Byzantine black and white mounted photograph collection
Scope and Contents
The collection includes over 75,000 mounted black and white photographic prints of Byzantine art, architecture, and archaeology, its bulk being from the fourth through the fifteenth century, along with corresponding negatives where available. The emphasis is on materials that originated in the Byzantine empire and neighboring cultures: Italy, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Macedonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Slovenia, Romania, Russia, Armenia, and Georgia, as well as Greece, Syria, Israel, and Egypt. There are also a limited number of Russian, Crusader, and post-Byzantine works.
In addition to photographs deposited by outside scholars or purchased from vendors, the images document the fieldwork of Dumbarton Oaks, the Byzantine Institute, and a number of affiliated scholars, including Margaret Alexander, Richard Anderson, Cyril Mango, Thomas Mathews, Ihor Ševčenko, and Robert Van Nice.
For more information, see related descriptions for each series. A detailed inventory is available here: https://www.doaks.org/research/library-archives/inventories/ph-bz-001/view.
Dates
- Creation: 1942-2000s
Creator
- Dumbarton Oaks (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
An appointment is required for access to these papers. To request an appointment, fill out the online form: http://www.doaks.org/research/library-archives/access-and-hours/schedule-an-appointment.
For research queries, contact the staff of Image Collections and Fieldwork Archives (library@doaks.org).
Conditions Governing Use
Duplication of the collection may be governed by copyright and other restrictions.
Extent
497.08 linear feet (1,193 boxes, containing approximately 75,000 black and white photographic prints)Arrangement
Arranged in sections by medium depicted (Architecture, Epigraphy, Ivory, Manuscripts, Metalwork, Minor Media, Mosaic, Mosaic icon, Mosaic Pavement, Panel painting, Sculpture, Textiles, and Wall painting), and then filed geographically according to country, city, and site.
Other Finding Aids
Preliminary inventories for individual sections by medium are available.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Photos were acquired over the years via deposit or purchase. Consult the curatorial files and accession logs for further information about a specific acquisition.
Existence and Location of Copies
Additional instantiations may be available in ICFA's Negative Collection or Site Books. For access, consult with ICFA staff.
Processing Information
This finding aid was created by Anne-Marie Viola on September 4, 2014 and edited by Shalimar White on August 5, 2015.
Cultural context
Genre / Form
Geographic
- Afghanistan
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Israel
- Italy
- Jordan
- Lebanon
- Libya
- Moldova
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Russia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- United States
Topical
Creator
- Dumbarton Oaks (Organization)
- Title
- Byzantine black and white mounted photograph collection, 1942-2000s (PH.BZ.001): Finding Aid
- Date
- September 4, 2014
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- dca00014
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