Letter from Marvin Ross to Mildred Bliss, 1703 32nd Street, Washington 7, D.C., February 2, 1956 Digital
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from Marvin C. Ross to Mildred Bliss telling her that his paper on the Riha-Stouma treasure read at the annual meeting of the College Art Association seemed to go over alright. He intends to write it up more formally for publication.
He reports that the Strzygowski, Byzantine gold medallion at Dumbarton Oaks was struck and not cast. He lists the reasons why this is important, 1) It was doubtless struck in the imperial mint; 2) It was an issue, not a singleton by a goldsmith; 3) This was probably a common praelice in the late VI-VII century; 4) This new idea will have to be taken into account in all future discussions of the spread of iconographical ideas. Regarding this news, he asks her "Isn't it exciting?"
Dates
- Creation: February 2, 1956
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 (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