Plague of Justinian (sources)
- PRIMARY SOURCE: Bibliothecae Orientalis Clementino-Vaticanae, Vol. II, by Joseph Simonius Assemanus (Giuseppe Simone Assemani), 1721 Rome, Italy. Pg. 86. Online at: https://books.google.com/books?id=5SBsaOUj604C&printsec=frontcover&dq=assemani+%22bibliotheca+orientalis%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=1o3gUpCFJ9KCogSh1IDgAg&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=assemani%20%22bibliotheca%20orientalis%22&f=false
- Deutsche Mythologie, by Jacob Grimm, 1844 Germany. Pg. 1136. Online at: https://books.google.com/books?id=kBwHAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1135&dq=odenwald+erbach+Deutsche+Mythologie+grimm&hl=en&sa=X&ei=45eVVbavDs-roQS0nbzoDQ&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=odenwald%20erbach%20Deutsche%20Mythologie%20grimm&f=false
- "Justinian I," page in the Wikipedia website, viewed 3-14-2013. Online at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justinian_I
- Plague and the End of Antiquity: The Pandemic of 541-750, by Lester K. Little, 2007 Cambridge University Press, New York City, New York, USA. ISBN: 978-0-521-84639-4. Pg. 64. Online at: https://books.google.com/books?id=hec05y90YfMC&pg=PA62&lpg=PA62&dq=plague+of+justinian+858&source=bl&ots=HFsw6wgWlp&sig=vTYjnZy18WqDI0KGwoJIL93GXqo&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vACfVdmbJsqyggT9p6vACQ&ved=0CDcQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=858&f=false
- Primitive Culture, Vol. I, by Edward B. Tylor, 1871 London, England. Pg. 267-268. Online at: https://books.google.com/books?id=AucLAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA267&dq=justinian+black+headless&hl=en&sa=X&ei=K43gUsv9D4nzoASsp4CQDw&ved=0CFYQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=justinian%20black%20headless&f=false
- Teutonic Mythology - Vol. III, by Jacob Grimm, translated by James Steven Stallybrass, 1883 George Bell & Sons, London. pg. 1184. Online at: https://books.google.com/books?id=OREVAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1184&dq=%22the+Mod.+greeks+think+of+the+plague+as+a+blind+woman+that%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=fD6UVdarC9bcoASA_YSwBQ&ved=0CB4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22the%20Mod.%20greeks%20think%20of%20the%20plague%20as%20a%20blind%20woman%20that%22&f=false