Subject Guide
Dictionaries and Glossaries
When reading HOLLIS records, exhibition catalogs, and other resources related to your objects at Houghton Library, you will no doubt run into many terms that are unfamiliar to you. The following resources can help explain those terms.
Understanding Illuminated Manuscripts by Call Number: Houghton Reading Room ND2889 .B76 1994ISBN: 9780892362172Publication Date: 1994-07-28This book offers definitions of numerous technical terms used in describing medieval illuminated manuscripts.
ABC for Book Collectors by Call Number: Houghton Reading Room Z1006 .C37 2004ISBN: 9781584561125Publication Date: 2003-08-01A classic glossary of the terms used in rare books and special collections. A PDF is also available online at https://www.ilab.org/eng/documentation/29-abc_for_book_collectors.html
