Bronze doors for St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany Source: Bischöfliche Pressestelle Hildesheim (bph) ([1]) [Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABernwardst%C3%BCr.jpg

Bronze doors for St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany Annunication, Nativity and Magi: detail of lower right panels Source: Holly Hayes, Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sacred_destinations/3115530342/in/set-72157604016751188/

Bronze doors for St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany Detail of the Adoration of the Magi Source: Photography by Hildesia (own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AHildesheim-Dom-Bernwardst%C3%BCr-Detail-Magier.jpg

Bronze doors for St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany Detail of the Adoration of the Magi Source: Holly Hayes, Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sacred_destinations/3115530488/in/set-72157604016751188/

Bronze doors for St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany Detail: The presentation of the infant Jesus in the temple, with St. Simeon and the Virgin Mary Source: Holly Hayes, Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sacred_destinations/3114703011/in/set-72157604016751188/

Bronze doors for St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany The Nativity of Christ, with the unusual feature of a servant girl in the center of the scene. Source: Holly Hayes, Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sacred_destinations/3114702879/in/set-72157604016751188/

Bronze doors for St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany Detail: Nativity, the baby Jesus in the manger Source: Holly Hayes, Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sacred_destinations/3115530568/in/set-72157604016751188

Bronze doors for St. Michael’s, Hildesheim, Germany After the Fall, much finger-pointing ensues: God blames Adam, Adam blames Eve, and Eve blames the serpent (shown here with two legs like a wyvern). The inscription below gives the date of the work (MXV). Source: Holly Hayes, Creative Commons License Attribution-NonCommercial 2.0. https://www.flickr.com/photos/sacred_destinations/3114702927/in/set-72157604016751188/