Letter and A History and Corpus of Byzantine Enamelling from Marvin Ross to Mildred Bliss, 1703 32nd Street, Washington 7, D.C., May 28, approximately 1957 Digital
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from Marvin C. Ross to Mildred Bliss to share his work on Byzantine enamels and project as outlined to the Bollinger Foundation. He says that since more enamals are dated than any other minor arts except manuscripts, this corpus and history which he has included may turn out to be of great importance in the study of Byzantine art.
Once the enamals are finished, Marvin wants to go on and write his history of Byzantine jewellery and glyptics. He tells Mildred that since her and Robert [Bliss] have been great connoisseurs and collectors in both these fields, he would like to talk with them both about it one day. He has new and interesting material, both jewellery and glypics and naturally the Dumbarton Oaks Collection will play a significant role in book books.
A typescript copy of "A History and Corpus of Byzantine Enamelling" prepared for the Bollinger Foundation with his outline of the book project; places that he should visit and photographs that are needed to complete the book; and work already completed is included.
Dates
- Creation: May 28, approximately 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.
Conditions Governing Access
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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 (Recipient, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Dumbarton Oaks Repository
Dumbarton Oaks holds archival collections in its Rare Book Collection, Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives, and the Dumbarton Oaks Archives. The collections include: the papers of noteworthy scholars in the three fields that Dumbarton Oaks supports (Byzantine, Pre-Columbian, and Garden and Landscape); image collections depicting objects or sites of topical interest to scholars in the three fields; Beatrix Farrand’s personal archive of letters and original drawings that document the development of the Dumbarton Oaks Garden; and institutional records and architectural plans and drawings documenting the history of Dumbarton Oaks. For more information about hours and to make an appointment to consult any of the collections listed here, please fill out the request form: https://www.doaks.org/research/library-archives/schedule-an-appointment