OAKS

Our born-digital publication follows the best practices of museum cataloguing as outlined by the Getty Online Scholarly Cataloguing Initiative. We imagine our publication as a growing resource, one which draws on all the strengths of the digital medium to make research broadly and freely accessible... Although Dumbarton Oaks has a long history of collecting and researching textiles, its holdings of Byzantine and early Islamic fabrics have never been systematically published. In producing this catalogue, we look back on the legacy of the Dumbarton Oaks' collections and our institution's mission to publish the complete holdings of the Byzantine Collection. At the same time, however, we look forward to the possibilities of digital cataloguing formats in making scholarly research and publications timely, accessible, and connective... We want to acknowledge the work of Arielle Winnik and Alexandra Walsh, interns on our project, who assisted in verifying bibliography, checking objects, and..

Primary location: Washington United States