Template:Did you know nominations/Mutinensis gr. 122
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The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 06:19, 16 November 2021 (UTC)
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- ... that Mutinensis gr. 122 is the only surviving manuscript to include portraits of all Byzantine emperors? Source: "It is the only surviving manuscript to provide portraits of all the Byzantine emperors" (cited to Tsamakda (2017))
- Comment: There are a lot of alternate hooks possible here but I'm not an experienced hook-writer. This 15th-century book includes portraits of almost all Roman/Byzantine emperors from Augustus in 27 BC to Constantine XI in AD 1453 (but all emperors from Heraclius to Consantine XI, i.e. the "Byzantine" ones), it was probably written in order to preserve memory of the lost empire after the Fall of Constantinople and it succeeded in doing that since for some emperors it is has the only known surviving portraits.
Improved to Good Article status by Ichthyovenator (talk). Self-nominated at 08:27, 30 October 2021 (UTC).
Article is large enough, and does appear to be a genuine Good Article. Correct person credited. Although I do not like the double layer referencing, it is acceptable for DYK in its thoroughness. This topic does not appear to be a hoax. The hook is in the article and has a reference and is below 200 chars, but I am not in a position to check if that's what the ref confirms. Image is in the article and free to use, and probably is clear enough to use. Appears to be the first DYK nominated by Ichthyovenator, so a QPQ is not needed. Good to go. (and thanks for not nominating stacks of hooks that need checking) Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:01, 15 November 2021 (UTC)
