tiles-bib - 5/28/02 A bibliography on period tile making by Master Magnus Malleus. NOTE: See also the files: tiles-msg, Ceramics-Intro-art, ceramics-bib, Throwing-Pots-art, soapstone-msg, frescoes-msg, pottery-msg. ************************************************************************ NOTICE - This file is a collection of various messages having a common theme that I have collected from my reading of the various computer networks. Some messages date back to 1989, some may be as recent as yesterday. This file is part of a collection of files called Stefan's Florilegium. These files are available on the Internet at: http://www.florilegium.org I have done a limited amount of editing. Messages having to do with separate topics were sometimes split into different files and sometimes extraneous information was removed. For instance, the message IDs were removed to save space and remove clutter. The comments made in these messages are not necessarily my viewpoints. I make no claims as to the accuracy of the information given by the individual authors. Please respect the time and efforts of those who have written these messages. The copyright status of these messages is unclear at this time. If information is published from these messages, please give credit to the originator(s). Thank you, Mark S. Harris AKA: THLord Stefan li Rous Stefan at florilegium.org ************************************************************************ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 16:26:24 -0500 From: rmhowe To: - Potters Subject: Some Medieval Tile Books Some Medieval Tile Books I've been adding some notes to my list of books I own. Perhaps these would be of interest to some of you. Personally, I find the charming designs to be inspirational for other types of artwork. Eames, Elizabeth: Irish Medieval Tiles: Decorated Medieval Paving Tiles in Ireland with an Inventory of Sites and Designs in a Visual Index. Circa 1250-1550. Royal Irish Academy Monographs in Archaeology, Royal Irish Academy, 19 Dawson St., Dublin 2, 1988, ISBN 0901714623. http://www.ria.ie/ 505 third scale examples, 8 colour photographs, six black and white photographs, 47 line drawings, 148 pages. Includes a drawing of a reconstruction of a medieval floor tile kiln. Hardbound. Eames, Elizabeth: English Tilers, Medieval Craftmen Series; University of Toronto Press 1992. ISBN 0802077064. Paperbound. 72 pages, 43 colour and 41 B&W Illustrations. Covers ovens, tools, molds, techinques, many examples of embossed and inlaid tiles, as well as shaped pattern tiles. Contains the only surviving wooden tile stamp. Very pretty book!. Eames, Elizabeth: English Medieval Tiles; British Museum, Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985. Contains many of the same illustrations as the English Tilers book by the same author, 72pp. Lacks the tool illustrations but has the surviving stamp depicted in the English tilers book. Mainly a rearrangement of the above. color and b&W. PP. Grafton, Carol Belanger: Old English Tile Designs for Artists and Craftspeople; with 161 Illustrations. Origninally published as Mediaeval English Pavingtiles, in 1937, by Lord Haberly (Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1937). Dover original edition 1984. 161 B&W illustrations, 128pp. 8 3/8 x 11". Unprovenanced but said to be mostly from the Oxford region. Liebgott, Niels-Knud: Kakler, Hovedtraek af kakkeloven historie ca. 1350-1650.1972. Concerns the making and construction details for Kakler which are the deep relief oven tiles standing ovens are made from. Nationalmuseet, Kobenhavn. ISBN 874807061. 39pp. paperback. Some excellent designs, knight on horseback for example. Some are made by turning cylinders and cutting them in half, then building the border around them and decorating. Sherlock, David: Medieval Floor Tiles in Suffolk Churches; Suffolk Historic Churches Trust, paperbound, no date but post 1980. Possibly reachable through the The Old Rectory, Chattisham, Ipswich IP8 3PY. 47pp. 157 oftentimes very pretty designs drawn in dark brown on a parchment colored paper. With complete notes. Stopford, Jennie: Recording Mediaeval Floor Tiles; Council for British Archaeology Practical Handbook 10, 4.70GBP, 112 Kennington Road, London SE11 6RE, ISBN 1872414036. 46 page paperback with a few illustrations of tiles. Short Bibliography. Stopford, Jennie: Modes of Production Among Medieval Tilers; Medieval Archaeology 37, 1993; pp. 93-108 with notes. van Lemmen, Hans: Decorative Tiles Throughout the Ages, with 40 full color plates; Crescent Books, Crown Publishers, Inc. 225 Park Ave. South, New York, NY., Bracken Books 1988. ISBN 0517679604. Very large format book. Only a few medieval tiles in full color, quickly goes to later Renaissance Majolica tiles. About 90 pages. Now if I were looking for an introductory book to produce some of these in a modern fashion, I should look to: Giorgini, Frank: Handmade Tiles - Designing, Making, Decorating; Lark Books, Asheville, N.C., USA, ISBN 0937274763. $25. 1994, 144 very well illustrated color pages including how to make a tile press, tools, and many examples with complete instructions as to methods for the beginner. Well worth the money. Magnus Malleus, OL / R.M. Howe Windmasters' Hill, Atlantia Great Dark Horde Permission granted for use in the Florilegium, reposting on non-newsgroup closed member reenactor email lists, NOT to be reposted on SCA-Universitas or the Rialto. Edited by Mark S. Harris tiles-bib Page 3 of 3