One of my favorite medieval Russian manuscripts is the Radziwiłł Chronicle, also known as the Königsberg Chronicle. This book is…
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The Blacksmithing Arts of Novgorod the Great
The archeological excavation of the Nerevsky End neighborhood in Novgorod in the 1950s revealed a massive amount of material about…
Continue ReadingDepictions of the Russian Royal Family in 11th-century Miniatures (Part II)
I am currently reading and translating Kondakov’s book about the Gertrude Codex and its set of Orthodox illuminations, a couple…
Continue ReadingDepictions of the Russian Royal Family in 11th-century Miniatures (Part I)
I am currently reading and translating a book written in 1906 about a fascinating piece of history, the so-called Egbert…
Continue ReadingThe Revealing World of Medieval Kievan Rus’ Applied Art
I recently finished reading a chapter from “The History of Russian Art” on the applied arts in Kiev and the…
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The 10th century rise of Kiev as a centralized power in Rus’, the official state acceptance of Christianity in 988,…
Continue ReadingForces Contributing to the Development of Kievan Rus’ Artwork
I was getting ready to read several chapters from the 1953 History of Russian Art, vol. 1, related to Kievan…
Continue ReadingLeatherworking and Shoemaking in Novgorod the Great
My research on Russian quivers for the project I’m working on led me to the article below, about leatherworking in…
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I was starting to work on a quiver for my crossbow bolts, and found this book while trying to locate…
Continue ReadingPagan Elements in the Decorative Art of Medieval Rus’: Rusalia, Simargl, and Pereplut
Today, I’d like to present an article I recently finished reading by B.A. Rybakov, about the symbolism on silver cuff…
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