Books:
I have collected some interesting books in my Library Thing account. My virtual bookshelf has also some non-medieval costume books, and against normal tradition I’ve also listed there some books that I don’t own, but consider useful.
Internet sources:
- St. Albans Psalter
English illuminates psalter from c. 1120-1145, with mainly Biblical scenes. - Lippoldsberger Evangliar
Illuminated manuscript from around 1150-1170 made in Helmarshausen, Germany. This was destroyed during the Second World War. - Maciejowskin Raamattu
Beautifully illuminated French Bible from c. 1240-1250. - The Life of St Edward the Confessor
Illustrated Anglo-Norman verse Life of St Edward the Confessor, made c. 1250-60. - The Murthly Hours
Illuminated book of hours made in Paris in 1280′s and used in Scotland. - Heidelberger Sachsenspiegel
The most important law-book and legal code of the German Middle Ages, made around 1220. - Codex Manesse
Produced in Zürich between c. 1304 and c.1340 this poetic novella is one of the most beautiful illuminated manuscript in Germany. - Luttrell Psalter
The Psalter was made in England for Sir Geoffrey Luttrell, probably some time between 1325 and 1335. In addition to biblical illumination the psalter also depicts everyday life. - Romance of Alexander
French verse illustrating legends of Alexander the Great with marginal scenes of everyday life, made by the Flemish illuminator Jehan de Grise and his workshop around 1338-44. There are some additions from c. 1400. - Le Roman de la Rose ja Le Jeu des échecs moralisé
Copies made in France c. 1365 by the “Master of Saint Voult” of a popular courtly romance and a treatise on medieval society that uses the game of chess as its framework. - Très Riches Heures du Duc de Barry
Richly illuminated book of hours commissioned by Duke of Berry around 1410. The court of the duke and the common people with their labour of the month are depicted in the beautiful calendar. - Missale Aboense
This Missale was the first book printed for Finland. It was commissioned from a Lübek printer in 1488 and it has beautiful but simple decorated initials. There are four incomplete versions and this is the one situated in the Library of Jyväskylä University.
Articles:
Academic articles:
- Anders Lindkvist: Bland surcotter, struthättor och cotehardies
- Camilla Luise Dahl: Hvad hed tøjet? Dragtbetegnelser omkring 1380-1410
- Vera Hügel: Forskning på hetter og struthetter fra Nordens middelalder
Articles by reenactors:
- Lady Merouda Tremayne: 14th Century Woman’s Clothing: The Luttrell Psalter Period
Instructions:
- Maistresse Mathilde Bourette: Farm Boy… Fetch Me That Pitcher Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Reach My Own Damned Pottery
- Authentieke Viking broeken
- Historiska världars dräkter
