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ermecherubini

English translation: (bust sculptures of) cherubs


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Italian term or phrase:ermecherubini
English translation:(bust sculptures of) cherubs
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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!
nimopaz
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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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claudiocambon
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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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(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...

claudiocambon
United States
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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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agree  Dr Lofthouse
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