Iconographie de l'Art Profane au Moyen Age à la Renaissance. Marle, Raimond van. 2 vols. The Hague. Nijhoff, 1931.

Vol.1 "La Vie Quotidienne"; Vol.2 "Allégories et Symboles".

Although superseded by later scholarship in many details, these two volumes still constitute the basic study of secular iconography from scenes of daily life to allegories of Death and Love; profusely illustrated and with a good bibliography.

Attributs et Symboles dans l'Art Profane, 1450-1600. Tervarent, Guy de., Geneva Libraire Droz, 1958. Supplément. 1964.

A dictionary of animals, plants, inanimate objects, etc..., and their various symbolic meanings during the Renaissance, with frequent references to antique sources. Notes, bibliographical references and numerous illustrations. Supplement contains and index of proper names.