Jerusalem
Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Sirarpie Der Nersessian papers and photographs
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Dumbarton Oaks
Collection Identifier: MS.BZ.005
Scope and Contents:
Sirarpie Der Nersessian was one of the pioneers of Armenian-Byzantine art history. She established the methodology for the study of Armenian illuminated manuscripts and incorporated Armenian art into the scope of Byzantine art history. Over the course of her career, Der Nersessian visited and cataloged the three most significant collections of Armenian manuscripts in the world: the collection of Etchmiadzin now held at the national library, Matenadaran in Yerevan, Armenia; the Armenian...
The Kay Kaufman Shelemay Syrian-Jewish Collection, 1984 -1993.
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Eda Kuhn Loeb Music Library
Collection Identifier: AWM Spec Coll 96
Overview:
Original field recordings of the Syrian-Jewish genre of pizmonim (paraliturgical hymns) as it has evolved from the early 20th century. Fieldwork was conducted in Brooklyn, NY between 1984 and 1993, and in Brooklyn, NY; Deal, NJ; Mexico City; and Jerusalem between 1986 and 1993.
Paul Atkins Underwood research papers
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Dumbarton Oaks
Collection Identifier: MS.BZ.019
Scope and Contents:
The collection consists of 6 boxes of records that contain: lecture and research notes; note cards; drafts for outlines and essays; bibliographies and lists of objects; and photographs of Byzantine art and architectural drawings. These items were primarily created by Paul Underwood between 1936 and 1950 and by Albert Mathias Friend, Jr. between 1945 and the mid-1950s. The collection includes Underwood’s research papers as a graduate student in the Department of Art and Archeology...