O. M. Dalton Explained

Ormonde Maddock Dalton, FBA (1866–1945) was a British museum curator and archaeologist.^[1] Though very much an all-rounder, his main expertise was in medieval art. He usually published as O. M. Dalton, but also wrote under the pseudonym W. Compton Leith.^[1]

From 1921 to 1928 he was Keeper of the British and Medieval Antiquities Department at the British Museum.^[2] As well as the books below, he wrote a stream of articles and short books for the museum.

Works

• Handbook to the Ethnographical Collections (1910) with Thomas Athol Joyce.^[3]
• Byzantine Art and Archaeology (1911), handbook of art and artefacts.^[4]
• East Christian Art (1925).^[1]

Translations

• Gregory of Tours. The History of the Franks. 2 vol. trans. O. M. Dalton. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967
• Josef Strzygowski, Origin of Christian Church Art (1923), translation with Hermann Justus Braunholtz.^[1]

Notes and References

1. 32698. Mark. Pottle. Dalton, Ormonde Maddock.
2. Web site: Ormonde M Dalton. March 30, 2018. Dictionary of Art Historians.
3. Joyce, Thomas Athol. 74201. Raymond John. Howgego.
4. Book: Elizabeth Jeffreys. John F. Haldon. Robin Cormack. The Oxford Handbook of Byzantine Studies. 2008. Oxford University Press. 978-0-19-925246-6. 57.