Progress on the Judith Project

Progress is going well on my CMRS401 project and I look forward to presenting next week.  While I have my general outline, there are aspects that I am wanting to delve deeper into regarding my topic.  I am currently working on looking at how the people of the Renaissance and into the eighteenth century would have interacted with the source material: the book of Judith. I think this will give better insight into how not only the artists who created the artworks I will be discussing as well as the way the works' contemporaries would have understood the story being depicted. This is only one aspect of the project, but one that is important to give historical context to the artworks.  The book of Judith is in the Old Testament Apocrypha. I need to find the historical timeline of the Apocrypha.  At what point was it no longer considered part of the biblical canon? This would be very important for historical context.  I have reached out to Professor Mary Ann Beavis, who has pointed me in the direction of some great resources that will help answer this question.
I have yet to find a good, singular web source for the topic of artistic depictions of Judith.  This makes me want to create one.  I was at one point considering choosing a different object for my second presentation, but perhaps I should spend the time creating a better web source for information regarding artistic depictions of the story from the Apocryphal book of Judith.
Reading the book of Judith was very exciting. I had seen many versions of the story in artwork, but never actually read the source material.  I have gained so much insight from this.
My only concern right now is hoping that my presentation won't be too long…..