Medieval Christian Literary Imagery: A Guide to Interpretation

Editor's Preface vii
Abbreviations xiii
Author's Preface xiv
Introduction xviii
1 Biblical Exegesis
Introductory 3
General Tools and 'Research Situations' 14
Identifiable Biblical Echoes 18
Basic Checklists 18
Commentaries on the Whole Bible 19
Important Commentaries on Individual Books 28
Individual Authors 31
Echoes Not Immediately Identifiable 32
Collections Organized Alphabetically 33
Collections Organized Topically 41
Appendix: The Apocrypha 50

2 The Liturgy
Introductory 53
Missal and Breviary 59
Roman Rite 59
English Rites 61
Medieval Liturgists 64
Possible Approaches 67

3 Hymns 71

4 Sermons
Introductory 80
Homiliaries 84
Artes praedicandi 86
Exempla 88
Possible Approaches 90

5 Visual Arts
Introductory 91
Guides Organized Topically 92
Guides Organized Alphabetically 95
Princeton and Warburg Indices 96
The Bible 99
The Saints 100
Specialized Studies 101
Secular Iconography 102

6 Mythography
Introductory 104
Mythography at Large 107