Wikipedia talk:Featured article candidates/Biblioteca Marciana/archive2

TFA blurb review
The Marciana Library is a public library in Venice, Italy. It is one of the oldest surviving public libraries and repositories for manuscripts in Italy and holds one the world's most significant collections of classical texts. It is named after St Mark, the patron saint of Venice and was founded in 1468 when the humanist scholar Cardinal Bessarion donated his collection of Greek and Latin manuscripts to the Republic of Venice. The original library building is in Saint Mark's Square, with its long façade facing the Doge's Palace. Constructed between 1537 and 1588, it is considered the masterpiece of the architect Jacopo Sansovino and a key work in Venetian Renaissance architecture. The library also holds many works by sixteenth-century Venetian painters, making it a comprehensive monument to Venetian Mannerism. Today, the historical building is largely a museum. Since 1904, the library facilities and most of the collection have been housed in the adjoining Zecca.

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Hi and anyone else interested: a draft blurb for this article is above. Thoughts, comments and edits are welcome. Gog the Mild (talk) 11:47, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Hello Gog the Mild, it's good to hear from you. I hope all is well. The TFA request is going to be for 25 March when Venice will celebrate (Covid permitting) its sixteen-hundred-year anniversary. So we have time to work with the blurb. My initial idea is as follows:

The Marciana Library in Venice is one of the earliest surviving public libraries and repositories for manuscripts in Italy and holds one the world's most significant collections of classical texts. It is the only institution established by the Venetian government that continues to function. Named after St Mark, the patron saint of Venice, it was founded in 1468 when the humanist scholar Cardinal Bessarion donated his collection of Greek and Latin codices to Venice as a means of preserving the writings of the classical Greek authors and the literature of Byzantium after the fall of Constantinople. The original building, constructed from 1537 to 1588, is considered the masterpiece of Jacopo Sansovino and a key work in Venetian Renaissance architecture. The library holds many works by the great painters of sixteenth-century Venice, making it a comprehensive monument to Venetian Mannerism. Since 1904, the library facilities and most of the collection have been housed in the adjoining Zecca.

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It can certainly be improved. But I do want to keep the part about the library as the only surviving institution founded by the government since it's the reason for highlighting the article on Venice's anniversary.Venicescapes (talk) 12:29, 9 December 2020 (UTC)


 * Venicescapes, looks good to me. Given that much is made of it still functioning, I think that a reader may be misled if we don't point out where it has been functioning for the past 100+ years. So I have squeezed in a mention. See what you think. Gog the Mild (talk) 12:43, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

The Marciana Library in Venice is one of the earliest surviving public libraries and repositories for manuscripts in Italy and holds one the world's most significant collections of classical texts. Named after St Mark, the patron saint of Venice, it was founded in 1468 when the humanist scholar Cardinal Bessarion donated his collection of Greek and Latin codices to Venice as a means of preserving the writings of the classical Greek authors and the literature of Byzantium after the fall of Constantinople. The original building, now largely a museum, was constructed from 1537 to 1588.It is considered to be the masterpiece of Jacopo Sansovino and is a key work in Venetian Renaissance architecture. It also holds many works by the great Mannerist painters of sixteenth-century Venice. Since 1904, the library offices and most of the collection have been housed in the adjoining Zecca, the former Venetian mint. The Marciana is the only institution established by the Venetian government that continues to function.

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Gog the Mild, yes, it's a good idea to include that. I've turned it around a little. Let me know.Venicescapes (talk) 14:27, 9 December 2020 (UTC)
 * , very good. I would suggest that you run with that. Gog the Mild (talk) 14:40, 9 December 2020 (UTC)

Gog the Mild, okay. Thank you for the guidance. All the best.Venicescapes (talk) 18:48, 9 December 2020 (UTC)