Annotated Bibliography
of Donwenna LaMareschale

THE HUNT GUILD 

Persona Development

Davies, John, A History of Wales, Penhuin Press, London, England, 1993

Gies, Frances and Joseph, Life in a Medieval Castle, Sagebrush, 1979

Gies, Frances and Joseph, Marriage in the Middle Ages, Harper & Row Publ., NY 1987

Howarth, David, 1066 the Year of the Conquest,  Viking Press, USA, 1978

Johns, Susan M.  Noblewomen, Aristocracy and Power in the Twelfth-Century Anglo-Norman Realm, Manchester U Press, 2003

Loyd, Lewis, The Origins of Some Anglo-Norman Families, Genealogical Publ, Baltimore, 1985

Morgan, T.J., Welsh Surnames, U of Wales Press, Cardiff, Wales, 1985.

Rowling, Marjorie, Life in Medieval Times, Perigee Book, NY, 1979

Wood, Michael, Domesday-a search for the roots of England, Facts on File Publ, NY, 1985

Hunting in the Middle Age

Charron, Kristi, (February 2005) “Class on Mounted Combat and Hunting” based on the translation of King Duarte of Portugal treatise of the 14th C.

(Download the books at http://www.farreaches.org/foresters/)
Cockaine, Sir Thomas, A Short Treatise on Hunting, 1591

Faulkener, W.G., Treatises of Hawking,Hunting,Fowling and Fishing,

Markham, Gervase, The Art of Archerie , 1634

Markham, Gervase,  Hunger's Prevention, or the whole arte of fouling by water and land, 1671 

The following books can be purchased as facsimiles:
 
Bise, Gabriel, ed. Illuminated Manuscripts of Medieval Hunting Scenes(the Hunting Book of Gaston Phoebus), Tallon, Peter, translator, Miller Graphics, Barcelona, Spain, 1978 This is an English translation of a Spanish translation of Gaston’s book. The benefit of this version is that the pictures of the illuminations are 9" x11" which makes the details easier to see. 

Cummins, John, The Art of Medieval Hunting: The Hound and the Hawk,Phoenix Press, 1988

Phebus, G, The Hunting Book of Gaston Phebus,,c.a. 14th C, (Manuscript fascimile published by Harvey Miller Publ,ISBN 1872501974, London, Great Britain, 1998 This is the original French manuscript.

Phebus, G, The Hunting Book of Gaston Phebus,,c.a. 14th C, Monk, Ian, translator, Hackberry Press,ISBN 1931040389, Paris, France, 2002 . This versionn of the English translation directly from the French manuscript is a ‘coffe table size book with close up details of many of the illuminations. 

Twiti, ,William, The Art of Hunting, 1327 A.D., Danielsson, Bror,editor,ISBN 9122000844, Almqvist & Wilksell Publ, Upssala, Sweden 1977. This is the modern English translation of the Porter Middle English version of the five extant manuscripts of this earliest hunting treatise written by an Englishma.n

Modern Hunting Manuals
Beebe, F, North American Falconry and Hunting Hawks, Jostens Printing, Topeka, Kansas 1985

Cooking Game in the Medieval Times
Buxton, Moira , How to Cook Forsoothly.   Raymond’s Quiet Press, Alburquerque, NM, 1979

Renfrow, Cindy, Take a Thousand Eggs or More-A Collection of 15th Century Recipes, Vol 1&2, 1991

MEDIEVAL HORSE TRAINING

Charron, Kristi, (February 2005) ‘Class on Mounted Combat and Hunting’ based on the translation of King Duarte of Portugal treatise of the 14th C.

De Pluvinel,Antoine, Le Maneige Royal, Hyperion Books , 1999. Period manual on how to train horses.

Xenophon, Art of Horsemanship, Morgan, M.H.(translator), JA Allen & Co, London, Great Britain, 1962  The oldest  manual ever found on training horses.

Research by scholars:

Ayton, Andrew, Knights and Warhorses ,The Boydell Press, Woodbridge, 1994. 

Barber, Richard and Barker, Juliet ,Tournaments: Jousts, Chivalry and Pageants in the Middle Ages, Weidnefeld and Nicolson, New York, 1989. 

Davis, R.H.C., The Medieval Warhorse, London, 1989. 

Gravett, Christopher, Knights at Tournament, Osprey Publ., London, 1988.

Hyland, Ann, Training the Roman Cavalry, Sutton Publishing, London, 1993.

Hyland, Ann, The Warhorse from Byzantium to the Crusades, Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 1994. 

Hyland, Ann The Warhorse 1250-1600, Sutton Publishing, Stroud, 1998.

