Torcs

The 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…

Torcs: One Form of Medieval Russian Neck Bling

After reading about medieval Rus’ torcs in Седова, М.В. «Шейные гривны.» Ювелирные изделия древнего Новгорода (Х-XV вв.). Москва: Издательство «Наука», 1981,…

Jewelry Of Medieval Novgorod (10th-15th centuries): Torcs

Today’s post is a translation of a chapter from Jewelry of Medieval Novgorod by M.V. Sedova, an overview of jewelry…