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Bishop Bernward Bronze Doors, commissioned for St. Michael's

ViewOverall view of bronze doors from front center
SiteHildesheim (Lower Saxony)
LocationGermany
Date1015
SubjectArchitecture
PeriodOttonian
Materialbronze
Saskia No.Kga-0119
SourceGardner, Art Through the Ages, 11th ed., chapter 16, plate 25
 Hartt, Art: A History of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, 4th ed., chapter 13, plate 17
 Janson, History of Art, 6th ed., chapter 9, plate 25
 Lois Fichner-Rathus, Understanding Art, 6th ed., chapter 14, plate 15
 Stokstad, Marilyn, Art History, 2nd ed., chapter 14, plate 26