This catalogue, accompanying a 2005/2006 exhibition at the Walters drawn from the collections of the State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, and the Novgorod State Museum, features nearly 300 objects, including  35 icons, that trace the material and artistic culture of the city of Novgorod from the 9th century through its apogee in the 14th century, to its eclipse by Moscow in the 16th. The material culture of this remarkable city is represented by items such as carved wood and bone objects, leather goods, jewelry, musical instruments, and birch bark documents; precious ecclesiastical objects -icons, metalwork, and textiles- from the city`s numerous churches and monasteries highlight the cultural achievements of Novgorod`s Golden Age.
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