• A London, British Library, MS Additional 22283, fols. 84v–87r (Simeon MS)
• AN Anglo-Norman
• AND De Wilde et al., eds., Anglo-Norman Dictionary
• B Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 399, fols. 104v–116r [base manuscript for Chasteau d’amour]
• Bible Douay-Rheims Bible
• BL British Library
• Boulton Grosseteste, The Castle of Love (Le Chasteau d’amour), trans. Boulton
• CT Chaucer, Canterbury Tales, ed. Benson
• DBTEL Jeffrey, ed., Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature
• DIMEV Mooney et al., eds., Digital Index of Middle English Verse
• Doyle-Codicology Doyle, “Codicology, Palaeography, and Provenance”
• EETS Early English Text Society
• Godefroy Godefroy, Lexique de l’ancien français, ed. Bonnard and Salmon
• H Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Additional B. 107, fols. 1r–45v [base manuscript for Castle of Love, lines 1515–1862]
• Halliwell Grosseteste, Castle of Love, ed. Halliwell
• Horstmann-Furnivall Grosseteste, Castel of Loue, ed. Horstmann and Furnivall
• IMEV Brown and Robbins, Index of Middle English Verse
• L Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Laud Misc. 471B, fols. 94v–107v
• Mackie Grosseteste, “Robert Grosseteste’s Anglo-Norman Treatise,” trans. Mackie
• Mackie-Chasteu Grosseteste, “Robert Grosseteste’s Chasteu d’amour,” ed. Mackie
• ME Middle English
• MED McSparran et al., eds., Middle English Dictionary
• MS(S) manuscript(s)
• Murray Grosseteste, Le Château d’amour, ed. Murray
• MW Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary
• NIMEV Boffey and Edwards, New Index of Middle English Verse
• O Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Bodley 652, fols. 52r–64r
• OE Old English
• OED Oxford English Dictionary
• OF Old French
• Sajavaara Grosseteste, Middle English Translations of Robert Grosseteste’s Château d’Amour, ed. Sajavaara
• SC Madan and Hunt et al., Summary Catalogue of Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library at Oxford
• Southern Southern, Growth of an English Mind in Medieval Europe
• V Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Eng. poet. a. 1, fols. 293rc–296va (Vernon MS) [base manuscript for Castle of Love, lines 1–1514]
• Weymouth Grosseteste, Castel Off Loue, ed. Weymouth
• Wheatley Wheatley, Idea of the Castle in Medieval England
• Whiting Whiting and Whiting, Proverbs, Sentences, and Proverbial Phrases