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Last Updated 2/26/2004

Links

• Ancient Oil Lamps
• Arts and Sciences Links, Candlemaking
• Candle History
• Early/General Lighting
• The Evolution of Oil Lamps
• A History of Light and Lighting
• History of Lighting Traced By Science
• Illuminous Times: History of Candles
• Let There Be Light! Or, How do You See in the Dark Ages
• Life in a Medieval Castle
• Medieval Lamp (AD 1300, Prag, Czech Republic)
• Medieval Lighting: A set of guides by Master Bedwyr Danwyn
• Medieval and Renaissance Lighting: Candlesticks, Candelabras, and Chandeliers
• The Rushlight Club
  • Recommended Library for Lighting Enthusiasts

Suppliers

• General Wax & Candle Company (818) 765-6357
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• James Townsend & Company
• Museum Surplus - Medieval Antiquities
• Pourette
• Western Bee Supply (800) 548-8440

References

Asser, John, Keynes, Simon, and Lapidge, Michael. 1995. Asser's Life of King Alfred and Other Contemporary Sources (Penguin Classics). Penguin USA. Chapters 103 and 104.
 

Bailey, Donald M. 1963. Greek and Roman Pottery Lamps. Trustees of the British Museum.

Brightling, Geoff, and Langley, Andrew E. 1996. Medieval Life (Eyewitness Books). Knopf.

Butler, Joseph F. 1967. Candleholders in America 1650-1900, A comprehensive collection of American and European Candle Fixtures used in America. New York: Crown Publishers, Inc.

Caspall, John. 1994. Fire and Light in the Home Pre 1820. Antique Collectors Club.
 

Ilin, M. 1936. Turning night into day: The story of lighting. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company.

O'Dea, William T. 1958. The Social History of Lighting. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London.

Robins, F. W. 1939. The story of the lamp (and the candle). Oxford University Press.

Scurlock, William H., ed. 1987.  Book of Buckskinning IV. Scurlock Pub Co.

Sherman, Dennis R. July 1993. Domestic Lighting: Candles, Lamps, and Torches in History. The Compleat Anachronist #68.

Thwing, Leroy. 1958. Flickering Flames, A History of Domestic Lighting through the Ages.  Charles E.  Tuttle Company, Rutland Vermont. ISBN 0-8048-0185-1.

Ward-Perkins, J. B. London Museum Medieval Catalogue 1940.