Bernward Doors
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The Bernward Doors are the two leaves of a pair of Ottonian or Romanesque bronze doors, made c. 1015 for Hildesheim Cathedral in Germany. They were commissioned by Bishop Bernward of Hildesheim. The d
The image side of the bronze doors of the Hildesheim Cathedral, showing scenes from the Book of Genesis on the left leaf, from top to bottom, and from the life of Jesus on the right leaf, from bottom to top
The westwork of Hildesheim Cathedral in 2005.
Detail of the left door leaf: Cain murders Abel
Detail of the right door leaf: The adoration of the Magi
The pre-Romanesque period in European art spans the years from the emergence of the Merovingian kingdom around 500 AD to the beginning of the Romanesque period in the 11th century. While the term is t
The royal palace, later church, of Santa María del Naranco, an example of Asturian architecture of the Ramirense period
The interior of the Church of São Pedro da Lourosa in Lourosa, Portugal
Church of St. Margaret of Antioch, Kopčany in Kopčany, Slovakia, 9th–10th centuries
Baptistery of Aix Cathedral, built by the Merovingians, AD 500