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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Heroic Armor of the Italian Renaissance: Filippo Negroli and his
Contemporaries
History of Russian Costume from the Eleventh to the Twentieth Century
Illustrated Poetry and Epic Images: Persian Painting of the 1330s and 1340s
India: Art and Culture, 1300=E2=80=931900
Islamic Jewelry in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Nishapur: Glass of the Early Islamic Period
Painting in Renaissance Siena, 1420=E2=80=931500
The Renaissance Sackbut and Its Use Today
Resplendence of the Spanish Monarchy: Renaissance Tapestries and Armor from
the Patrimonio Nacional
The St. Martin Embroideries
Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnificence

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Good gentles, Forgive the cross-posting; I am trying to spread the n=
ews to as many SCAdians as possible. =C2=A0Today a friend made me aware of =
a new resource from the renowned Metropolitan Museum in NYC: a website call=
ed <a href=3D"http://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications">MetPublica=
tions</a>.=C2=A0 
 Here&#39;s the description from the site: MetPublications is a portal=20
to the Met=E2=80=99s comprehensive publishing program. Beginning with nearl=
y 650
 titles published from 1964 to the present, this resource will continue=20
to expand and could eventually offer access to nearly all books, Bulletins, and Journals published by the Metropolitan Museum since the Met&#39=
;s founding in 1870. It will also include online publications.

<p style=3D"margin-left:40px"><span style=3D"font-style:italic">MetPublicat=
ions</span> includes a=20
description and table of contents for almost every title, as well as=20
information about the authors, reviews, awards, and links to related Met
 bibliographies by author, theme, or keyword. Current titles that are=20
in-print may be previewed and fully searched online, with a link to=20
purchase the book. The full contents of almost all other titles may be=20
read online, searched, or downloaded as a PDF, at no cost. Books can be=20
previewed or read and searched through the Google Books program. Many=20
out-of-print books are available for purchase, when rights permit,=20
through print-on-demand capabilities in association with Yale University
 Press.</p>I went through the list of currently available books online (368=
).=C2=A0 Below is a<i> partial</i> list of ones that may be of interest to =
SCA members and can be downloaded as PDFs with full-color illustrations.=C2=
=A0 Please share as appropriate.<br>
<br>In service,<br>Brighid ni Chiarain, OL<br>Barony of Settmour Swamp, Eas=
t Kingdom<br><br>__________________________________________________________=
________<br>Abbot Suger and Saint-Denis<br>Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic S=
pain<br>
The Armored Horse in Europe, 1480=E2=80=931620<br>The Art of Illumination: =
The Limbourg Brothers and the Belles Heures of Jean de France, Duc de Berry=
 <br>The Art of Medieval Spain, A.D. 500=E2=80=931200<br>English and French=
 Medieval Stained Glass in the Collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art=
<br>
European Helmets, 1450=E2=80=931650: Treasures from the Reserve Collection<=
br>Frankish Art in American Collections <br>From Attila to Charlemagne: Art=
s of the Early Medieval Period in The Metropolitan Museum of Art<br>Heroic =
Armor of the Italian Renaissance: Filippo Negroli and his Contemporaries<br=
>
History of Russian Costume from the Eleventh to the Twentieth Century <br>I=
llustrated Poetry and Epic Images: Persian Painting of the 1330s and 1340s<=
br>India: Art and Culture, 1300=E2=80=931900<br>Islamic Jewelry in The Metr=
opolitan Museum of Art<br>
Nishapur: Glass of the Early Islamic Period <br>Painting in Renaissance Sie=
na, 1420=E2=80=931500<br>The Renaissance Sackbut and Its Use Today<br>Respl=
endence of the Spanish Monarchy: Renaissance Tapestries and Armor from the =
Patrimonio Nacional <br>
The St. Martin Embroideries<br>Tapestry in the Renaissance: Art and Magnifi=
cence<br>

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