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Bosselmann-Ruickbie, Antje, Greiff, Susanne and Daim, Falko (Eds.): The Preslav Treasure from Bulgaria (Tenth Century): Historical Context, Excavations, Objects and Technology, Heidelberg: Propylaeum, 2025 (Byzanz zwischen Orient und Okzident, Volume 29). https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.1618

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07/30/2025

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Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie (Ed.), Susanne Greiff (Ed.), Falko Daim (Ed.)

The Preslav Treasure from Bulgaria (Tenth Century)

Historical Context, Excavations, Objects and Technology

Byzanz zwischen Orient und Okzident

The Preslav Treasure, discovered in 1978 near Bulgaria’s medieval capital, comprises over 180 objects of gold, silver, enamel, pearls, and gemstones. The jewellery reflects Bulgaria’s diplomatic ties with the tenth-century Byzantine imperial court in Constantinople. The treasure was investigated at the Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) in Mainz, in collaboration with the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and the Museum Veliki Preslav. In 2018, it was the focus of a conference at the Louvre. Introduced by Jannic Durand, this volume presents fourteen peer-reviewed papers. 

Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie, Institute of Art History, Justus Liebig University Giessen. She studied Art History and Archaeology and has taught at the universities of Bonn, Mainz, and Gießen. Her research focuses on Byzantine art and culture, particularly metalwork, cultural transfer between the Mediterranean and Europe in the Middle Ages, and the reception of the Middle Ages in popular culture. 

Susanne Greiff, Chair of Archaeometry, Institute of Prehistory, Early History and Medieval Archaeology / Institute of Scientific Archaeology, Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

Falko Daim, former Director General of the Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum Mainz, now Leibniz-Zentrum für Archäologie (LEIZA) / Institute for Prehistory and Historical Archaeology at the University of Vienna.

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Table of Contents
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Contents
Antje Bosselmann-Ruickbie, Falko Daim, Susanne Greiff
Foreword
7
Jannic Durand
Introduction
9-18
Panos Sophoulis
Setting the Scene
An Overview of Byzantine­-Bulgar Relations between the Eighth and the Eleventh Centuries
21-27
Daniel Ziemann
Bulgaria and Byzantium in the Ninth and Tenth Centuries
Symeon, Peter and the Byzantine Princess
29-43
Marcello Garzaniti
The Legacy of Cyril and Methodius and the Development of the First Slavic Literary Language in the Bulgarian Empire
A European Perspective
45-52
Thomas Lienhard
The Relations between the Frankish Kingdoms and Bulgaria (Seventh to Ninth Centuries)
53-58
Stoicho Bonev, Plamen Slavov
Archaeological Investigations at Veliki Preslav
61-73
Stela Doncheva
Archaeology and Metalwork in Medieval Bulgaria
75-92
Andrey Aladzhov
The Enamel Earrings in the Preslav Treasure
95-103
Stanislav Stanilov
Three Gold Pendants with Precious Stones from the Preslav Treasure
105-116
Mariela Inkova
The Diadem from the Preslav Treasure
117-148
Šárka Krupičková
Where Did the Spherical Hollow Buttons Come From?
Comparing Great Moravian Gombíky with Examples from the Preslav Treasure
149-166
Šimon Ungerman
Mediterranean Roots of Great Moravian Luxury Jewellery
167-186
Matthias Heinzel
The Preslav Treasure
Preliminary Report on the Restoration Conducted at the Leibniz-Zen­trum für Archäologie (LEIZA), Mainz
189-199
Marlène Aubin, Susanne Greiff, Roland Schwab
Preliminary Results of Non-Destructive Investigations into the Enamels and Gemstones of the Preslav Treasure
201-211
Isabelle Biron
Laboratory Study of Byzantine Enamels from the Louvre Museum
Techniques of Manufacturing and Materials
213-228
List of Contributors
229-230
Sigles Used
231

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