no pogonato Imp. monothelitae
haeretici vnam tantum in Christo voluntatem docentes
exploduntur.

VIII. CONCILIUM NICAENUM II.

_The second Council held at Nicaea_, A.D. 787.

Hadriano papa Constantino Irenes F. imp. impii
iconomachi reiiciuntur sacrarum imaginum veneratio
confirmatur.

IX. X. CONCILIUM CONSTANTINOPOLITANUM IV.

_The fourth Council held at Constantinople_, A.D. 869.

Hadriano papa et Basilio imp. S. Ignatius patriarcha
Constant. in suam sedem pulso Photio restituitur.

_The burning of the books of Photius._

Ex decreto concilii Basilius Imp. chirographa Photii et
conciliab. acta comburi iubet.

In conclusion I will enumerate the series of eighteen large pictures on
the side-walls and in the lunettes at each end of the room, representing,
with some few exceptions, the benefits conferred on Rome by Sixtus. The
most important of these pictures are above the windows (fig. 16), of which
there are seven on each side-wall. A Latin couplet above the picture
records the subject, and allegorical figures of heroic size, one on each
side, further indicate the idea which it is intended to convey.

The series begins at the east end of the room, over the door.

I. _Procession of Sixtus to his coronation._

Hic tria Sixte tuo capiti diademata dantur
Sed quantum in coelis te diadema manet.

ELECTIO SACRA. MANIFESTATIO.

On the left of this, over the First Nicene Council, is

II. _Coronation of Sixtus, with facade of old S. Peter's._

Ad templum antipodes Sixtum comitantur euntem
Jamque novus Pastor pascit ovile novum.

HONOR. DIGNITAS.

With the following picture the series on the south wall begins, above the
windows:

III. _An allegorical tableau. A lion with a human face, and a thunder-bolt
in his right paw, stands on a green hill. A flock of sheep is feeding
around._

Alcides partem Italiae praedone redemit
Sed totam Sixtus: dic mihi major uter.

JUSTITIA. CASTIGATIO.

IV. _The obelisk in front of old S. Peter's. The dome rising behind._

Dum stabit motus nullis Obeliscus ab Euris
Sixte tuum stabit nomen honosque tuus.

RELIGIO. MUNIFICENTIA.

V. _An allegorical tableau. A tree loaded with fruits, up which a lion is
trying to climb. A flock of sheep beneath._

Temporibus Sixti redeunt Saturnia regna
Et pleno cornu copia fundit opes.

CHARITAS. LIBE