Dinanderie; a history and description of mediæval art work in copper, brass and bronze (1910)
Perry, John Tavenor, 1842-1915 · London : G. Allen & Sons · leaf 272
as it is a branch of thesubject which would require a book in itself, but will be contentwith a description of the best typical examples ; and passing bythe doors of Mainz and Petershausen, the dates of which are alittle uncertain, turn next to that Saxon group which beginswith the great doors of… … Plate XXXMIIBRONZK DUORS, illLDESHEIM BRONZE DOORS 183 to be merely an ornamental protection to close it in, andbecome storied valves inviting the entrance of the passer-by. Although much has been said as to the supposed classic orByzantine influence perceptible in these doors, there is, in…
