The Gardens of Sallust: A Changing Landscape

Acknowledgments

This study has been in the making for a number of years, and I have been fortunate to be able to pursue most of my research in Rome. The George Washington University offered me financial assistance through the University Facility Fund to spend part of the summer of 1994 in Rome, and in 1998 I was a Resident of the American Academy in Rome for ten weeks. It was there where most of this research was undertaken, and I am most grateful to all the fellows, residents, and employees of this wonderful institution. In particular, I thank Lester Little, the Director of the Academy, and Christina Huemer, the Librarian, for their support in all aspects of my residency and my other stays there. Likewise, Eileen Markson, Librarian at Bryn Mawr College, was, as usual, generous and helpful with all my queries. The Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana was indispensable especially for its manuscript collection, and the German Archaeological Institute in Rome was also useful for holdings not at the American Academy. Other research was conducted at the Biblioteca Nazionale in Naples; the Biblioteca Capitolina in Verona; the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris; the Boston Public Library; the libraries of the National Gallery of Art, the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C., Bryn Mawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania , and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University ; the New York Public Library; and the Avery and Butler libraries of Columbia University, New York. Finally, because of the interlibrary loan department of the George Washington University, I was able to continue at least some of this research while holding down a full-time teaching schedule. E-mail and the fax machine proved to be valuable tools in making contact with scholars, all of whom answered my queries and offered advice. Among these I thank Sir John Boardman (Oxford), Bernd Evers (Berlin), Bernd Kulawik (Berlin), and Valery Shevchenko (St. Petersburg), the last three for information regarding a drawing formerly in the Destailleur collection in Paris, John Herrmann (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), Mette Moltesen (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek), Silvia Orlandi (for information on the “Comitato Nazionale per lo studio delle opere di Pirro Ligorio”), William Peck (Detroit Museum of Art), and finally Agnese Pompei (Rome), who contacted me regarding the restoration of the so-called Aula Adrianae (the vestibule). Ingrid S. Rowland, Magda Ferreti, and John Ziolkowski aided in some difficult translations of Latin and Italian, and, in particular, Dana Burgess translated several difficult Latin passages, as indicated in the notes. Caroline Dexter gave her expertise on several issues concerning inscriptions, as well as influencing the title of this book. John Wilton-Ely answered questions concerning Piranesi and was generous in sending me pertinent photographs. I had fruitful discussions in Rome with Patricia Osmond de Martino concerning Sallust and with Enrico Bruschini, Direttore dei Beni Artistici at the United States Embassy, who is an expert on the old Ludovisi palaces. Daniela Candilio was very kind to discuss with me the pertinent sculptures in the Museo Nazionale delle Terme in Rome, as was Elizabeth Milliker at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. Although they are not responsible for any of the conclusions reached in this study, I am fortunate to be acquainted with Eugenia Salza Prina Ricotti and Wilhelmina Jashemski, both true pioneers in the subject of ancient Roman gardens. I have also been fortunate in having three excellent readers of the manuscript (one anonymous as well as Ingrid S. Rowland and Miranda Marvin), who offered numerous suggestions and gave encouragement for my pursuit of this study. Their comments have been very much appreciated and have made this a better publication. I am forever in debt to the outstanding group of photographers at the Biomedical Communications Department at the George Washington University that digitized, manipulated, and photographed many of the images. They consistently tolerated with good a c k n o w l e d g m e n t s Hartswick.indb ix Hartswick.indb ix 5/3/05 4:55:50 PM 5/3/05 4:55:50 PM
the gardens of sallust x cheer the many demands I made on them—usually with little time to spare. Last, but far from least, are the numerous individuals who along the way gave me support and encouragement . In particular, Chrystina Haüber was there at the beginning, encouraging me to pursue garden studies and continuing her support with many conversations and suggestions over the years, especially on how to track down...