Arsitektur katedral, basilika dan gereja dikarakteristikkan oleh skala besar bangunan dan mengikuti salah satu tradisi cabang dari bentuk, fungsi dan gaya yang semuanya bermula dari tradisi arsitektural Gereja Perdana yang didirikan pada Konstantinian.
T. Francis Bumpus, The Cathedrals and Churches of Belgium, 1928, T. Werner Laurie Ltd, ISBN
Alec Clifton-Taylor, The Cathedrals of England, 1967, Thames and Hudson, ISBN0-500-20062-9
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg, The Cathedral: The Social and Architectural Dynamics of Construction , 2009 (new paperback edition), Cambridge University Press
Giovanni Fanelli, Brunelleschi, 1980, Becocci, ISBN
Paul Frankl/Paul Crossley, Gothic Architecture, 2001 (2nd revised edition), Yale University Press
Andre Grabar, The Beginnings of Christian Art, Thames and Hudson, 1967, ISBN
John Harvey, The Gothic World, 1100–1600, 1950, Batsford, ISBN
John Harvey, English Cathedrals, 1961, Batsford, ISBN
Howard Hibbard, Masterpieces of Western Sculpture, 1966, Thames and Hudson, ISBN
Rene Huyghe editor, Larousse Encyclopedia of Byzantine and Medieval Art, 1963, Paul Hamlyn, ISBN
François Icher, Building the Great Cathedrals, 1998, Harry N. Abrams, ISBN0-8109-4017-5
James Lees-Milne, Saint Peter's, 1967, Hamish Hamiliton, ISBN
Pio V. Pinto, The Pilgrim's Guide to Rome, 1974, Harper and Row, ISBN0-06-013388-0
Gerald Randall, Church Furnishing and Decoration, 1980, Holmes and Meier Publishers, ISBN0-8419-0602-5