(Handbook on the History of Philosophy) - Bibliographical references covering philosophers and philosophical ideas from antiquity to the 20th century.
Historisches Wörterbuch der Philosophie
Call Number: B43 .R59 (LRA)
(Historical Dictionary of Philosophy) Scholarly essays of varying length on over 5,000 terms, involving 1,500 authors. Subjects areas include ancient philosophy, hermeneutics, religion, natural philosophy, phenomenology and many other related topics. Index with CD-ROM.
Christianity & related topics
Reallexikoń für Antiké und Christentum
Call Number: BR131 .R4 (LRA)
(Encyclopedia of Antiquity and Christianity) Alphabetically arranged entries documenting nature, people, places, and ideas from the perspective of pagan antiquity, Judaism, and early Christianity. Since 1950, 22 volumes covering A-L have been published, with supplements, at an unfortunately slow pace of one volume every 2-3 years.
Wörterbuch der Mystik
Call Number: B828 .W67 1989 (LRA)
(Dictionary of Mysticism) Compact collection of alphabetically arranged entries describing all aspects of mysticism from antiquity to modern times, including biography, national tendencies, and religious and psychological phenomena. Lengthier entries have bibliographies.
Lexikon der christlichen Ikonographie
Call Number: BV150 .L4 (LRA)
(Dictionary of Christian Iconography) 8 volumes of general iconography and iconography of saints. Vol. 4 includes a list, in English, of all entries in the general iconography. Profusely illustrated. Entries are tightly composed with highly abbreviated references to artistic and scholarly sources.