Master Buvina, known from documents to have also been a painter (unfortunately, his large fresco of St Christopher in the Peristyle has not survived), carved the huge double doors of Split cathedral (Diocletian's mausoleum) with relief scenes of Christ’s life from the Annunciation to the Ascension, arranged in 28 recessed panels. Extremely well-preserved except for the lowest sections, Buvina’s doors are a rarity in European artistic heritage. Whereas the number of Romanesque bronze doors is relatively large, very few carved wooden doors pre‑dating the 13th century have been preserved.