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Medieval Art

Covering European, Byzantine, and Islamic art & architecture from the fall of Rome through the 15th century.

Making an appointment

Viewing Special Collections materials is by appointment only. Contact Christine Mannix (cmannix@ccad.edu).

Bring your CCAD ID card. If your item has a barcode we will "check out" the item. If it doesn't have a barcode, we will hold your ID. For security purposes, we request that you sit at the table across for the circulation desk. One book may be viewed at a time unless special permission is given to view multiple books.

Book handling 101: Wash your hands (no moisturizer, please); no food or drinks allowed; stow belongings; pencil and notebook or laptops only; photos without flash are allowed, but not photocopies. 

Historic Art Books on Medieval Art

Ancient and modern architecture : consisting of views, plans, elevations, sections, and details of the most remarkable edifices in the world, v.1-3

Architecture civile et domestique au moyen âge et à la renaissance, v.1-2 [Civil and domestic architecture in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance], 1855-57

Art gothique: l'architecture--la peinture--la sculpture--le décor [Gothic Art: Architecture - Painting - Sculpture - Decor], 1890

Ausgewählte Ornament-Schnitzwerke des XV.-XVIII. Jahrhunderts [Selected ornament carvings of 15th - 18th centuries]

Biographical dictionary; containing an historical account of all the engravers, from the earliest period of the art of engraving to the present time; and a short list of their most esteemed works, 1785-6  

Byzantine architecture and ornament, 1890

Clair de lune, and other troubadour romances, 1913 [Medieval revival]

Coloured ornament of all historical styles, with coloured plates from own paintings in water colours by Alexander Speltz, 1915

Le Costume historique [Historic costume], 1888 by Auguste Racinet [our big Racinet]

Le Costume historique, trois cent vingt-cinq planches (our "mini" Racinet) 

Decorations polychromes [Polychrome decoration], 190-?

Dictionary of English furniture, from the middle ages to the late Georgian period v.1-3

Discours historique sur la gravure en taille-douce et sur la gravure en bois [Historical treatise on intaglio engraving and wood engraving], 1808 

Étoffes byzantines, coptes, romaines, etc. du IVe au Xe siècle [Byzantine fabrics, Coptic, Roman, etc. 4th to 10th century]

Examples of ancient & modern furniture, metal work, tapestries, decorations, etc., 1877

Examples of Gothic architecture; selected from various ancient edifices in England, v.1-3, Augustus Pugin, 1850

Gli stili nella forma e nel colore, rassegna dell' arte antica e moderna di tutti i paesi [Styles in form and color, review of the ancient and modern art of all countries], 1925

Four maps of Great Britain designed by Matthew Paris about A.D. 1250, reproduced from three manuscripts in the British Museum and one at Corpus Christi college, Cambridge, 1928

Introduction to the study of Gothic architecture, 1874

King's College Chapel, Cambridge, and the college buildings, 1926

Literature of papermaking, 1390-1800, by Dard Hunter, 1971

Matériaux et documents d'architecture et de sculpture [Architectural and Sculptural Materials and Documents], v.1-10, 1872-1921  

Motifs & details choisis d'architecture gothique : empruntés aux anciens édifices de l'Angleterre [Selected motifs & details of Gothic architecture: borrowed from the old buildings of England], v.1-2, Augustus Pugin,  1858

Moyen age et la Renaissance [The Middle Ages and the Renaissance], 1851 

Old London bridge [built in 1209], 1931

Der Ornamentenschatz [Treasure chest of ornament], 1889

Ornement polychrome : cent planches en couleurs, or et argent, contenant environ 2,000 motifs de tous les styles, art ancien et asiatique, Moyen Age, Renaissance, XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles : recueil historique et pratique, [Polychrome ornament : one hundred color plates with gold and silver, containing about 2,000 motifs of all styles: ancient and Asian art, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries: historical collection and practice], v.1-6,  188?

Polychromatic decoration as applied to buildings in the mediæval styles, 1882 [19th century Medieval revival]

Quarterly papers on architecture [Weale's quarterly papers on architecture] v. 1-4, 1844

Religious art in Finland during the Middle Ages : selected examples reproduced with explanatory text, 1921

San Francesco d'Assisi nel poema di Dante e negli affreschi di Giotto [Saint Francis of Assisi in the poem by Dante and in Giotto's frescoes], 1905 [Medieval revival]

Specimens of mediaeval architecture, chiefly selected from examples of the 12th and 13th centuries in France and Italy, 1862

Tapisseries et étoffes coptes [Coptic tapestries and fabrics], 191?