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Bernward Doors
- ... that the Bernward Doors (pictured), Romanesque bronze doors of Hildesheim Cathedral, show scenes from the Book of Genesis left and from the life of Jesus right?
- Comment: This would be best on 14 August when the doors will open again, but that may take too long. We could consider to show just one detail - they are all on the commons - but the first-ever combination is what makes it special.
5x expanded by Furius (talk). Nominated by Gerda Arendt (talk) at 08:14, 15 May 2014 (UTC).
- Good to go. The usual excellent work, but maybe wait a bit, perhaps until the re-opening. The expulsion of Adam & Eve is the classic detail - covered in Ernst Gombrich's Story of Art, and no doubt Gardner' and all the usual suspects. I will add some quotes from such, but I probably won't have time for a bit. Johnbod (talk) 13:34, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
- "... doors of Hildesheim Cathedral" with no "the" is more idiomatic - changed. Johnbod (talk) 13:36, 17 May 2014 (UTC)
- If the article is still unstable (a great deal of editing over the past couple of days, and Furius may not be done yet with the work), then approval should wait until things settle down. More important, perhaps, is that August 14 is too far away; holding for special occasions is for a maximum of six weeks, which is before the end of June. So hooks should be proposed with that in mind: this will run before they reopen again. (Note: Furius is correct about "on the left" and "on the right" over "left" and "right"; the parentheses wouldn't work here.) BlueMoonset (talk) 06:27, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
- I have now finished everything I intended to do - but it may be that others continue to make additions, corrections. Furius (talk) 08:05, 18 May 2014 (UTC)
- I look forward to reading, but it will not be today. Perhaps we can come up with a more interesting hook, the above was ust a placeholder, not to miss the time for a nomination. What do you think of doing the Column for the opening then? (although the doors would have made more sense ;) ) - Expand in July, --Gerda Arendt (talk) 08:26, 18 May 2014 (UTC)