Resources  Indices for Website

Index of major subjects on the Centering Spenser website

Cited works are followed by the name of the essay or Object Description they appear in. The Object Descriptions are keyed to the room that the object appears in, i.e., “OD GF P bellows“ indicates the Object Description of a bellows in the Ground Floor Parlor.

Key
“OD” = Object Description
“TH” = Tower House
“GF” = Ground Floor
“P” = Parlor
“B” = Bedroom
“S” = Study
“C” = Chapel
“P/G” = Privy/Garderobe
“GH” = Great Hall
“SRA” = “Storage Room and Armory”
“BA” = Bawn Area

Administration - OD GH Helmet, Spanish; OD GH Mantelpiece; OD GF P Lute ; OD GF P Desk With Letters; OD GF P Map of Munster Plantation; OD GF P Portrait of Queen Elizabeth; Spenser and the “New English” Community at Kilcolman; The Munster Plantation, 1584-98; Spenser and Raleigh
Animals - OD BA Sheela-na-gig; OD GF P Narwhal, i.e., ”Unicorn” Horn; Kilcolman Castle History
Birds - OD BA Garden, Bower, and Tower; OD TH SRA Weaponry; Kilcolman Castle History
Books - OD TH Bookshelves; OD TH Desk with Paper, Pen & Ink, and Books (including The Faerie Queene)
Bride - OD BA Garden, Bower, and Tower; OD GF P Spinning Wheel; OD TH B Bed; OD TH B Chest; OD TH P Portrait of Elizabeth Boyle
Children - OD BA Garden, Bower, and Tower; OD TH B Crib and Fireplace; OD TH B Bed; OD TH B Toy Knight
Church – Kilcolman Castle History; The Desmond Rebellion, 1579-83
Clothing - OD TH GF Mantle ; OD TH SRA Quilted Jack, a.k.a. "Checklaton"
Colonization – Spenser and the “New English” Community at Kilcolman; The Munster Plantation, 1584-98
Commemoration - OD GF P Date Stone; OD TH Desk with Paper, Pen & Ink, and Books (including The Faerie Queene)
Communication - OD GF P Desk With Letters
Defense - OD GF P Gun-loop; OD TH SRA Quilted Jack, a.k.a. "Checklaton"; Kilcolman Castle History; Life at Kilcolman: Arrangement and Uses of Buildings
Disputation - OD GF P Gun-loop; OD TH B Chest; Kilcolman Castle History; The Munster Plantation, 1584-98; Spenser and Raleigh; The Desmond Rebellion, 1579-83; T Rivers
Dreams - OD TH B Bed; OD TH B Chest ; OD GH Mantelpiece
Diet - OD P/G Privy aka Toilet; OD TH P Dinnerware; OD TH P Apples in a Silver Dish
Dining - OD GH Mether; OD TH P Apples in a Silver Dish; OD TH P Mether
Family - OD TH B Crib and Fireplace; OD GH Mantelpiece; OD GF P Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I; OD TH P Portrait of Elizabeth Boyle; OD TH B Bed
Famine – Spenser and Raleigh; DK C The Desmond Rebellion, 1579-83
Fantasy - OD BA Sheela-na-gig; OD GF P Narwhal, i.e., ”Unicorn” Horn; OD TH B Toy Knight
Fire - OD GF P Bellows; OD TH P Bellows; OD TH Bookshelves; Kilcolman Castle History; Destruction of the Munster Plantation (1598)
Friendship - OD TH GF Mantle; OD TH P Raleigh's Window
Garden - OD BA Garden, Bower, and Tower; OD BA Kitchen; OD TH P Dinnerware; OD GF P Spinning Wheel
Heat - OD TH B Crib and Fireplace; OD GF P Spinning Wheel; OD GF P Tapestry; Life at Kilcolman: Arrangement and Uses of Buildings
Hunting - OD TH B Deerskins; OD TH P Deerskins; Kilcolman Castle History
Industry - OD GF P Lute; OD GF P Spinning Wheel; OD TH GF Barrels; Rivers
Inspiration - OD GF P Lute ; OD TH C Altar-table and Crucifix; OD TH P Harp; OD TH Desk with Paper, Pen & Ink, and Books (including The Faerie Queene)
Leisure - OD GF P Lute ; OD TH B Deerskins; OD TH P Harp ; OD TH P Deerskins
Letters - OD TH Desk with Paper, Pen & Ink, and Books (including The Faerie Queene)
