Research Guides: ENGL 237: Living with the Dead: Attitudes Towards Death in Medieval Britain (HC) Fall 2016: Finding Visual Source Materials

Encounters between the Living and the Dead

DeLisle Psalter, ca. 1310-20 (British Library, Arundel MS 83 II, f. 127)

ARTstor
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A digital library that provides access to thousands of digital images derived from a variety of museum, library and archival collections. Images support a variety of disciplines including architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design. Coverage varies.

British Library Catalogue of Illuminated Manuscripts
Find a range of representations for many different subjects. For images relating to death see such examples as the Office of the Dead, Dance of Death, and literary and Biblical references to the dying and dead.
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Extremely rich site for understanding the art of a particular region and time. Use the Time Period and Geographic menus to see key Works of Art, Related Exhibitions, and, under Related Content, Thematic Essays. Essays include:
- Art and Death in the Middle Ages
- Relics and Reliquaries in Medieval Christianity
British Museum Collections Online
Search over 3 million objects in the museum's collections. Use the term medieval and add a relevant keyword. For more precise results, see the Advanced Search. Sample Advanced Search: Death with Dates 800-1499 CE and Country England.