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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.
JUSt.i.tIA. 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. LIBERALITAS.
VI. _A Columna Cochlis surmounted by a statue._
Ut vinclis tenuit Petrum sic alta columna Sustinet; hinc decus est dedecus unde fuit.
SUBLIMATIO. MUTATIO.
VII. _A crowd a.s.sembled in front of a church._
Sixtus regnum iniens indicit publica vota Ponderis o quanti vota fuisse vides.
SALUS GENERIS HUMANI. PIETAS RELIGIONIS.
VIII. _The Lateran Palace, with the Baptistery and Obelisk._
Quintus rest.i.tuit Laterana palatia Sixtus Atque obelum medias transtulit ante foras.
SANATIO. PURGATIO.
IX. _A fountain erected by Sixtus._
Fons felix celebri notus super aethera versu Romulea pa.s.sim jugis in urbe fuit.
MISERATIO. BENIGNITAS.
The next two pictures are above the arches leading from the west end of the library into the corridor:
X. _Panorama of Rome as altered by Sixtus._
Dum rectas ad templa vias sanctissima pandit Ipse sibi Sixtus pandit ad astra viam.
LaeTIFICATIO. n.o.bILITAS.
XI. _An allegorical representation of the Tiara, with adoring worshippers._
Virgo intacta manet nec vivit adultera conjux Castaque nunc Roma est quae fuit ante salax.
CASt.i.tAS. DEFENSIO.
With the following picture the series on the north wall begins:
XII. _Section of S. Peter's, with the dome._
Virginis absist.i.t mirari templa Dianae; Qui fanum hoc intrat Virgo Maria tuum.
aeQUIPARATIO. POTESTAS.
XIII. _The Obelisk in the Circus of Nero._
Maximus est obelus circus quem maximus olim Condidit et Sixtus maximus inde trahit.
REaeDIFICATIO. COGNITO VERI DEI.
XIV. _The Tiber, with the Ponte Sisto, and the Ospedale di Santo Spirito._
