Lurker, Manfred. Bibliographie zur Symbolkunde. Baden-Baden: Heitz, 1968. SML

Continued by next title.

Bibliographie zur Symbolik, Ikonographie und Mythologie. 1968- Ref Z 7660 .B53 (LC)

Serial bibliography which continues preceding title. Also ed. by Lurker.

Waal, Henri van de, ed. ICONCLASS; an iconographic classification system. 18 v. in 14, plus 3 v. alphabetical index. The Hague: North-Holland Pub. Col, 1973- Ref Z 697 .A8W3 1973 (LC)

Van de Waal's widely adopted iconographic classification system occupies 9 vols. The 9-vol. bibliography, arranged by iconographic themes, is an especially useful feature. The index is the best point of entry.

Hall, James. Dictionary of subjects and symbols in art. New York: Harper and Row, 1974. Ref N 7560 .H34 1979B (LC)

Best one-vol. dictionary of western iconography. Unillustrated.

Cirlot, J. E. Dictionary of symbols. 2nd ed. New York: Philosophical Library, 1971. SML Ref BF 1623 .S9C5713 1971

Lexicon iconographicum mythologiae classicae. 6 vols. in 12. Ref. N 7760 .L48 (LC)

Marvellous scholarly dictionary of mythology in classical art. Texts and plates in separate vols. Each entry in language of author.

Roscher, Wilhelm. Ausführliches Lexikon der griechischen und römischen Mythologie. 6 v. and 3 supps. in 5 v. Leipzig: Teubner, 1884-1937; reprinted Hildesheim: Olms, 1977. SML Ref BL 715 .R67 1977 (LC)

The standard dictionary of classical mythology.

Cabrol, Fernand. Dictionnaire d'archéologie chrétienne et de liturgie. 15 v. Paris: Letouzey et Ane, 1907-53. SML Ref BR 95 +.C33 (LC)

Standard dictionary of Christian iconography and liturgy. Often referred to as DACL or Cabrol-Leclerc.

Kaftal, George. The saints in Italian art. 4 v. Florence: Sansoni, 1965-85. Ref N 8080 +.K25 (LC)

Kirschbaum, Engelbert, ed. Lexikon der christlichen Ikonographie. 8 v. Rome: Herder, 1968- Ref BV 150 .L48 (LC)

Standard dictionary of Christian iconography (v. 1-4). V. 5-8 on saints. English-German index in volume 4.

Klauser, Theodor, ed. Reallexikon fur Antike und Christentum. 10 v. Stuttgart: Hiersemann, 1950-77. SML Ref BR 115 .C5 +.R43 (LC)

Réau, Louis. Iconographie de l'art chrétien. 3 v. in 6. Gutersloh: Mohn, 1966- Ref N 7832 R37 (LC)

More discursive than Kirschbaum; arranged Biblically.

Schiller, Gertrud. Ikonographie der christlichen Kunst. 5 v. in 7, plus index. Ref N 7830 .S35 (LC) Vols. 1-2 available in English (Ref N 7830 .S3513).

Really a well-illustrated dictionary of New Testament iconography, with volumes on the life of Christ, the Passion, the Virgin and the Apocalypse.

Woodruff, Helen. The Index of Christian Art at Princeton University: a handbook. Princeton, Princeton University Press, 1942. Ref N 7832 .W66 (LC)

Old introduction to the famous photo archive at Princeton, which includes an immense iconographic index in card catalog format.

Marle, Raimond van. Iconographie de l'art profane au Moyen-Age et a la Renaissance et la decoration des demeures. 2 v. The Hague: Nijhoff, 1931-32. Ref N 5970 +.M37 (LC)

Discursive survey of secular themes in medieval and renaissance art.

Rubinstein, Ruth and P. Bober. Renaissance artists and antique sculpture: a handbook of sources. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986. NB 85 .B63 1986 (LC)

Based on the Census of Antique Works of Art known to Renaissance Artists. Iconographic arrangement.

Tervarent, Guy de. Attributs et symboles dans l'art profane, 1450-1600: dictionnaire d'un langage perdu. 3 v. Geneva: Droz, 1958-64. Ref N 7740 .T4 (LC)

Zeri, Federico and Burton Frederickson. Census of pre-nineteenth century Italian paintings in North American public collections. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1972. ND 611 F74

Feature iconographic index.

Decimal Index of the Art of the Low Countries. Slide and Photograph Collection

Photo archive of Dutch drawings, paintings and prints of the 16th-18th centuries, arranged by subject (using the Iconclass classification system). Use the abridged Iconclass indexes at S&P, not the newer ed. at A&A.

Pigler, Andor. Barockthemen: ein Auswahl von Verzeichnissen zur Ikonographie des 17. und 18. Jahrhunderts. 3 v. 2nd ed. Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1974. Ref N 6415 .B3P54 1974 (LC)

Lists treatments of biblical subjects (v. 1) and classical mythology (v. 2) in Baroque painting. Vol. 3 is selective, black-and-white plate vol.

Heckscher, William S. and K.-A. Wirth, "Emblem, Emblembuch." In Reallexikon zur deutschen Kunstgeschichte V, col. 85-228. Ref N 6861 .S36 (LC)

Survey of emblem literature with classified bibliography of primary and secondary sources.

Henkel, Arthur and Albrecht Schone, eds. Emblemata: Handbuch zur Sinnbildkunst des XVI. und XVII. Jahrhunderts. With suppl. vol. Stuttgart: Metzler, 1967. Ref N 7740 +.H45 (LC)

Monumental reference work. Organized by iconographic themes. Classified bibliography. Indexes of mottoes, images and meanings.

Landwehr, John. Emblem books in the Low Countries, 1554-1949: a bibliography. 3rd ed. Utrecht: HES, 1988. Ref Z 2401 .L35 1988 (LC)

________. Dutch emblem books: a bibliography. Utrecht: HES, 1962. Ref Z 2401 .L35 (LC)

________. French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese books of devices and emblems, 1534-1827: a bibliography. Utrecht: Haentjens Dekker & Gumbert, 1976. Ref Z 1021.3 .L345 (LC)

________. German emblem books, 1531-1888: a bibliography. Utrecht: Haentjens Dekker & Gumbert, 1972. Ref Z 1021.3 .L353 (LC)

Praz, Mario. "Concept of the emblem: renaissance and baroque" in Encyclopedia of world art IV, 726-32 (s.v. "Emblem"). Ref N 31 +.E5213 1959 (LC

________. Studies in seventeenth-century imagery. 2 vols. 2nd ed. Rome: Edizioni di storia e letteratura, 1964. Z 7740 .P7313 1964 (LC)

Volkmann, Ludwig. Bilderschriften der Renaissance: Hieroglyphik und Emblematik in ihren Beziehungen und Fortwirkungen. Leipzig: Hiersemann, 1923. SML J 769 +923 Vb