Neueste Beiträge
End of the project
Our project officially ended in June 2025, so it is unlikely that there will be any further updates. I privately fund this website, so I do not know how much longer it will be available. However, our webpage on the IMEAREAL website will remain accessible. Following the publication of the proceedings of our project workshop…
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…
Receive project news directly by email
Gates to Paradise: Creating metal doors for 11th-12th century churches 