Laurent, Vitalien, 1896-1973
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1896 - 1973
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter and book review from Revue des Etudes Byzantines XIV, 1956 from Marvin Ross to Mildred Bliss, 1703 32nd St., Washington 7, D.C. , 1956-1957 Digital
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
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Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
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Series:
Correspondence
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Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, R-Z
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Sub-Group:
Marvin C. Ross
File — Box H, Folder: 7a, item: 5Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H7a:Ross 1957.03.09
Scope and Contents:
Handwritten letter from Marvin C. Ross to Mildred Bliss sending the review by V. Laurent of the handbook on "The Dumbarton Oaks Collection" in the Revue des Etudes Byzantine, XIV, 1956, pages 298-300. review is in French. Marvin tells Mildred that Laurent's criticism is 1) correct about the inscription on the silver cross -- "we can now say the Cross of Romanus II"; 2) He is wrong about the pilgrim's token. Seals are round, not rectangular and in addition the D.O. example was found with...
Marvin C. Ross, 1957
FOUND IN:
Dumbarton Oaks
/
Collection:
Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
/
Series:
Correspondence
/
Sub-Series:
Mildred Bliss Office Files, R-Z
Sub-Group — Box H, Folder: 7aIdentifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001
Scope and Contents:
Includes correspondence sent by Marvin C. Ross to Mildred Bliss discussing two Byzantine rings; photographs of two Byzantine rings; two published articles, one written by Marvin C. Ross titled, "Two gem carvings of the IV century (exhibited by the Walters Art Gallery) published in the American Journal of Archaeology under Archaeological Notes (pages 173-174) and the other published by V.[Vitalien] Laurent in "Revue des Etudes Byzantines" XVI, pages 298-300 about the Dumbarton Oaks collection...