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Art/Literary - Architecture | | Italian term or phrase: ermecherubini | "il campanile culmina in un coronamento in forma di ermecherubini".
Si riferisce al campanile della chiesa di Sant'Andrea delle Fratte a Roma. Non riesco a trovare alcun riscontro riguardo agli "ermecherubini". Help! |
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| | (bust sculptures of) cherubs | Explanation:
There should be a hyphen after "erme."
An "erma" is a type of bust portrait that includes the head and some of the body, as per:
http://dizionari.corriere.it/dizionario_italiano/E/erma.shtm...
"Scultura che rappresenta una testa umana con parte del busto
sec. XVI"
The term seems to be rare, and certainly in this formulation.
So this is a ring or crown of these cherub sculptures in bust format. You might be able to get away with just saying a ring of cherubs, for that matter, which is why I put part of my answer in parentheses.
I'm not sure whether this is the best formulation, though. There is possibly a tighter way to phrase this.
You can see them here in this photograph:
http://www.arounder.eu/og/Campanile di Sant'Andrea delle Fra... |
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| Grading comment Ti ringrazio. Ero davvero nei guai dopo un'ora di ricerche e le tue indicazioni sono state perfette ed esaustive. Ho utilizzato "a crown of bust sculptures of cherubs".
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