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Byzantine sculpture

 Subject
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Annual project reports, 1955-1963

File Identifier: MS.BZ.005, Series 1, Folder 003
Scope and Contents:

Contains Sirarpie Der Nersessian’s employee records, correspondence between Der Nersessian and the Director’s office, with various universities, and annual project reports – documents from both prior to and during her employment at Dumbarton Oaks.

Josephine M. Harris research papers and photographs

FOUND IN: Dumbarton Oaks
Collection Identifier: MS.BZ.007
Scope and Contents: The collection consists of Josephine M. Harris’ documentation of Coptic architectural sculpture from the site of Oxyrhynchos, Egypt (3rd-6th century CE). It includes research notes, drafts, and correspondence, but the majority of the collection consists of photographs and negatives of Coptic sculpture in Egypt, especially sculptural fragments from the site of Oxyrhynchos. These fragments were excavated by Evaristo Breccia in 1927-1931 and became part of the collection of the Graeco-Roman...