Carl Johan Lamm typescript errata corrections to Mittelalterliche Gläser und Steinschnittarbeiten aus dem Nahen Osten, circa 1930
- Author
- Lamm, C. J. (Carl Johan), 1902-
- Additional Titles
- Title from typescript: Berichtigungen zu Lamm, Mittelalterliche Gläser
- Physical Description
- 6 pages
- Restrictions on Access
- Unrestricted access.
- Summary
- The collection consists of the author's six-page typescript of corrections to Mittelalterliche Gläser und Steinschnittarbeiten aus dem Nahen Osten, published 1929-1930. The corrections are to German text, and are given in German; the collateral material is in Swedish. Formerly laid in Penn State's copy of the book.
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- Note
- In Rare Books and Manuscripts, University Libraries, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (#1998-0422R/VF 1-2)
- Source of Acquisition
- Purchased from Antiqua, 1998.
- Biographical or Historical Sketch
- Carl Johan Lamm was born and educated in Sweden, and studied archaeology at the University of Stockholm. He wrote about the glass excavated at Samarra in 1928, and became a leading scholar on Islamic arts and craft, notably in glass and carpets. He was on the staff of the Stockholm Museum and taught at Uppsala University. He was active in the Norwegian resistance during World War II. Lamm died in 1981.
- Binding notes
- Housed in ShareBox 097
boxShare097 GST/P/2/2 c.1 (Archival/Manuscript Material) bound in ShareBox 097
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