• Medieval Art (through the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History)
  • Gothic Art
  • Arms and Armor in Medieval Europe
  • Art and Death in the Middle Ages
  • Art for the Christian Liturgy in the Middle Ages
  • The Art of the Book in the Middle Ages
  • Burgundian Netherlands: Court Life and Patronage
  • Burgundian Netherlands: Private Life
  • Classical Antiquity in the Middle Ages
  • The Crusades (1095–1291)
  • The Cult of the Virgin Mary in the Middle Ages
  • The Decoration of European Armor
  • Drawing in the Middle Ages
  • Early Netherlandish Painting
  • The Face in Medieval Sculpture
  • Fashion in European Armor
  • Fashion in European Armor, 1000–1300
  • Fashion in European Armor, 1300–1400
  • Fashion in European Armor, 1400–1500
  • Feudalism and Knights in Medieval Europe
  • The Function of Armor in Medieval and Renaissance Europe
  • The Holy Roman Empire and the Habsburgs, 1400–1600
  • Horse Armor in Europe
  • How Medieval and Renaissance Tapestries Were Made
  • Intentional Alterations of Early Netherlandish Painting
  • Italian Painting of the Later Middle Ages
  • Ivory and Boxwood Carvings, 1450–1800
  • Ivory Carving in the Gothic Era, 13th–15th centuries
  • Jews and the Arts in Medieval Europe
  • Late Medieval German Sculpture
  • Late Medieval German Sculpture: Images for the Cult and for Private Devotion
  • Late Medieval German Sculpture: Materials and Techniques
  • Late Medieval German Sculpture: Polychromy and Monochromy
  • List of Rulers of Europe
  • Manuscript Illumination in Northern Europe
  • The Master of Monte Oliveto (active about 1305–35)
  • Medieval Aquamanilia
  • Medieval European Sculpture for Buildings
  • Mendicant Orders in the Medieval World
  • Monasticism in Medieval Christianity
  • The Nude in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance
  • Painting in Italian Choir Books, 1300–1500
  • Painting in Oil in the Low Countries and Its Spread to Southern Europe
  • Painting the Life of Christ in Medieval and Renaissance Italy
  • Patronage at the Early Valois Courts (1328–1461)
  • Patronage at the Later Valois Courts (1461–1589)
  • Patronage of Jean de Berry (1340–1416)
  • Pilgrimage in Medieval Europe
  • Popular Religion: Magical Uses of Imagery in Byzantine Art
  • Private Devotion in Medieval Christianity
  • Relics and Reliquaries in Medieval Christianity
  • The Religious Relationship between Byzantium and the West
  • Stained Glass in Medieval Europe
  • Venice and the Islamic World, 828–1797
  • Venice's Principal Muslim Trading Partners: the Mamluks, the Ottomans, and the Safavids

GOTHIC (Northern Europe)
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• Thematic Essays on Gothic Art: Special Topics (through the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History)
• Artists of the Gothic Period (list and links provided through the Artcyclopedia)
• Tips & Tricks of Gothic Geometry (though newyorkcarver.com), with links to
  • Gothic Trefoil Design
  • Ogee Arch
  • Equilateral Arch
  • Rose Window
• Gothic Architecture in France (through Romanes.com)
  • Cathédrale de Bourges
  • Cathédrale de Chartres
  • Cathédrale de Saint Denis
  • Cathédrale de Reims
  • Cathédrale de Senlis
  • Cathédrale Saint Pierre de Beauvais
  • Cathédrale de Sarlat
  • Notre Dame de Paris
  • Sainte Chapelle
  • Saint Eustache
  • St Germer de Fly
  • Dampierre sur Boutonne
  • Boiscommun
  • Abbatiale de Saint Leu d'Esserent
  • Auvers sur Oise
  • Saint Denis de Méry sur Oise
  • Saint Nicolas d'Ercuis
  • Saint Pierre et Saint Paul de Précy sur Oise
  • N.D. des Anges de lsle sur la Sorgue
• Salisbury Cathedral
• Winchester Cathedral
• Tintern Abbey (through The Castles of Wales)
• Gothic (mainly architectural) sculptures from the 13th and 14th centuries (through the Web Gallery of Art, created by Emil Kren and Daniel Marx)
  • Gothic architectural sculptures (1200-1230)
  • Gothic architectural sculptures (1231-1250)
  • Gothic architectural sculptures and tombs (1251-1300)
  • Gothic architectural sculptures and tombs (1301-1350)
  • Gothic architectural sculptures and tombs (1351-1400)
• International Gothic Style in Painting (a tour by Web Gallery of Art), with links to
  • Terminology
  • Historical background
  • Devotional images
  • From the model-book to the sketch-book
  • Characteristics of the style and its emergence
  • History of the style
  • Summary
  • Bibliography
• Gothic Painting (1280-1515) (through The WebMuseum, Paris), with links to:
  • International Gothic Style, with links to:
    • Les Trés Riches Heures du Duc de Berry
  • Innovation in the North, with link to:
    • Jan van Eyck
  • Late Gothic Painting
• La Sainte Chapelle (in French)
• Amiens Cathedral (through Media Center for Art History, Columbia University)
• The Virtual Abbey: Medieval Tour (though newyorkcarver.com)