Modern resources about Ancient horsemanship

Olsen, Susan L. ed., Horses Through Time, Rhinehart Publ for Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Boulder , CO 1995 

	
CONSULTANT HERALDRY
(consultant-Society Equestrian Marshal badge and Earnrokke Names,  Device and Badge, various client names and devices)

Cole, Herbert, Heraldry-Decoration and Floral Forms, Crescent Books, NY 1988

Fox-Davies, AC,A Complete Guide to Heraldry, Bonanza Books
Great Britain 1985. The heraldic ‘bible.’

Neubecker, O, Heraldry-sources, Symbols, and Meaning, Mcgraw-Hill,Publ, London,1988

Rothery, Guy, Concise Encyclopedia of Heraldry, Bracken Books, London, 1985

Woodcock, Thomas, The Oxford Guide to Heraldry, Oxford U Press, Oxford, 1990

Scribal Arts
for An Tir Domesday Boke (Shire of Earnokke) and AoA scrolls

Period Manuscripts: 
Cennini, Cennino d'Andrea, "Il Libro Dell'Arte" The Craftsman's Handbook,translated by Daniel V. Thompson, Dover Books, 1978 This is an actual 15th C treatise on painting, pigments, papers, gilding, etc.

Theophilus, De Diversis Artibus (1122 A.D.),On Divers Arts translated from Latin by John G. Hawthorne and Cyril Stanley Smith), ISBN 0-486-23784-2, Dover Books, NY 1979. A period how to book on art.

White, T.H., The Book of Beasts-being a translation from a Latin Beastiary of the 12th C, Readers union, London 1956. Descriptions and pictures of period beasts to use.

Books with copies of period illuminations:
Alexander,Jonathan J.G., The Decorated Letter, George Braziller, NY 1978. This book has many colored plates of illuminated manuscripts.

Alexander,Jonathan J.G., Medieval Illuminators and their Methods of Work 
 ISBN 0-300-06073-4, Yale University Press, NY 1994. A how to guide of illumination as done in period.

Brown, Michelle P., Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts: A Guide to Technical Terms ISBN 0-89236-217-0, J. Paul Getty Museum publ, CA  1994. This book contains copies of  illuminated manuscripts from which to learn. 

Cirker, B, ed, The Book of Kells-selected Plates in full color, Dover, NY, 1982

Drogin, Marc, Medieval Calligraphy: Its History and Technique , ISBN 
0486261425, published by Dover, NY, 1989.  More illuminations and techniques thereof in this book.

Lovett,Patricia, Calligraphy & Illumination, ISBN 0-8109-4119-8, 
Harry N. Abrams Books Publ, NY, 2000. This book concentrates more on calligraphy in period.

VanLemmen,H , Decorative Tiles Throughout the Ages, Italy, 1988
Actual period tiles show designs that were used on fabric and in artwork.

Westwood, J.O. The Art of Illuminated Manuscripts-Illustrated Sacred Writings, arch Cape Press, NY, 1988.  This book is composed of illustrations from 4th-16th C bibles. 

Wieck,Roger S.  Time Sanctified: The Book of Hours in Medieval Art and Life ,
 ISBN 0-8076-1189-1, George Braziller , NY,1987. Beautiful illuminations in this book as well as calligraphy.

SILVERWORK FABRICATION
For gem-encrusted Bridle & tack,  Bracelet, Circlet, & Ring projects

Books of Artifacts and period treatises:
Lightbown, R. Mediaeval European Jewelry (catalog of the Victoria and Albert Museum collection circa 800 to 1500 AD) Hong Kong, 1992  Museum collection of artifacts.

Moorey, P., Ancient Bronzes, Ceramics, and Seals, LA Cty Museum Publ., CA, 1981
Raymond, E., The Gems in the Breast Plate, Thousand Oaks, CA 1987 Booklet that researches the bible for mention of gems and semi-precious stones.
Theophilus, De Diversis Artibus (1122 A.D.),On Divers Arts translated from Latin by John G. Hawthorne and Cyril Stanley Smith, ISBN 0-486-23784-2, Dover Books, NY 1979
Period manual on how to do metalwork.
Modern resources on metalwork:
Maryon,H., Metalwork & Enamelling, Dover, NY, 1971.
McCreight,Tim, The Complete Metalsmith, Davis Publ, Mass., 1991
Von Neumann, R , The Design and Creation of Jewelry. 3 ed., Radnor, PA 1982
Resources for Illuminations and Pictures (examples of Tack) 
Online Resources of artifacts and illuminations
The Bibliothèque nationale de France (1,000 Illuminations from the Department of manuscripts ) http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/aaccueil.htm 
The Strong Collection of Antiquities  http://talbotfineaccessories.com 
King René's Tournament Book, A Modern English Translation , By Elizabeth Bennett http://www.princeton.edu/~ezb/rene/renehome.html#where  
Le roi Charles V et son temps  (1338-1380) http://www.bnf.fr/enluminures/accueil.htm

