| Ref No | WIA FC/1928/8/66 |
| Title | Warburg, Aby to Warburg, Mary 01/12/1928 |
| Writer | Warburg, Aby |
| Place1 | Rome, Palace Hotel |
| Recipient | Warburg, Mary; KBW |
| Place2 | Hamburg |
| Date | 01/12/1928 |
| DateNote | FC; one copy in 'Max Adolph Warburg' file |
| Format | typescript |
| Contents | Rome is decorated with flags; on the [Carlo; Italian Consul to Paris] Nardini court case against France, calls the verdict 'outrageous'; has read in the newspapers about the winter storms in Germany, did anything got damaged in Heligoland?; the previous day Warburg had tea with [Ernst] Steinmann; this day he went to the German embassy, explained to a young employee, Marschall, how he views the situation of the German institutes, wants them to cooperate more with each other; the ambassador [Constantin H. K.] von Neurath will discuss this question shortly; Warburg expresses his admiration for Minister Stresemann who has recommended Warburg to von Neurath and has also done his best to help KBW in Paris, even if an employee of the German embassy in Paris acted somewhat clumsily; Warburg is only waiting for Saxl's report in order to thank Stresemann for his good services; Bing was with him at the German embassy, is grateful for her talent for spotting those people in a party who would be interesting to Warburg; she found Miss [Gertrude] Robinson, an English woman who is researching Greek influences on Southern Italy; enjoyed meeting Mrs. Strong and Cumont, the only philologist, archaeologist and historian of religion who 'comes up to our level'; he showed them photographs and tried to explain to them as concisely as possible the twofold roots of 'pathos formula'; both Mrs. Strong and Cumont will come to Warburg's hotel suite to look at more photographs, which Warburg will arrange on mobile walls, he has also invited [Ludwig] Curtius and his wife; he will invite Steinmann and Hermanin; on seeing the wall paintings in the crypt of San Clemente, a former Mithras temple, and Masaccio frescoes of the life of St. Catherine in the church above one can truly speak of the layering of the history of religion made visible; he visited the bookshop of Aldo Olschki, describes him; bought a description of the festivities in Bayonne in 1565, a very lively narrative by a participant of the festivities; they also visited [Herbert] Bittner, the antiquarian bookseller; next week they want to visit the catacombs; on Saxl's cable about [Hans] Meier, the situation is coming to a head which is better than the dreadful 'accedia' [weariness, distress, sloth] which paralysed Meier so far |
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| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/323 | Steinmann; Ernst (1866-1934); Prof. Dr. phil. | 1866-1934 |
| DS/UK/646 | Warburg; Max Adolph (10/07/1902-22/10/1974); Dr. phil. | 10/07/1902-22/10/1974 |
| DS/UK/716 | Saxl; Fritz (08/01/1890 - 22/03/1948); Prof. Dr. phil. | 08/01/1890 - 22/03/1948 |
| DS/UK/955 | Warburg; Mary, née Hertz (13/10/1866-04/12/1934) | 13/10/1866-04/12/1934 |
| #DS/UK/1490 | Bing; Gertrud (1892-1964) | 1892-1964 |
| DS/UK/1582 | Hermanin de Reichenfeld; Federico (16/09/1868-29/06/1953) | 16/09/1868-29/06/1953 |
| DS/UK/1933 | Olschki; Aldo (d.1963) | d.1963 |
| DS/UK/1931 | Leo S. Olschki Libreria Antiquaria Editrice; 1886- | 1886- |
| DS/UK/1932 | Olschki; Leo S. (1861-1940) | 1861-1940 |
| DS/UK/2245 | Warburg; Aby Moritz (13/06/1866-26/10/1929); Professor, Dr. | 13/06/1866-26/10/1929 |
| DS/UK/2287 | Meier; Hans (1900-1941); Dr. phil. | 1900-1941 |