John Tsetses, a 12th-century Byzantine writer, praised the work of Kievan Rus artisans and likened their work to the creations of Daedalus, the highly skilled craftsman of Greek Mythology.
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The original cross, kept at the Canterbury Heritage Museum, is a bronze cruciform brooch, with triangular panels of silver, incised with a triquetra and inlaid with niello.