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Chap. XIII. CAPPELLONE DEI SPAGNTTOLI. 373 voted to eacli of them. One may see Grammar, enthroned with a globe in her hand, teaching three children; whilst, at her feet, Donatus, who excelled in that science, sits writing; and in the pinnacle, a female looks at the water gushing out of a fountain. Rhetoric, holding a scroll, is the symbol of the excellence of Cicero; — and so as one proceeds, one finds Logic and Zeno, Music and Tubal Cain, Astronomy and Atlas, Geometry and Euclid, Arith metic and Abraham, Charity and S. Augustin, Hope and John of Damascus, Faith and Diogenes the Areopagite, Practical theology and Boethius, Speculative theology and Peter Lombard, Canon law and Pope Clement the Fifth, Civil law and Justinian. 1 No talent of composition is shown in a work so evidently dictated in its arrangement and dis tribution, but the vastness of the fresco makes it imposing; and some of the figures of the lower course are not with out animation and character. It must also be borne in mind that much damage has been caused by repainting. 1 The dress of the figure of Grammar is new, and half the face and right hand gone. The dress of Donatus is repainted. Rheto ric holds a scroll inscribed: “Mul- ceo dum loquor, varios induta colores.” The figure is entirely repainted. Cicero has been res tored so that he has three hands instead of two, one holding a book, another pointing to heaven, and a third holding his chin. This last is old, the two others new. The head has been altered in form by the repainting of the allego rical figure above it. In the pin nacle a female looks into a mir ror. Logic has a branch in its right; a scorpion, not a serpent, as Vasari says, in its left. Part of the dress is repainted, as well as a hat on the head of Zeno. In the pinnacle is a figure writ ing. Music plays an organ. Part of its green dress is damaged. Tubal Cain, below, strikes with hammers on an anvil. Above, time is marked by one with an hour glass. Astronomy holds an hemi sphere and an arm raised, of which the hand is gone. The dra peries which are here preserved, are fine and broadly treated. The head of Atlas, below, in profile, is in a good original state. In the pinnacle is a figure with a sickle and a bow. Geometry carries a set square. The compass in its right is gone, — and the whole figure is much damaged by res toring. Euclid holds a book; and in the pinnacle a warrior with helmet and shield carries a sword. Arithmetic has a multiplication table, yet counts on its fingers. Below, Abraham, with a book and a hand raised, is well preserved as regards the head, but the dress is repainted. In the pinnacle a king sits with the orb and sceptre. Charity holds a bow and arrow, and is a much damaged figure: the head only in part preserved, the dress repainted. In the pin nacle is a soldier, with his hand on the hilt of his sword. Hope, much damaged, carries a falcon on his fist, of which only the claw remains. John of Damascus, beneath, mends a pen, and is a fine figure. In the pinnacle a female is about to grasp two heads in front of her. Faith points to heaven, whilst Diogenes, below, looks at his pen and holds an ink-bottle. This is a well pre-