7th-century circular gold pendant part of the collection of the Pushkin State Musem of Fine Arts

MOSCOW.- The Pushkin Museum presents "Era of the Merovingians: Europe without borders" with works from a medieval dynasty that controlled parts of modern-day France, Belgium and Germany from the fifth to the eighth centuries. The exhibition will be on view through May 13. It includes around 1,300 items such as collars, broaches and statuettes that ancient tribes fashioned from precious metals and deep red Indian almandine. Lire la suite http://www.artdaily.com/section/news/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=19659