Smith, Ray Winfield
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Letter from Marvin Ross to Mildred Bliss, 1703 32nd St. and an article from Archaeology on a Byzantine glass lamp, April 3, 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: 7b, item: 23Identifier: DDO-RB-GAR-001, H7b:Ross 1957.04.03
Scope and Contents:
Handwritten note from Marvin C. Ross to Mildred Bliss and sending his recently published article titled "A tenth century Byzantine glass lamp" published in Archaeology, volume 10, issue 1, 1957. Marvin tells Mildred the Byzantines were practical in their daily life. "A scholar could lower his lamp for reading or raise it for diffused light!"The article highlights a tenth century Byzantine glass lamp acquired in 1946 for the Dumbarton Oaks Collection "from a dealer who stated that...