<Ul> <Li> Seventh panel: The birth of Christ </Li> <Li> Eighth panel: The annunciation to Mary </Li> </Ul> <Li> Seventh panel: The birth of Christ </Li> <Li> Eighth panel: The annunciation to Mary </Li> <P> To understand the parallelism between the panels of the left and right doors, one must enter the medieval mindset, with its a typological reading of the Old Testament according to the revelation of the New Testament (concordantia veteris et novi testamenti - harmony of the Old and New Testament). The typological concordances presented on the Bernward doors are based for the most part on the theological writings of the Church Fathers, especially St. Augustine: </P>

The bronze doors of the church of saint michael’s at hildesheim germany