The Romanesque Wooden Doors of Auvergne

Contents

Introduction vii

Abbreviations xi

List of Illustrations xiii

1. The Setting 1

2. The Puy Doors: Description and Style 11

3. Description and Iconography of the Scenes 35

4. The Place of the Doors in the History of the Cathedral 59

5. Chamalières 84

6. Blesle 117

7. Lavoûte-Chilhac 132

8. Gauzfredus and His Workshop 144

Appendix I. Epigraphy 155

Appendix II. The Lost South Transept Doors of the Cathedral 160

Index 163

Illustrations 169