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While I agree the composition and color are interesting, there are technical problems that would keep it from being FP (and probably QI). Lots of heat distortion and sharpness issues, some chromatic aberration, etc. Maybe a VI, though, for the expressway. Such pictures are often hard to get in the daytime with no cars in the frame. — Rhododendritestalk | 14:37, 28 September 2019 (UTC)
Seems like a very good photo to me, PantheraLeo1359531. It's unusual to see photos of altars from so close in at FPC, and some folks may feel like a photo taken from a bit further back would be a better composition. I don't know how others might react, but it could be worth nominating. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 04:49, 23 October 2019 (UTC)
Not sure what the best venue would be for asking about this. I tried to do some quick identification work, but without much luck. As it's a friendship book/festschrift, it's likely not the work of Jenisch himself, but I can't find anything about it online. Best thing I could find is a reference in "jenisch"+Liber+amicorum this book to "a Liber amicorum or Paul Janisch" in the Stuttgarter Landesbibliothek. Maybe if someone lives near Stuttgart, they can check. :) — Rhododendritestalk | 13:55, 25 September 2019 (UTC)
It's a page from a "Stammbuch" or "Freundschaftsalbum". Latin: "Liber amicorum" (engl. book of friends; "album amicorum" is a synonym). Those books came up during the 16th century and were highly popular among students until the first half of the 19th century. They're an early version of autograph books, and this one belonged to Paul Jenisch, a lutheran theologian who served the dukes of Württemberg as a court musician (thus the reference in the Stuttgart library). These types of books were more popular among protestants than among catholics, and Jenisch is an example of that. Best, --Frank Schulenburg (talk) 15:57, 25 September 2019 (UTC)