A Door Knocker in Mainz
by Sarah Loft
Title
A Door Knocker in Mainz
Artist
Sarah Loft
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
This is one of a pair of knockers on the large double doors of a building in the old city of Mainz. The use of an ornamental lion face with a ring hanging from the mouth was fairly common in past centuries.
Per Wikipedia: A door knocker is an item of door furniture that allows people outside a house to alert those inside to their presence. A door knocker has a part fixed to the door, and a part (usually metal) which is attached to the door by a hinge, and may be lifted and used to strike a plate fitted to the door, or the door itself, making a noise. The struck plate, if present, would be supplied and fitted with the knocker. Door knockers are often ornate, but may be no more than a simple fitting with a metal bob, or ring.
Per Wikipedia: Mainz is the capital of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in Germany. It was the capital of the Electorate of Mainz at the time of the Holy Roman Empire. In antiquity Mainz was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire; it was founded as a military post by the Romans in the late 1st century BC and became the provincial capital of Germania Superior. The city is located on the river Rhine at its confluence with the Main opposite Wiesbaden, in the western part of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main; in the modern age, Frankfurt shares much of its regional importance.
The city is famous as the home of the invention of the movable-type printing press, as the first books printed using movable type were manufactured in Mainz by Gutenberg in the early 1450s. Until the twentieth century, Mainz was usually referred to in English as Mayence.
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March 26th, 2018
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Comments (20)
Greg Hayhoe
Such a friendly looking little guy... can tell his nose has been rubbed often... love how you see things Sarah.
Gary Slawsky
Great positioning and surrounding textures. F/L and my minimalism group POD for 3/28/18.