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THE BRONZE DOOR OF HILDESHEIM
The bronze Door of Hildesheim Rudolph the Glaber, a Cluniac monk, wrote around 1020 in his “Chronicles of the Year One Thousand” (Historiarum libri quinque): “It was already almost the third year after the year 1000 when throughout the world, but especially in Italy and Gaul, a renewal of basilica churches took place: although many [...]
THE OTHER BYZANTINE DOORS IN ITALY
THE OTHER BYZANTINE DOORS IN ITALY The series of Byzantine doors made in Constantinople (wood covered with inlaid bronze panels, frames, and handles) continued after the first one was donated to the Cathedral of Amalfi in 1060 by the merchant Mauro di Pantaleone of Amalfi: In 1066, Abbot Desiderius of Montecassino requested a similar door [...]
THE BYZANTINE BRONZE DOOR OF SAN PAOLO FUORI LE MURA IN ROME
THE BYZANTINE BRONZE DOOR OF SAN PAOLO FUORI LE MURA IN ROME This door is part of the group of bronze doors made in Constantinople and sent to Italy, recognizable by the particular style of the damascening designs on the panels, of Byzantine type but slightly Westernized. Just a few years after 1054, the year [...]
