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The Museum's Document Centre is open to all, on appointment. It contains more than 3000 files concerning the works of art in the Museum. These files hold all the known bibliographic references on the object, restoration history, old and recent photographs, etc.

The photo library now has nearly 9000 shots. It completes the available information on the collections, and is available for consulation on appointment, or by clicking http://www.photo.rmn.fr/.

In addition to files on specific works of art, the Documentation Centre also has a number of files of a more general nature dealing with the main aspects of the medieval period.

All Museum guides and publications, as well as a number of reference materials on history and the history of medieval art, are freely available for consultation in the Documentation Centre.

To view, please make an appointment with the Document Centre clerk on 01 53 73 78 09.
E-mail : jean-christophe.ton-that@culture.gouv.fr

Bibliography

The works cited are on sale at the museum book shop.

A la découverte du Moyen âge (Discovering the Middle Ages)

Anthology under the direction of Viviane Huchard, Curator General, Museum Director -Authors: Antoine (Elisabeth), Dectot (Xavier), Fritsch (Julia), Huchard (Viviane), Lagabrielle (Sophie), Saragoza (Florence) - National Museum of the Middle Ages - Cluny Baths - Album Collection - Paris - RMN, 2003 - 128 p., 19, 50 € (available in English).

Adam (Jean-Pierre) and Delhumeau (Herveline). - Les thermes antiques de Lutèce(The Ancient Baths of Lutèce). - Paris: RMN, reprint 2001, 96 p., 9,90 €

Erlande-Brandenburg (Alain), Le Pogam (Pierre-Yves) and Sandron (Dany). - National Museum of the Middle Ages- Cluny Baths. Collections Guide. - Paris: RMN, nnew French edition, 1999, 192 p. (available in English and Italian), 14, 50 €

Huchard (Viviane), Bourghain (Pascale) - Le jardin médiéval : un musée imaginaire (The Medieval Garden: An Imaginary Museum) - Paris, PUF, 2002, 128 p. 8 €

Sandron (Dany). - Romanesque and Early Gothic Art: 11th and 12th Century Sculpture at the National Museum of the Middle Ages. - Paris, RMN

Multimedia

Paris 1313, le disparu de Notre-Dame. - Cédérom réalisé avec le conseil scientifique de Pierre-Yves Le Pogam. - Paris: RMN/Index/Canal + multimédia/France Télécom multimédia, 1999, 22,71 € -
PC or Mac.

L'Art du Moyen Age(Art in the Middle Ages). Paris: RMN/Carré/Gallimard, 1999 - PC or Mac.

Video

The Lady and the Unicorn: The Sixth Sense. (fr.) - videocassette, part of the " Palettes " series by A. Jaubert. - Paris: Arte/RMN, 1997, 30 mn., 16 €

Scientific Publications

Bruna (Denis). - Enseignes de pèlerinage et enseignes profanes dans les collections du musée national du Moyen âge(Pilgrimage Insignia and Secular Insignia in the Collections at the National Museum of the Middle Ages). - Paris: RMN, 1996, 383 p.

Caillet (Jean-Pierre). - L'Antiquité classique, le Haut Moyen âge et Byzance au musée de Cluny : sculpture et décoration monumentales...(Classical Antiquity, The Upper Middle Ages and Byzantium at the Museum of Cluny: Monument Sculpture and Decoration) - Paris : RMN, 1985, 269 p.

Desrosiers (Sophie) with the collaboration of Georgette Cornu, Viviane Huchard, Florence Valantin and Thalia Bouzid - Soieries et autres textiles. De l'Antiquité au XVIe siècle (Silk and Other Textiles: From Antiquity to the 16th Century) - Paris : RMN, 2004, 512 pages, 408 illustrations (30 in colour), softbound, (published in part by the Friends of the Museum (ARMMA)), 100 €

Erlande-Brandenburg (Alain). - La Dame à la licorne(The Lady and the Unicorn). - Paris: RMN, 1997, 85 p. (available in English, Italian and German), 18, 29 €

Erlande-Brandenburg (Alain), photos: Rose (Caroline). - La Dame à la licorne(The Lady and the Unicorn).- Paris, 1993, 227 p.,

Joubert (Fabienne). - La tapisserie médiévale au musée de Cluny(Medieval Tapestries at the Museum of Cluny). - Paris: RMN, 2002, 224 p., 34, 50 €

Lagabrielle (Sophie), dir. - Histoires tissées(Story-weaving). - Exposition Catalogue 14 June - 28 September 1998, La légende de Saint-Etienne(The Legend of Saint Stephen), Palais des Papes. Brocarts célestes(Heavenly Brocades), musée du Petit Palais. - Avignon, 1997, 142 p. and 128 p.,

Lorquin (Alexandra). - Les tissus coptes du musée national du Moyen âge - Thermes de Cluny. Etoffes de lin et de laine.(Coptic Cloths at theNational Museum of the Middle Ages- Cluny Baths. Linen and Wool cloths. - Paris: RMN, 1992, 395 p.

Prigent (Christiane). - Les sculptures anglaises d'albâtre au musée national du Moyen âge(English Alabaster Sculptures at the National Museum of the Middle Ages). - Paris: RMN, 1998, 96 p.,

Taburet-Delahaye (Elisabeth). - L'orfèvrerie gothique (XIIIe - début XVe s.) au musée de Cluny(Gothic Goldsmithing (13th - early 16th c.) at the Museum of Cluny). - Paris: RMN, 1989, 294 p.