eir work to Ptolemy._

LXXII interpretes ab Eleazaro missi sacros libros
Ptolemaeo reddunt.

Ptolemy is seated on a throne to right of spectator with courtiers on his
right and left. The messengers kneel before him, and hand him volumes.

VII. BIBLIOTHECA ROMANORUM.

(_a_) _Tarquin receives the Sibylline Books._

Tarquinius Superbus libros Sibyllinos tres aliis a
muliere incensis tantidem emit.

Tarquin, seated in the centre of the picture, receives three volumes from
an aged and dignified woman. In front a lighted brazier in which the other
books are burning.

(_b_) _Augustus opens the Palatine library._

Augustus Caes. Palatina Bibliotheca magnifice ornata
viros litteratos fovet.

Augustus, in armour, with imperial mantle, crown and sceptre, stands left
of centre. An old man seated at his feet is writing from his dictation.
Left of the Emperor are five desks; with five closed books lying on the
top of each. These desks are very probably intended to represent those of
the Vatican Library as arranged by Sixtus IV. Two men, crowned with
laurel, are standing behind the last desk, conversing. Behind them again
is a book-case of three shelves between a pair of columns. Books are lying
on their sides on these shelves. Beneath the shelves is a desk, with books
open upon it, and others on their sides beneath it.

VIII. BIBLIOTHECA HIEROSOLIMITANA.

_Alexander, Bishop and Martyr, collects a library at Jerusalem._

S. Alexander Episc. et Mart. Decio Imp. in magna
temporum acerbitate sacrorum scriptorum libros
Hierosolymis congregat.

A picture full of movement, occupying the whole space between two windows.
The saint is in the centre of the picture, seated. Young men are bringing
in the books, and placing them on shelves.

IX. BIBLIOTHECA CAESARIENSIS.

_Pamphilus, Priest and Martyr, collects a library at Caesarea._

S. Pamphilus Presb. et Mart. admirandae sanctitatis et
doctrinae Caesareae sacram bibliothecam conficit multos
libros sua manu describit.

Pamphilus, in centre of picture, is giving orders to porters who are
bringing in a basket of books. On his left a large table at which a scribe
is writing. S. Jerome, seated in right corner of picture, is apparently
dictating to the scribe. Behind them is a large book-case on the shelves
of which books lie on their sides; others are being laid on the top by a
man standing on a ladder. In the left of the