Jewellery of Princely Kiev

The Kiev Hoards in the British Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art and Related Material

by Ljudmila Pekarska

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Hardback (Published)

(June 2011)

ISBN: 9783795425371

8.27 x 11.77 inches

Price: $62.00

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In the capital of Kievan Rus’, princely Kiev, almost 70 medieval hoards containing gold and silver jewellery of the ruling dynasty and the Christian Church have been discovered to date. This book provides a complete picture of the three largest of these hoards discovered in Kiev, and traces the history and whereabouts of other lost treasures.


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.

  • By (author) Ljudmila Pekarska