Alison Stones has been Professor of History of Art and Architecture at the University of Pittsburgh since 1984. She received her degrees at the University of London. She specializes in medieval manuscript illumination, with a particular interest in the illustration of vernacular texts in French. She teaches medieval art and architecture, iconography and palaeography. She is a corresponding fellow of the Société nationale des antiquaires de France and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London.

Books
 

Medieval Illumination, Glass and Sculpture in Minnesota Collections	La Vie de sainte Marguerite par Wace	The 'Codex Calixtinus' and the Shrine of St. James	Les Manuscrits de Chrétien de Troyes: The Manuscripts of Chrétien de Troyes	Le livre d'images de Madame Marie
The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela: A Gazetteer	The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela: Critical Edition Volume I:The Manuscripts	The Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela: Critical Edition Volume II:The Text	Le Roman de la Manekine	Gautier de Coinci Miracles, Music and Manuscripts

St. James and Charlemagne	Secular Manuscripts	Alexander The Great	The Bute  Painter and the Maître au menton fuyant
King Arthur, Lancelot and the Grail	Vincent of Beauvais	Devotional Books and Patronage	The Vitae imperatorum Master

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Introduction to Medieval Art and Architecture, HAA 0050

Medieval Patrons, HAA 0240

Medieval Cities: Paris and London, HAA 1200

Medieval Iconography: What is the Grail ?  HAA 1210

Gothic Art in Pittsburgh, HAA 1255

Research in progress on WWW

 The Lancelot-Graal Project

WWW Public Sites