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
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 other pilgrims tokens; 3) The date of M [ichel] Stryphnos was corrected some time ago; 4) Everyone interprets the inscription on the St. Demetrius pendant differently. But [Andre] Grabar's theories are not necessarily altered.
He tells Mildred the ring, the honorary consul is said to have been found at Mersine [Mersin] in Cilicia. The Cosmas who had once been an honorary consul had been sent there as an administrative officer in 645-646 -- the very period to which we can ascribe the ring. The ring may well have belonged to this particular Cosmas.
He is flying to Cleveland at the invitation of [William M.] Milliken to see his recent purchases of Byzantine objects then on to Chicago for work.
Dates
- Creation: 1956-1957
Creator
- Ross, Marvin C. (Marvin Chauncey), 1904-1977 (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials chiefly in English with a few items in Greek, Latin, French, Italian, or Spanish.
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Extent
23 boxes (Approximately 2632 items including correspondence, expense reports, invoices, estimates, deposit records, book lists, newspaper clippings, newsletters, and plant lists.)Creator
- Ross, Marvin C. (Marvin Chauncey), 1904-1977 (Correspondent, Person)
Subject
- Bliss, Mildred Barnes, 1879-1969 (Person)
- Laurent, Vitalien, 1896-1973 (Person)
- Stryphnos, Michael (Person)
- Milliken, William Mathewson, 1889-1978 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Dumbarton Oaks Repository
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