mar 2, 1015 - St Michael, Hildesheim
Description:
Bishop Bernward had been to Rome (pilgrimage)
Double choir basilica
two transepts
two entrances
Ottonian court: interest in geometry
alternating pillars and columns creating a pattern
Bronze doors:
- 4.5 meters tall
- entrance for the monks
- typology OT-NT
- lost wax method revived from antiquity
Added to timeline:
Late Middle Ages
Date:
