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‘After these early experiments in cire perdue casting, Bernward commissioned two major works: a hollow, cast bronze coluimn nearly 13 ft (4m) high which once supported a crucifix, and a pair of bronze doors nearly 16 ft (5m) high for his foundation of the Abbey of St Michael, dated 1015. With these, sculptors took the first steps towards a new monumental art, without which the achievements in architectural sculpture of the late 11^th and early 12^th centuries [ce] would hardly have been possible.’

– E[ncylopaedia of] V[isual] A[rt] 3:560

[A photocopy of a double-page spread headed ‘Bernard’s Column’ from Encylopaedia of Visual Art 3:556-557 is inserted in the ms here but is not reproduced in the ts]

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