Schema della Porta del Paradiso

The door is divided into 10 large rectangular panels, arranged in five rows, each of which, with the frames decorated with roundels with prophets' heads, occupies the entire width of a door leaf. The panels present scenes from the old testament, which follow one another on both doors from left to right and from top to bottom. The door was damaged by the flood of 1966 and the reliefs are currently replaced by copies, while the restored originals are found in the museo dell'opera del duomo. Adam and eve cain and abel noah abraham isaac, esau and jacob joseph moses joshua david solomon and the queen of sheba.