Jewellery of Princely Kiev
Subtitle: The Kiev Hoards in the British Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art and related material
By: Ljudmila Pekarska ; edited by Barry Ager and Dafydd Kidd [dec.] ; Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Forschungsinstitut für Vor- und Frühgeschichte and The British Museum
Contributors: Ager, Barry; Kidd, Dafydd; British Museum; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.); Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz
Series: Monographien (Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz. Forschungsinstitut für Vor- und Frühgeschichte) -- Bd. 92; Monographien (Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz. Forschungsinstitut für Vor- und Frühgeschichte) -- Bd. 92.
Publisher: Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum; The British Museum
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Mainz; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9783795425371; 9783884671726
Subjects: Christian art and symbolism; Goldwork; Medieval Jewelry; Museum collections; Religious articles; Silverwork; British Museum. Department of Prehistory and Europe; British Museum; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Department of Medieval Art and the Cloisters; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.).
Description: In the capital of Kievan Rus', princely Kiev, almost 70 medieval hoards have been discovered to date. The hoards published in this book contained gold and silver jewellery of the ruling dynasty, nobility and the Christian Church. They were unique to Kiev and their quantity and magnificence of style cannot be matched by anything found either in any other former city of Rus', or in Byzantium. Most of the objects has never been published outside the former Soviet Union.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-257).