"Published in conjunction with the exhibition Kremlin gold: 1,000 years of Russian gems and jewels, held at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston, from April 15, 2000 through September 4, 2000 and at the Field Museum, Chicago, from October 21, 2000 through March 30, 2001. The exhibition is jointly organized by the two museums in collaboration with the State Historical-Cultural Museum Preserve, Moscow-Kremlin."--P. 205.

"Drawn exclusively from the collections of the Moscow Kremlin Armory Palace."--P. 6.

"Joel A. Bartsch and the curators of The State Museums of the Moscow Kremlin."--P. 205.