Medieval

Medieval

Marshall Cavendish Digital 
Exploring the Middle Ages - online encyclopedia about the Medieval period
See Ms. Averill for the username for McGee and the password for MCDigital.

http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/
 

Art and Architecture
Manuscript [Book] Illuminations
Castles
Clothing
Furniture
Gargoyles
Heraldry (Shields and Crests)
Ivories
Knights, Excalibur, Jousts and War
Metal Work
Musical Instruments
Stained Glass
Tapestries
Tiles
Background Information

 

Art and Architecture

Medieval Art
http://arthist.cla.umn.edu/aict/html/medieval.html

Images of Medieval Art and Architecture
http://www.pitt.edu/~medart/

The Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland
http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/crsbi/frsearchthecorpus.html

Gothic Art and Architecture
Digital Imaging Project
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/index/index3.html#goth

Ani:  A Visual Tour of a Deserted  Medieval Armenian city
http://www.virtualani.freeserve.co.uk/

The Cloisters
Medieval works of art
http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/department.asp?dep=7

Musee National du Moyen Age [National Museum of the Middle Ages]

http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/ang/homes/home_id20860_u1l2.htm

Moyses Hall Museum
http://www.stedmundsbury.gov.uk/sebc/visit/moyses-hall.cfm

Medieval Town of Zuerich
http://www.geocities.com/hrordorf/hpage3a.htm

The Virtual Gothic Cathedral
http://www.newyorkcarver.com/stonecutters.htm

Exeter Cathedral
http://hds.essex.ac.uk/exetercath/index.html

Medieval Art
Walters Art Museum
http://www.thewalters.org/works_of_art/worksofart_medievalG.aspx

The Labyrinth Company
Reproductions of Medieval Labyrinths
http://www.labyrinthcompany.com/

Labyrinth Society
The Medieval Group

http://www.labyrinthsociety.org/html/medieval.html

Views of Peasant Houses
Wharram Percy
http://loki.stockton.edu/~ken/wharram/peasant.htm

 

 

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Knights , Excalibur, Jousts and War

Knighthood, Chivalry and Tournaments Resource Library
http://www.chronique.com/

Knights
http://www.tooter4kids.com/MedievalTimes/knights.htm

Medieval Times [reenactment of jousts]
http://www.medievaltimes.com/

Medieval Center Denmark
http://members.iinet.net.au/~rmine/middel.html

Excalibur - Sword in the Stone
http://www.crystalinks.com/excalibur.html

Medieval Fantasy Swords and Daggers
http://www.fantasycastlegifts.com/armory/swords2.html

Non-Gunpowder Artillery
Medieval Mechanical Artillery
Societe de l'Oriflamme
http://xenophongroup.com/montjoie/ngp_arty.htm

The Grey Company Trebuchet Page
http://members.iinet.com.au/~rmine/gctrebs.html

Armedieval
http://xenophongroup.com/montjoie/armed_en.htm

Medieval Sword Resource Site
http://www.vikingsword.com/

Medieval Arms Race
Medieval Siege
Secrets of Lost Empires
NOVA Online
PBS
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lostempires/trebuchet/race.html

Bellifortis
[Illuminated book about Medieval warfare]
NYPL Digital Gallery

http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/dgkeysearchresult.cfm?parent_id=185767&word=

 

 

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Castles

*Castles of the World
http://www.castles.org/

Castles on the Web
The Castle Photo Archive
http://www.castlesontheweb.com/photoarchive/index.php

Castles in the Middle Ages
http://csis.pace.edu/grendel/projs3h/castles.htm

Caerlaverock Castle
Undiscovered Scotland
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/dumfries/caerlaverock/index.html

Ghosts in the Castle
National Geographic
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/castles/enter.html

 

 

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Heraldry (Shields and Crests)

Heraldique europeen
http://www.heraldique-europeenne.org/Accueil.htm

International Civic Arms
http://www.ngw.nl/

 

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Ivories

Antler, Bone, and Ivory
The Normands, A European People
The Normand Heritage, 10 - 12th century
The Archaeological and Artistic Heritage of England

http://www.mondes-normands.caen.fr/angleterre/archeo/Angleterre/bone_index.htm


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Manuscript [Book] Illuminations

Richelieu Manuscrits Francais
Manuscrits enlumines
Bibiotheque nationale de France
http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/Notice.php?O=08100051
http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/Notice.php?O=08100052

http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/Notice.php?O=08100056

http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/Notice.php?O=08100063

http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/Notice.php?O=08100161

http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/Notice.php?O=08100285

http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/Notice.php?O=08100016

http://gallica.bnf.fr/scripts/Notice.php?O=08100019

Les tres riches heures du Duc de Berry
Web Musuem
[Illustrations of the rich and poor in Medieval times as the seasons change during the year]
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/rh/

The Leaves of Gold Learning Center
Leaves of Gold:  Treasures of  Manuscript Illumination from Philadelphia Museums
http://www.leavesofgold.org/learn/index.html

DScriptorium
http://www.byu.edu/~hurlbut/dscriptorium/dscriptorium.html

Les tres riche heures du Duc de Berry
http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/rh/

The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux:  Prayer Book for a Queen
Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Jde/jde1.htm

Medieval and Renaissance Illuminated Manuscripts from Western Europe
NYPL Digital Gallery
http://digitalgallery.nypl.org/nypldigital/explore/dgexplore.cfm?topic=all&collection_list=MedievalandRenaissan&col_id=173

Bodleian Library
Browse images of Western manuscripts
http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/dept/scwmss/wmss/medieval/browse.htm#11th

The Life of King Edward the Confessor
http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/MSS/Ee.3.59/

