Dinanderie: a history and description of mediaeval art work in copper, brass and bronze (1910)
Perry, John Tavenor, 1842-1915 · New York, The Macmillan company; London, G. Allen & sons · leaf 47
has no boss to it, and wasclearly never intended to serve as a knocker (Fig. 4). Thetwo classic examples of doors which we have mentioned showno trace of having borne such an ornament, nor have we anyrecord that such masks were ever affixed to the doors oftemples ; and the only hint we have of the… … Fig. 4.—Door Panel and Hkad, Aix-la-Chapellethe two doors are furnished with similar heads and rings. 28 DINANDERIE Not only would it be interesting to discover the reasonfor this remarkable innovation, but also to trace the modelswhich, no doubt, Charlemagne intended to have imitated.The lions…
