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THE TWO BRONZE DOORS OF THE TROIA CATHEDRAL
THE TWO BRONZE DOORS OF THE TROIA CATHEDRALTHE MAJOR GATE Construction of the city's new cathedral began in 1093, modifying and expanding the previous church of Santa Maria; by 1119, the church was completed and already had its important bronze Porta Maggiore, thanks also to the interest of Bishop William II, whose name appears in [...]
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 [...]