MANUSCRIPTS
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• The Hours of Jeanne d'Evreux: Prayer Book for a Queen (through the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
• Manuscripts in the Schøyen Collection (a checklist of 720 Manuscripts spanning 5000 years by Martin Schøyen, Oslo, Norway)
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Monastic scriptoria and provenances
    • Main Collections
      • Bible
      • The Hebrew and Aramaic Bible
      • The Greek New Testament and the Septuagint
      • The Coptic Bible translation
      • The Latin Bible translation
      • Other Bible translations
    • History
      • Sumerian history
      • Babylonian history
      • Assyrian history
      • Persian, Greek and Byzantine History
      • Roman history
      • Medieval history
      • Modern history
    • Literature
      • Sumerian literature
      • Babylonian literature
      • Assyrian literature
      • Classical Greek literature
      • Classical Roman literature
      • Medieval and Renaissance literature
      • Modern literature
    • Palaeography
      • The beginning of writing and the first alphabets
      • Greek book scripts
      • Latin book scripts
      • Latin documentary scripts
      • Greek and various documentary scripts
      • Aramaic, Hebrew and Syriac scripts
      • Arabic scripts
      • Tribes on the American continent, scripts, glyphs, pictographs and drawings
    • Special Collections
      • Patristic literature
      • Liturgy
      • Music
      • Law
      • Mathematics
      • Magical literature
      • Calendars and almanacs
      • Dead Sea Scroll materials
      • Scribal activity, school and learning
      • Papyri and ostraca
      • Bindings and bookboxes
      • Seals
      • Apocryphal literature
      • Nordic countries
      • Dictionaries and Lexical texts
      • China
      • Pre-Gutenberg Printing
      • Buddhism
      • Extinct and living religions
    • Various Smaller Collections
• Medieval Manuscript Manual (created by the Department of Medieval Studies at Central European University, Budapest) (also available here), with a link to a Table of Contents
  • I. Art Patronage and Function of Medieval Manuscripts
    • The Use of Books
  • II. Materials and Techniques of Manuscript Production
    1. Parchment
    2. Papyrus
    3. Paper
    4. Ruling
    5. Pen
    6. Ink
    7. Gilding
    8. Pigments
    9. Bookbinding
  • III. The Structure of Medieval Books
    • Arrangement of the Text
  • IV. Typology of Medieval Books
    • The Bible
    • Liturgical Books
    • Diverse Types of Books
  • V. Manuscript Illumination
    • History, Artists, and Works
    • The Technique of Illumination in the Middle Ages and in the Renaissance
  • VI. Glossary
  • VII. Bibliography
• Gothic manuscript painting (miniatures) from the 13th to 15th centuries (through the Web Gallery of Art, created by Emil Kren and Daniel Marx)
  • Illuminated manuscripts (1251-1300)
  • Illuminated manuscripts (1301-1350)
  • Illuminated manuscripts (1351-1400)
  • Illuminated manuscripts (1401-1450)
  • Illuminated manuscripts (1451-1500)
  • Illuminated manuscripts (1501-1550)
• The Black Hours in the The Morgan Library & Museum, New York
• The Burnet Psalter (in the Special Collections and Archives, University of Aberdeen), with links to:
  • Introduction
  • The contents and their arrangement
  • Index to the Manuscript
  • The writing of the Manuscript
  • The Calendar, Litanies and Liturgical texts
  • The Prayers and Hymns
  • Editorial Conventions
  • Bibliography
• The St. Albans Psalter (early 12th century), University of Aberdeen, King's College, Aberdeen
  • Introduction
  • Commentary
  • Translation and Transcription
  • Essays
• Piers Plowman manuscripts
• The Aberdeen Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library MS 24)
• The Cantigas de Santa Maria, written during the reign of Alfonso X "El Sabio" (1221-1284), with a link to Illuminations (Greg Lindahl)

• Gothic Art (Wikipedia)
  • Gothic paintings
  • Gothic sculptures
  • Gothic artists
• Gothic Architecture (Wikipedia)