The following are some of the most important works on this subject, and the most useful for the purposes of a student. Many others, which deal with smaller branches of the subject, are referred to in the following text. Bastard, _Peintures et Ornemens des Manuscrits, classés dans un ordre Chronologique_, Imper. folio, Paris, 1835, &c.; a very magnificent book, with 163 plates, mostly coloured. Birch and Jenner, _Early drawings and illuminations_, London, 1879; this is a useful index of subjects which occur in manuscript miniatures. Bradley, J. W., _Dictionary of Miniaturists and Illuminators_, 3 vols. 8vo. London, 1887-1890. Chassant, _Paléographie des Chartes et des Manuscrits du XIme au XVIIIme Siècle_, 12mo.; a useful little handbook, together with the companion volume, _Dictionnaire des Abbréviations Latines et Françaises_, Paris, 1876. Denis, F., _Histoire de l'Ornementation des manuscrits_; 8vo. Paris, 1879. Fleury, E., _Les Manuscrits de la Bibliothèque de Laon étudiés au point de vue de leur illustration_, 2 vols., Laon, 1863. With 50 plates. Humphreys, Noel, _Illuminated Books of the Middle Ages_, folio, London, 1849; a handsome, well-illustrated book. Humphreys, Noel, _The Origin and Progress of the Art of Writing_; sm. 4to., with 28 plates; London, 1853. Kopp, _Palaeographia Critica_, 4 vols. 4to., Manheim, 1817-1819; a book of much historical value for the student of Palaeography. Lamprecht, K., _Initial-Ornamentik des VIII.-XIII. Jahrh._, Leipzig, 1882. Langlois, _Essai sur la Calligraphie des Manuscrits du Moyen Age et sur les Ornements des premiers livres imprimés_, 8vo. Rouen, 1841. Monte Cassino, _Paleografia artistica di Monte Cassino_, published by the Benedictine Monks of Mte. Cassino, 1870, and still in progress. This work contains a very valuable series of facsimiles and coloured reproductions of selected pages from many of the most important manuscripts in this ancient and famous library, that of the Mother-house of the whole Benedictine Order. Reiss, H., _Sammlung der schönsten Miniaturen des Mittelalters_, Vienna, 1863-5. Riegl, A., _Die mittelalterl. Kalenderillustration_, Innsbruck, 1889. Seghers, L., _Trésor calligraphique du Moyen Age_, Paris, 1884; with 46 coloured plates of illuminated initials. Shaw, Henry, _Illuminated Ornaments of the Middle Ages from the sixth to the seventeenth century_; with descriptions by Sir Fred. Madden; 4to. with 60 coloured plates, London, 1833. A very fine and handsome work. " " _The Art of Illumination_, 4to. London, 1870; with well-executed coloured plates. " " _Hand-book of Mediaeval Alphabets and Devices_, Imp. 8vo. London, 1877; with 37 coloured plates.