MEDIEVAL HORSE TACK,
 HORSE ARMOR,& CAPARISON

Pictures of artifacts and illuminations of these items in the following books:
Barber, R. and Barker J., Tournaments , Boydell Press, Suffolk, England 2000 
Clephan, R. The Medieval Tournament , Dover Publ, New York, NY, 1995 
Davis, R., The Medieval Warhorse , Thames and Hudson, London, 1989 
Dossenbach, Monique and Hans D., The Noble Horse, Portland House, New York, 1987. Initially when I bought this book 15 years ago, I thought it was excellent. However, as I continue to study topics about horses and horsemanship through the ages, I do not agree with many of the assessments the authors state. It is nonetheless a good overview of many aspects of horses and does have a huge excellent detailed picture of the Bayeux Tapestry knights, pages 136-37 
Edge, D. and Paddock, J. Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight, Crescent Books, New York, 1988 
Edwards, Elwyn Hartley, Bitting in Theory and Practice, JA. Allen,  London, 1990
Edwards, Elwyn Hartley, The Saddle in Theory and Practice, JA. Allen,  London, 1990
Edwards, Elwyn Hartley, editor,The Howell Book of Saddlery and Tack, Howell Book House, NY, 1988
Ffoulkes, C. The Armourer and His Craft from the XI th to the XVI th Century, Dover Publ, New York, NY , 1988 
Grancsay, Stephen V., Arms & Armor Essays , The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 1920-1964, 1986. This is where the quote from the Spurrier guild comes from that is featured at the beginning of this paper, page 271. 

Hall, Robert M., How to Make Bits and Spurs, Casey Printing, 1985.  This 97 page book by Robert M. Hall (deceased) shows how to make inlayed and overlaid bits and spurs. It includes how to make a single piece spur. It also has photos of Mr. Hall's work and tips and advice from a master. 

Holme, B., Medieval Pageant , Thames and Hudson, London, 1987
Kottenkamp, F., The History of Chivalry and Armor , Crown Publ, New York, NY., 1988 
Matthews, C and J., The Arthurian Book of Days, (with Manuscript Illuminations), MacMillian Publ. Co, New York, NY, 1990 

Museum of London, The Medieval Horse and It's Equipment c.1150-c.1450,  John Clark, ed., HMSO Publications, London, 1995.

Norman and Pottinger, English Weapons and Warfare 449-1669, Dorset Press, NY,1966

Pyhrr, Stuart W., The Armored Horse in Europe, 1480-1620 (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series), 2005 

Robinson, H, The Armour of Imperial Rome, Scribner Publ, NY 1975

Reid, William, Weapons Through the Ages, Crescent Books, New York, 1986.  A very general book on weapons.
Robinson, H., The Armour of Imperial Rome, Scribner’s Sons, NY, 1975
Stone, G., A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration, and Use of Arms and Armor in all countries and all times, Brussel, Publ, New York, BY 1961 
Taylor, L., Bits , Wiltshire Book Co. N. Hollywood, CA 1966 
Turnbull, S., The Book of the Medieval Knight, Sterling Publ. CO., New York, NY, 1995 
Wilkinson, Frederick, Arms and Armour, London, 1978. 
Vuksic V. and Grbasic Z., Cavalry ,The History of the Fighting Elite (650BC- AD 1914) ,Sterling Publ House, New York, NY, 1993 

COSTUMES
Sources from museum artifacts, tapestries, statues, and illuminations
Burnham, D, Cut My Cote, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, 1973
Gervers,V., The Influence of Ottoman Turkish Textiles and Costume in Eastern Europe with particular reference to Hungary, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada, 1982
Rothero,C, Medieval Military Dress 1066-1500, Sterling Press, NY, 1983.  The illustrator used tapestries, museum statues, illuminations to draw the figures.  

