Template:Did you know nominations/San Giacomo Scossacavalli
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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 22:43, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
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San Giacomo Scossacavalli[edit]
Piazza Scossacavalli with Palazzo Torlonia and San Giacomo in an 18th-century etching of Giuseppe Vasi
- ... that the church of San Giacomo Scossacavalli (pictured) in Rome, demolished in 1937, probably derived its name from a horse thigh?
- Reviewed: I-sala
Created by Alessandro57 (talk). Self-nominated at 04:54, 22 July 2015 (UTC).
This is an interesting and pretty comprehensive article with some excellent images - the one chosen is just about clear enough to be good for DYK. It is new enough, long enough, and appears to be well-sourced; as all the sources are books in Italian, this is taken on good faith. I've made some minor edits for grammar, and this could probably be improved further; additionally, it would be good to explain some of the more technical terms used, although these are all appropriately linked. I am unsure whether the phrase "San Giacomo underwent thorough restorations during the first half of the 17th century and the second half of 17th century. On 23 November 1777 the church was consecrated again" is correct - should this say throughout the 17th century, or did the restorations run into the 18th century, with this being a translation issue? The more serious issue is the hook; the article only claims that the horse thigh derivation is the "more probable" - the hook could change to "may have derived", but there are lots of other facts which could be used. Finally, the intro states that the church was important for artistic reasons, but it's not entirely clear from the article what these were - it clearly had some important frescoes; is this the point being made, or were there other reasons not clear from the article? Warofdreams talk 12:52, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
Hallo, @Warofdreams:, and thanks for your review! Yes, this was a mistake, of course it was the 18th century. About the hook, all the sources point to the "coxa caballi" as the most probable origin of the name, but of course they cannot be 100% sure, since the alleged fragment is not there anymore. Do you have any other idea about alternative hooks? The importance of the church derives from the architectonic solution adopted by Sangallo, by its frescoes, its furnishings and its paintings, above all those by Giovanni Battista Ricci and his scholars. Maybe I should point it out. Cheers, Alex2006 (talk) 13:14, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
- Great, thanks for the fix on the century. If you could clarify its artistic importance along those lines, that would resolve the other query. On the hook, changing to "may have derived" or even "probably derived" would be okay and I'd be happy to approve; otherwise, something on the relics might be interesting, or even one on the artwork - there's lots there which is well-referenced and interesting! Warofdreams talk 13:57, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
- Hallo, @Warofdreams:, I inserted in the article a sentence which explains the artistic importance of the church and I changed the hook. Please check :-) . Cheers, Alex2006 (talk) 05:30, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
Nice work! I've just tweaked the hook slightly for grammar and I'm happy to approve for DYK. Warofdreams talk 10:40, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
- Great, thanks for the fix on the century. If you could clarify its artistic importance along those lines, that would resolve the other query. On the hook, changing to "may have derived" or even "probably derived" would be okay and I'd be happy to approve; otherwise, something on the relics might be interesting, or even one on the artwork - there's lots there which is well-referenced and interesting! Warofdreams talk 13:57, 23 July 2015 (UTC)
