 1994).

Backhouse, Janet. The Lindisfarne Gospels. (Phaidon Press, Inc. 1990).

Backhouse, Janet. Sherborne Missal. (University of Toronto Press, 1999).

Brooke, C., The Monastic World, 1974.

Brown, Michelle B. Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Terms. (Getty Museum, 1994).

Carter, Patricia.  Illuminated Calligraphy.

Child, Heather. The Calligrapher's Handbook (Taplinger, 1985)

DeHamel, Christopher.  The Book:  A History of The Bible (Phaidon 2001)

DeHamel, Christopher.  A History of Illuminated Manuscripts. (Phaidon Press, 1997).

De Hamel, Christopher. Medieval Craftsmen: Scribes and Illuminators. (British Museum, 1992).

Dyer, C. Standards of Living in the Later Middle Ages, 1989.

Fox, Gabrielle. Essential Guide to Making Handmade Books. (F & W Publishing, Inc., 2000).

Holmes, G., ed., The Oxford History of Medieval Europe, 1992.

Holtman, Mollie, ed. Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Illuminated Manuscripts. (Getty Publications, 1997).

Hufton, Susan. Step-By-Step Calligraphy:  A Complete Guide with Creative Projects (Sterling Publishing, 1995)

Jackson, Donald.  The Story of Writing. (Taplinger, 1980)

Jean, Georges. Writing: The Story of Alphabets and Scripts. (Abrams, 1992).

Knowles, David, Christian Monasticism, 1969.

McManners, J., ed., The Oxford Illustrated History of Christianity, 1990.

Mehigan, Janet. Illumination for Calligraphy. (Search Press, 2002).

Oliver, Stefan. Paint Your Own Illuminated Letters. (Quantum Books, 1999).

Parker, Murial M. Illuminated Letter Designs in the Historiated Style of the Middle Ages. (Stemmer House, 1986).

Swanson, R.N., Church and Society in Late Medieval England. 1989

Tanis, James R. et al. Leaves of Gold: Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Collections. (Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2001).

Walther, Ingo F., Wolf, Norbert, The World’s Most Famous Manuscripts. (Taschen America LLC, 2001).

Wilson, Elizabeth B., Pierpont Morgan Library. Bibles and Bestiaries: A Guide to Illuminated Manuscripts. (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994). 



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