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The Puchezh Epitaphios of 1441 and Novgorodian Embroidery in the Time of Archbishop Euphemius II

The first time I saw a picture of the Puchezh Epitaphios, still quite brightly hot pink despite being almost 600…

Today, I’d like to share with you the following article: Новицкая, М.А. “Золотная вышивка Киевской Руси.” Byzantinoslavica, 1972(33), pp. 42-50.…

Podeai (singular: podea) are an embroidered fabric item used in Eastern Orthodox churches to adorn and show honor to particularly…

The title of this work was perhaps the hardest part to translate. Dragotsennost’ is typically used to mean “gemstone”, but clearly…

In 1981, a burial mound in southern Russia near Chingul was excavated. The archeologists working on the site found a…

This article provides an overview of archeological finds of goldwork embroidery fragments from medieval Russia. This includes some of the…

The location of this information has moved, and I’m still in the process of updating all my links. Please see…

This article by E. Yu. Katasonova is a great overview of medieval Russian goldwork embroidery. It covers mentions of goldwork…

The article traces the history of origin of ecclesiastical embroidery in Ancient Russia, the use of works of embroidery in…