Shogun, The Shogun Exhibition, from the Tokugawa Art Museum, Japan, 1983

Wagner,Drobna, and Durdik, Medieval Costume, Armour and Weapons, Dover, Mineola, NY 2000

Vollmer, Keall, Nagai-Berrthrong, Silk Roads-China Ships, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronato, Canada, 1983

Other References
Auberville, Dupont, Classic Textile Designs, Portland House, NY 1989

Boucher,Francois, 20,000 Years of Fashion-The History of Costume and Personal Adornment (expanded edition), Harry N Abrams Publ, NY 1983

Bradfield, Nancy, 900 Years of Costume, Crescent Book, NY 1970

Braun and Schneider, Historic Costume in Pictures, Minola, NY, 1975

Hill and Bucknell, Evolution of Fashion- Pattern and Cut 1066to 1930, NY 1967
Holkeboer, K, Patterns for Theatrical Costumes –Garments, Trims, and Accessories from Ancient Eqypt to 1915, Prentice Hall Press, NY 1984

Hollrigl, Joseph, Historic Hungarian Costumes, Officina Press, Budapest, Hungary 1948
Hope, Thomas, Costumes of Greeks and Romans, Dover, Minola, NY 1962
Ingham and Covey, The Costumer’s Handbook-How to Make all kinds of costumes, Prentice Hall Press, NY 1980
Kohler, Carl, A History of Costume, Dover, Minola, NY 1963
Mistress Katrine de Baillie du Chat, Medieval Costume, Raymond’s Quiet Press, Alberquerque, NM 1978
Peacock, John, Costume 1066-1966, Thames and Hudson, NYC, NY 1986
Petri, Flinders, Decorative Patterns of the Ancient World, Crescent Books, NY 1990
Racinet, Austine, Racinet’s Full Color Pictorial History of Western Costume,Dover, Minola NY 1987
Racinet,A. Encyclopedia of Ornament, Portland House, NY 1973 

Racinet, A, The Historic Encyclopedia of Costumes, Facts on File Publ, NY, 1988
Winter & Savoy, Elizabethan Costuming for the Years 1550-1580, Other Times Publ., Oakland, CA 1987   
Yarwood, D, The Encylopedia of World Costume, Bonanza Books, NY 1978

HORSEBACK ARCHERY
Latham, J.Dand Paterson,, WF (translators), Saracen Archery-an English version and exposition of a Mameluke work on archery (c.a.A.D. 1368) , Holland Press, London, Great Britain 1970 This book is a direct translation of a 14thC Middle Eastern treatise on archery. 
Siklodi, Csilla, ed., Between Eat and West, ISBN 963046675, Promotus, Publ, Budapest,Hungary, 1996
Lajos, Kassia, Horseback Archery, Puski Publ, Budapest, Hungary ISBN 9639337668, 2002
Latham, J.Dand Paterson,, WF (translators), Saracen Archery-an English version and exposition of a Mameluke work on archery (c.a.A.D. 1368) , Holland Press, London, Great Britain 1970 

MOUNTED COMBAT & WARFARE
Talhoffer, H, Medieval Combat a 15th C Illustrated Manual, Greeenhill Books,Penn., 1988
Mushashi, A Book Five Rings, Overlook Press, Woodstock , NY 1974
Bohec, Y, Imperial Roman Army, Hippocrene Books, NY, 1989   

SPURRIER (MAKING SPURS)
Theophilus, De Diversis Artibus (1122 A.D.),On Divers Arts translated from Latin by John G. Hawthorne and Cyril Stanley Smith), ISBN 0-486-23784-2, Dover Books, NY 1979 This book is subtitled as “The foremost medieval treatise on painting. glassmaking and metalwork.”  Chapters 91-92 discuss the composition of medieval wrought iron used to make spurs and how to tin spurs

Clark, John, ed., The Medieval Horse and its Equipment c.1150–c. 1450 . (Medieval Finds from Excavations in London:5 ), Museum of London, 1995. This was the best and most complete resource on 12 C Western European prick-spurs because it showed line drawings of the actual excavated spurs.  Also, while it did not have the picture, it had the most complete written information about the Oslo Norwegian Tapestry picture of the knight wearing a 12 C prick-spur (Fig1).

Dossenbach, Monique and Hans D., The Noble Horse, Portland House, New York, 1987. Initially when I bought this book 15 years ago, I thought it was excellent. However, as I continue to study topics about horses and horsemanship through the ages, I do not agree with many of the assessments the authors state. It is nonetheless a good overview of many aspects of horses and does have a huge excellent detailed picture of the Bayeux Tapestry knights, pages 136-37. 

Edge, David & John Miles Paddock, Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight, Crescent Books, New York, 1988. This book has the actual picture from the Oslo Norwegian Tapestry of a 12th C Knight wearing a prick spur (see Figure #1).

Grancsay, Stephen V., Arms & Armor Essays , The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 1920-1964, 1986. 

Hall, Robert M., How to Make Bits and Spurs, Casey Printing, 1985.  This 97 page book by Robert M. Hall (deceased) shows how to make inlayed and overlaid bits and spurs. It includes how to make a single piece spur. It also has photos of Mr. Hall's work and tips and advice from a master. 