Luxury - OD GF P Portrait of Queen Elizabeth; OD GF P Tapestry
Marriage - OD GF P Date Stone; OD TH B Bed; OD TH B Deerskins; OD TH B Toy Knight; OD TH GF Mantle; OD TH P Deerskins; OD TH P Portrait of Elizabeth Boyle; OD TH P Portrait of Spenser; Roads
Monarchy - OD GH Mantelpiece; OD GF P Narwhal, i.e., "Unicorn" Horn; OD GF P Portrait of Queen Elizabeth
Music - OD GF P Lute; OD TH P Harp; OD TH P Raleigh's Window
Orchard - OD BA Garden, Bower, and Tower; OD TH P Apples in a Silver Dish; OD TH P Dinnerware
Pastoral - OD GF P Spinning Wheel; D GF P Tapestry; OD TH P Raleigh’s Window
Patronage - OD GF P Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I; OD GF P Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh; OD GF P Spinning Wheel; OD GF P Tapestry; OD TH GF Barrels; Spenser and Raleigh
Piracy - OD TH B Chest; OD TH GF Barrels
Planter - OD GF P Portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh; OD TH SRA Quilted Jack, a.k.a. "Checklaton"; OD TH SRA Weaponry; The Munster Plantation, 1584-98
Politics - OD GF P Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I; OD GF P Spinning Wheel ; OD TH C Altar-table and Crucifix ; Spenser and Raleigh; The Desmond Rebellion, 1579-83
Property - OD GF P Gun-loop; OD GF P Map of Munster Plantation; OD GF P Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I
Rebellion - OD GF P Bellows; OD GF P Gun-loop; OD GF P Narwhal, i.e., ”Unicorn” Horn; OD TH B Crib and Fireplace; OD TH GF Mantle; OD TH P Bellows; Spenser and the “New English” Community at Kilcolman; Kilcolman Castle History; The Munster Plantation, 1584-98; Spenser and Raleigh; The Desmond Rebellion, 1579-83; Roads
Reform - OD GF P Spinning Wheel; OD TH C Altar-table and Crucifix; OD TH Woodcut of St. George; Spenser and the “New English” Community at Kilcolman
Religion - OD TH C Altar-table and Crucifix; OD TH C Mural of St. Christopher; OD TH Woodcut of St. George
Rivers - Rivers
Roads - Roads
Satire - OD GF P Portrait of Queen Elizabeth I; OD TH C Altar-table and Crucifix; OD TH Desk with Paper, Pen & Ink, and Books (including The Faerie Queene); Spenser and Raleigh
Sea - OD TH B Chest
Security - OD GF P Gun-loop; OD TH B Chest; OD TH SRA Quilted Jack, a.k.a. "Checklaton"; OD TH SRA Weaponry; Roads
Sexuality - OD BA Sheela-na-gig; OD TH P Apples in a Silver Dish; OD TH B Bed
Superstition - OD BA Sheela-na-gig
Symbolism - OD BA Kitchen; OD BA Sheela-na-gig; OD GF P Narwhal, i.e., ”Unicorn” Horn; OD GH Mantelpiece; OD TH B Crib and Fireplace; OD TH P Harp; Spenser and Raleigh; Rivers
Timber - OD GF P Lute; OD TH GF Barrels; OD TH SRA Weaponry; The Munster Plantation, 1584-98; Spenser and Raleigh
Toilet - OD TH P/G Privy a.k.a. Toilet
Tools - OD GH Mether ; OD GF P Bellows; OD TH P Bellows; OD TH P Mether
Trophy - OD GH Helmet, Spanish; OD TH Helmet, Spanish; OD TH Bookshelves; OD TH SRA Irish Elk Antlers
Virtue - OD GH Mantelpiece; OD TH P Apples in a Silver Dish; Spenser and Raleigh
Weapons - OD TH SRA Quilted Jack, a.k.a. "Checklaton"; OD TH SRA Long Darts; OD TH SRA Weaponry
War - OD TH Bookshelves; OD TH SRA Quilted Jack, a.k.a. "Checklaton"; OD TH SRA Weaponry; Spenser and the “New English” Community at Kilcolman; Kilcolman Castle History; The Munster Plantation, 1584-98; The Desmond Rebellion, 1579-83; Destruction of the Munster Plantation (1598)
Women - OD BA Sheela-na-gig; OD GF P Spinning Wheel; OD TH P Apples in a Silver Dish; OD TH GF Mantle ; OD TH P Portrait of Elizabeth Boyle