DOI Artikel:
Dobrowolski, Witold: "Idilio romano o etrusco" di Henryk Siemiradzki
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18950#0230
Aside from her work for the Museum, she was also an active teacher. In
absence of her professor Kazimierz Michałowski, she conducted lectures on
ancient art at Warsaw University. Later on, from 1973 to 1993, she taught art
and archaeology of ancient Middle East at the Academy of Catholic Theology
in Warsaw. She published numerous studies on museum exhibits as well as the
results of archaeological field research. Through her participation from
1957 in the Professor Michałowski^ excavations in Egypt and later in the
Sudan, Dr. Ruszczyć gained extensive and thorough field work skills and
experience which allowed her to assume from professor Michałowski the task
of managing excavations at the important Tell Atrib site in Egypt
(1969-1984). She also worked in Alexandria and at Faras where she was a
member of the excavation team who unearthed the Early Christian cathedral
famous for its wallpaintings.
Dr. Ruszczyc's zeal, diligence and conscientiousness were appreciated by
professor Michałowski as well as her many colleagues and co-operators. Her
love for the study of history relics was reflected also in the fact that after her
retirement in 1990 she continued her work for the Museum as a voluntary,
sorting archaeological materials which, for lack of time, had previously
escaped thorough inspection. She succeeded in producing of previously
unidentified sherds a number of interesting and important Egyptian, Greek
and Roman pottery and glass vessels. These years of meticulous and
exceedingly timeconsuming studies bringing unexpectedly valuable results
won Dr Ruszczyć a permanent contract which she continued nearly until her
death.
Alongside with her professional activity, Dr. Barbara Ruszczyć was active and
devoted to her social work. Since 1952, for nearly 50 years she engaged herself
in the work of a librarian for the Writers' Library of the Society of Jesus at the
Jesuit College in Warsaw. In her last years she cooperated with the Dominican
Fathers in Cracow, transporting and cataloguing books for the library in
Czortków in Ukrainę. She also visited Ukrainę to document Polish past on the
ruined cemeteries of Czortków, Jagielnica and Jabłonów (Chortkiv, Yagelnycia,
Yabluniv). She belonged to and cooperated with the Society for the Cult of St.
Andrew Bobola and madę trips to the places marked for the presence and the
death of the saint. She also worked for the Papai Institute in Romę.
For her museum work she was awarded in 1987 the Knight's Cross of the
Order of Polonia Restituta. She was a member of the Association of Art
Historians and the International Association of Egyptologists.
Dr. Barbara Ruszczyć died in Warsaw on the llth of September 2001.
The archaeological and museum community lost a kind, honest member.
Her last passage to the family tomb was accompanied by numerous colleagues
and friends.
Jadwiga Lipińska
Translated by Małgorzata Zerel
228
absence of her professor Kazimierz Michałowski, she conducted lectures on
ancient art at Warsaw University. Later on, from 1973 to 1993, she taught art
and archaeology of ancient Middle East at the Academy of Catholic Theology
in Warsaw. She published numerous studies on museum exhibits as well as the
results of archaeological field research. Through her participation from
1957 in the Professor Michałowski^ excavations in Egypt and later in the
Sudan, Dr. Ruszczyć gained extensive and thorough field work skills and
experience which allowed her to assume from professor Michałowski the task
of managing excavations at the important Tell Atrib site in Egypt
(1969-1984). She also worked in Alexandria and at Faras where she was a
member of the excavation team who unearthed the Early Christian cathedral
famous for its wallpaintings.
Dr. Ruszczyc's zeal, diligence and conscientiousness were appreciated by
professor Michałowski as well as her many colleagues and co-operators. Her
love for the study of history relics was reflected also in the fact that after her
retirement in 1990 she continued her work for the Museum as a voluntary,
sorting archaeological materials which, for lack of time, had previously
escaped thorough inspection. She succeeded in producing of previously
unidentified sherds a number of interesting and important Egyptian, Greek
and Roman pottery and glass vessels. These years of meticulous and
exceedingly timeconsuming studies bringing unexpectedly valuable results
won Dr Ruszczyć a permanent contract which she continued nearly until her
death.
Alongside with her professional activity, Dr. Barbara Ruszczyć was active and
devoted to her social work. Since 1952, for nearly 50 years she engaged herself
in the work of a librarian for the Writers' Library of the Society of Jesus at the
Jesuit College in Warsaw. In her last years she cooperated with the Dominican
Fathers in Cracow, transporting and cataloguing books for the library in
Czortków in Ukrainę. She also visited Ukrainę to document Polish past on the
ruined cemeteries of Czortków, Jagielnica and Jabłonów (Chortkiv, Yagelnycia,
Yabluniv). She belonged to and cooperated with the Society for the Cult of St.
Andrew Bobola and madę trips to the places marked for the presence and the
death of the saint. She also worked for the Papai Institute in Romę.
For her museum work she was awarded in 1987 the Knight's Cross of the
Order of Polonia Restituta. She was a member of the Association of Art
Historians and the International Association of Egyptologists.
Dr. Barbara Ruszczyć died in Warsaw on the llth of September 2001.
The archaeological and museum community lost a kind, honest member.
Her last passage to the family tomb was accompanied by numerous colleagues
and friends.
Jadwiga Lipińska
Translated by Małgorzata Zerel
228