Research guides: Medieval and Byzantine Art: Welcome to Research in Medieval & Byzantine Art

About this Guide

This guide provides a select list of major reference resources in the field of Medieval and Byzantine Art.

Be sure to also explore the Art History - General guide since resources listed there also cover the field of Medieval Art.

Listed below are some additional Research Guides and other online resources that may be useful.

Christianity and the Visual Arts
This research guide is very useful for studies in Medieval Art.

Medieval Family Life This link opens in a new window
The Paston, Cely, Plumpton, Stonor and Armburgh Papers.
This resource contains full colour images of the original medieval manuscripts that comprise these family letter collections along with full text searchable transcripts from the printed editions, where they are available. The original images and the transcriptions can be viewed side by side
Medieval Travel Writing This link opens in a new window
This new collection from Adam Matthew Digital presents manuscripts of some of the most important works of European travel writing from the later medieval period.

Gothic Ivories Project
The Gothic Ivories Project is an online database of ivory sculptures made in Western Europe ca. 1200-ca. 1530 and neo-Gothic ivory pieces.