Annalis Leibundgut

Annalis Leibundgut-Maye (born June 27, 1932 in Langenthal , Canton of Bern ; † September 13, 2014 ) was a Swiss classical archaeologist .

Annalis Leibundgut received her doctorate in 1969 under Hans Jucker at the University of Bern . Between 1969 and 1975 she was a research fellow of the Swiss National Science Foundation for archaeological excavations in Egypt . In 1975 she switched to the University of Trier as a research assistant , where she also qualified as a professor in 1978. In 1980 Leibundgut was appointed to a temporary C2 professorship in Trier, which was converted into a C2 professorship for life in 1986. In 1987 she moved to a C3 professorship at the University of Mainz , where she taught until her retirement in 1997 and beyond.

Leibundgut dealt with Greek and Roman art, in particular the history of research , collection and reception , ancient handicrafts and Coptic art , especially Coptic painting. Her work The Roman Bronzes of Switzerland and the Roman Lamps of Switzerland , in which she fundamentally worked on certain groups of finds from Swiss sites, are of particular importance . In Coptic painting, her focus was on painting the church of Complex 366 in Kellia . The center of research on the history of reception is the Apollo Belvedere . Leibundgut co-initiated the Collaborative Research Center for Cultural and Linguistic Contacts in the historical area of ​​North Africa / West Asia of the DFG at the University of Mainz and remained connected to it as a researcher even after leaving teaching until the end of 2008. She was a corresponding member of the German Archaeological Institute .

Fonts (selection)

• The Roman bronzes of Switzerland. Part 2: Avenches. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1976.
• The Roman lamps in Switzerland. A study of the history of culture and trade. Francke, Bern 1977 (= dissertation).
• The Roman bronzes of Switzerland. Part 3: Western Switzerland, Bern and Valais. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1980. ISBN 3-8053-0366-1 .
• Artistic form and conservative tendencies according to Pericles. A style pluralism in the 5th century BC Chr.? (= Trier Winckelmann programs , issue 10). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1991, ISBN 3-8053-1327-6 .
• with Rolf Gundlach , Manfred Kropp (Hrsg.): The Sudan in the past and present. Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1996, ISBN 978-3-631-48091-5 .
• with Gerhard Haeny: Kellia. Kôm Qouçoû 'Isa 366 and its church complexes. (= Recherches suisses d'archeologie copte Volume 5.) Peeters, Leuven 1999. ISBN 90-429-0870-X .

Web links

• Portrait in the research portal of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate
• Obituary from the University of Mainz. In: Rhein Main Presse of September 26, 2014 (accessed October 4, 2014).