[Sca-librarians] [settmour_swamp] A wonderful resource: free books from the Metropolitan Museum of Art

[Galefridus Peregrinus]

One of my standard research strategies is to surf the tables of contents of recent books from selected publishers. Since my interests are primarily food-related, I look at publishers that specialize in culinary history. Whatever titles I find that look interesting, I pursue usually through interlibrary loan. I've come across a lot of really cool stuff by through this method. Doubtless other publishers focus on areas specific to each of our many A&S interests, so I would expect this method would work well for other A&S disciplines.

-- Galefridus

On Oct 13, 2012, at 21:03, Robin Carroll-Mann <rcarrollmann at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good gentles,
> 
> Forgive the cross-posting; I am trying to spread the news to as many
> SCAdians as possible. Today a friend made me aware of a new resource from
> the renowned Metropolitan Museum in NYC: a website called
> MetPublications<http://www.metmuseum.org/research/metpublications>.
> 
> Here's the description from the site:
> 
> MetPublications is a portal to the Met’s comprehensive publishing program.
> Beginning with nearly 650 titles published from 1964 to the present, this
> resource will continue to expand and could eventually offer access to
> nearly all books, Bulletins, and Journals published by the Metropolitan
> Museum since the Met's founding in 1870. It will also include online
> publications.
> 
> MetPublications includes a description and table of contents for almost
> every title, as well as information about the authors, reviews, awards, and
> links to related Met bibliographies by author, theme, or keyword. Current
> titles that are in-print may be previewed and fully searched online, with a
> link to purchase the book. The full contents of almost all other titles may
> be read online, searched, or downloaded as a PDF, at no cost. Books can be
> previewed or read and searched through the Google Books program. Many
> out-of-print books are available for purchase, when rights permit, through
> print-on-demand capabilities in association with Yale University Press.
> I went through the list of currently available books online (368). Below
> is a* partial* list of ones that may be of interest to SCA members and can
> be downloaded as PDFs with full-color illustrations. Please share as
> appropriate.
> 
> In service,
> Brighid ni Chiarain, OL
> Barony of Settmour Swamp, East Kingdom
> 
> __________________________________________________________
> Abbot Suger and Saint-Denis
> Al-Andalus: The Art of Islamic Spain
> The Armored Horse in Europe, 1480–1620
> The Art of Illumination: The Limbourg Brothers and the Belles Heures of
> Jean de France, Duc de Berry
> The Art of Medieval Spain, A.D. 500–1200
> English and French Medieval Stained Glass in the Collection of The
> Metropolitan Museum of Art
> European Helmets, 1450–1650: Treasures from the Reserve Collection
> Frankish Art in American Collections
> From Attila to Charlemagne: Arts of the Early Medieval Period in The
> 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, 1300–1900
> Islamic Jewelry in The Metropolitan Museum of Art
> Nishapur: Glass of the Early Islamic Period
> Painting in Renaissance Siena, 1420–1500
> 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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