Title: Jewellery of Princely Kiev
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.
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.)., Medieval Goldwork, Medieval Silverwork, Treasure troves, Antiquities, Catalogs, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Places: Ukraine, Kiev