Early Manuscripts at Oxford University
http://image.ox.ac.uk/

Manuscripts and illuminations
Koninklikje Bibliotheek
http://www.kb.nl/kb/100hoogte/menu-tours-en.html#hss

The Medieval Bestseller:  The Books of Hours
P. J. Getty Museum
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/books/

Making the Medieval Book
J. P. Getty Museum
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/making/

Images of Violence in the Medieval World
J. P. Getty Museum
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/violence/

The Medieval Bookshelf:  From Romance to Astronomy
J. P. Getty Museum
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/bookshelf/

500 Years of Manuscript Illustration
J. P. Getty Museum
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/years_of_mss/

Masterpieces in Miniature:  Italian Manuscripts from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
J. P. Getty Museum
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/mss_miniature/

Songs of Praise:  Illuminated Choir Books
J. P. Getty Museum
http://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/choirbooks/

Bestiary
Bibliotheque national de France
http://expositions.bnf.fr/bestiaire/expo/index.htm

Gallica
Bibliotheque national de France
[Press Decouvrez, select Moyen Age from the timeline, click on Images d'un si�cle:
Moyen Age
, scroll to the bottom and click on voir la liste des cotes to see the list of pages, 
click on the page name to see the image, click on the same image to enlarge it]
http://gallica.bnf.fr/

The Aberdeen Bestiary
http://www.abdn.ac.uk/bestiary/

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Stained Glass

Medieval Stained Glass
World Art Kiosk
California State University

http://worldart.sjsu.edu/PRT47?sid=17430&x=3102173&x=3102174

Stained Glass in Medieval Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art

http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/glas/hd_glas.htm

Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi (or CVMA) 
Picture Archive of Medieval Stained Glass

http://www.cvma.ac.uk/archive/archive.html


An international research project dedicated to the publication of medieval stained glass

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Furniture and Furnishings

Albion Works
Reproductions of Medieval Furniture

http://www.albionworks.net/

Arteso Medieval Furniture Reproductions
http://www.arteso.com/

Europe AD 1000 - 1540 [Late Medieval]
Explore / Galleries

The British Museum

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/galleries/europe/room_42_europe_ad_1000-1540.aspx

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Tiles

Museum of Medieval and Encaustic Tiles
http://www.historictile.com/msmpg.html

Decorated Medieval Tiles of Lincolnshire
http://www.lincsheritage.org/community_heritage/guides_information/medieval_tiles/index.php

Medieval Collection
http://stampsmith.net/medieval.htm

More Medieval Designs
http://stampsmith.net/medieval2.htm

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Tapestries

The Bayeux Tapestry
http://www.hastings1066.com/

The Unicorn Tapestries
Metropolitan Museum of Art

http://www.metmuseum.org/explore/Unicorn/unicorn_inside.htm

The Nine Heroes Tapestry
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/medny/albertini3.html

European Tapestry Production
1400 - 1600 A.D.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/taps/hd_taps.htm

Medieval Tapestry High Gothic Wall Hangings
Real Tapestry
http://www.realtapestry.com/ECscripts/ECware.exe/dcp?id=001&subcategory=Medieval%2DGothic+HW&type=A1QN21&lc=EN

 

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Metal Work

Medieval Metalwork and Enamels
National Gallery of Art

http://www.nga.gov/collection/gallery/medieval/medieval-main1.html

Iron
The Archaeological and Artistic Heritage of England
The Normands, A European People
The Normand Heritage, 10 - 12th century
http://www.mondes-normands.caen.fr/angleterre/archeo/Angleterre/iron_index.htm

 

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Musical Instruments

A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
Musica Antiqua
Iowa State University

http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html

 

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Clothing

Prince and Princesses
http://www.beeswaxrubberstamps.com/princeandprincesses.htm

Extant Clothing of the Middle Ages
Assembled by Cynthia du Pre Argent
http://www.virtue.to/articles/extant.html

Footwear of the Middle Ages
http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/SHOEHOME.HTM

Costumes
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/medieval/francais/vqcost1.htm

15th Century Female Flemish Dress
http://www.uvm.edu/~hag/sca/15th/index.html

Revival Clothing
Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournaments
http://www.chronique.com/

 

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Background Information

Exploring the Middle Ages
Marshall Cavendish Digital
(Ask Ms. Averill for the user name for McGee and the password for the MC Digital resource.)
http://www.marshallcavendishdigital.com/encnav/Exploring-the-Middle-Ages.18

Middle Ages
http://www.learner.org/exhibits/middleages/

Life during the Middle Ages
http://www.medieval-life.net/life_main.htm

Medieval England
http://www.britainexpress.com/History/medieval_britain_index.htm

Medieval Timeline Reference
http://www.btinternet.com/~timeref/

Castles-of-Britain
[Describes many aspects of life in the Middle ages.]

http://www.castles-of-britain.com/castle6.htm

Medieval Technology
http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/tekpages/Technology.html

Medieval Science
Replica Instruments
Richard Paselk
Department of Chemistry
Humboldt State University
http://www.humboldt.edu/~rap1/EarlySciInstSite/Instruments/RepInst.htm

The Astrolabe
http://www.astrolabes.org/

Medieval / Renaissance Food Clip Art Collection
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/food-art/

Mr. Dowling's Middle Ages
http://www.mrdowling.com/703middleages.html


Age of Chivlary, or Legends of King Arthur
Bullfinche's Mythology [e-book]

http://etext.library.adelaide.edu.au/b/bulfinch/thomas/b93chi/

Updated 20 October 2008  L. Averill

 

Submitted by webmaster on October 19, 2008 - 8:04pm