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New paper on Bonanno’s doors out!
Bonanno di Pisa is, next to Barisano di Trani and Oderisius of Benevento, amongst the most renowned mediaeval Italian bronze casters. Bonanno is responsible for the biggest mediaeval metal door, the almost 8 m high main door of the Cathedral of Monreale, Sicily, built in 1185/1186, and the San Ranieri door of the Cathedral of Pisa,…
New paper out!
Judith Utz published her chapter “Travelling Doors. Medieval Bronze Doors in the Mediterranean” in the monograph “Travelling Matters across the Mediterranean”, ed. by Beatrice Falcucci, Emanuele Giusti, and Davide Trentacoste (Turnhout: Brepols, 2024), 73–101. The publication is Open Access; you can start reading the introduction here: Medieval Byzantine bronze doors in Italy (second half of…
last doors documented
We have recently completed the documentation of the last two doors: those of Pietro and Umberto di Piacenza in the Lateran Basilica in Rome. We were also allowed to analyse and photograph the “singing” doors of the fifth century in the battistero, which is said to be mentioned by Dante in his Divina Commedia (IX…
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