Hawthorne, John G. and Cyril Stanley Smith, Translators, Theophilus On Divers Arts, Dover, New York, 1963. This book is subtitled as “The foremost medieval treatise on painting.
 glassmaking and metalwork.”  Chapters 91-92 discuss the composition of medieval wrought iron used to make spurs and how to tin spurs.

Reid, William, Weapons Through the Ages, Crescent Books, New York, 1986.  A very general book on weapons.

Wilkinson, Frederick, Arms and Armour, London, 1978. I have several xeroxed pages from this book, one of which has an illustration a 12th C Viking wearing a prick spur. The picture is of an Oslo Tapestry. I found the actual tapestry information in Arms and Armour of the Medieval Knight by Edge and Paddock. 

Zdchille, R. and R. Forrrer, DER SPORN in Seiner Formen-Entwicklung, Berlin, 1899. This out-of-print folio sized book contains pictures of many spurs.  I was unable to view the entire volume’, but I do have several xeroxed pages, one of which had a picture of item #8904: “The last of the 13 century Prick-type spur.” 

Websites for Spurs

Armour Archives, www.armourarchives.org , this is the forum where I met Thomas Powers and other Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) armourers who shared ideas on how medieval spurs were possibly made in period. It is an excellent discussion list where you can post a question and get insightful answers, 2004.

Anna Botterell, http://www.sportingcollection.com , a website by an English veterinarian, of her personal collection of artifacts including spurs, Someset U.K., 2004

Das Hausbuch der Mendelschen Zwölfbrüderstiftung in Nürnberg (i.e., The house book of the Mendel Twelve-brother Donation in Nuernberg), http://homepage.univie.ac.at/rudolf.koch/mendel/mendel.htm, title translation by Arne Ansgar), Figure 2- picture from 1457 AD book, 2004.

Ray Moseley, http://www.quietpress.com , Known in the SCA as Sir Raymond the Quiet’s website with pictures of medieval spur replicas, 2004.

Doug Odom, www.medievalspurs.com , Known in the SCA as Lord Sigurd Ericsson’s website featuring the Spur-making tutorial that was especially interesting as well as his excellent workmanship of replica spurs, 2004.
Mark Shier, www.medievalwares.com , Known in the SCA as Master Mark de Gaukler’s, website that has medieval artifacts, including spurs, for sale, 2004.

Doug Strong, http://talbotfineaccessories.com , Known in the SCA as Master Talbot’s website of his extensive antiquities collection with pictures of many medieval spurs, some of which are for sale, and information on identifying time periods of spurs, 2005.

Interviews by Donna DeBonis for spurs

Franchesca V. Havas, Texas, (in SCA-Chiara Francesca Arianna d'Onofrio, Apprentice who wrote a research paper on how to make silver spurs from silver, resides in Kingdom of Ansteorra), corresponded various dates via email in 2004, chiara@io.com .

Wayne Lewis, Coupeville, WA, (in SCA-LLywelyn ap Gobha, professional ornamental ironworker for twenty years, new to the SCA for only six months, resides in Kingdom of An Tir), corresponded in person and by email about spurs and used his forge, stock, and tools to help me make the spur shown in this research paper 2004-05. He also knows the other SCA metalworkers (S. Stegmeier and T. Powers) from the e-mail forum, www.anvilfire.com. 

Doug Odom, Atlanta, GA, (in SCA-Sigurd Ericsson, Pearl Kingdom arts award for armouring 14 years ago, professional spurrier for 10 years, resides in Kingdom of Meridies), corresponded various dates via email throughout 2004-05, .spurrier@medievalspurs.com .

Thomas Powers, Socorro, New Mexico (in SCA-Wilelm the Smith, OL, OST, OLM, OSO, OPF, OE, master smith most knowledgeable about wrought iron, resides in Outlands), corresponded various dates via email in 2004-05, thomaspowers@zianet.com .

Mark Shier, Victoria, B.C., (in SCA -Mark de Gaukler, OL for jewelry arts, resides in Kingdom of An Tir)- various dates via email and in person 2004-05, mark@medievalwares.com . 

Shane Stegmeier, Indiana,(in SCA-Fionnbharr Mac Shane, OL, KSCA-armourer and spurrier, resides in Midrealm), corresponded various dates via email throughout 2004-05, shanes@localline.com

SCA PUBLICATIONS
The Pleasure Book, Raymond’s Quiet Press, Alburquerque, NM 1979
The Known World Handbook
Compleat Anachronists 1995- present
Tournaments Illuminated 1975 to present