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CEILING OP THE CHOIR IN STi MA- DEL POPOLO.
69
Sybils, with their names upon tablets, Persica, Delphica, Cumana, and
Eritrea, and their prophecies in relation to the advent of Christ, are
placed in recumbent attitudes. As supporters of the emblematical vault
we have at the foot of each spandril the great doctors of the Church—
St. Augustin, St. Gregory, St. Ambrose, and St. Jerome, pontifically
attired, and seated under stately niches. The whole is surrounded with
beautiful bands and frames of arabesques, and tastefully arranged
meanders. The colour of the ground varies from deep orange to delicate
green, according to the colour of the inner decorations, as is explained in
the key to the colours.
B, the section of the arched ceiling.
C, D, the arabesques under the figures of the Doctors of the Church upon gold ground.
69
Sybils, with their names upon tablets, Persica, Delphica, Cumana, and
Eritrea, and their prophecies in relation to the advent of Christ, are
placed in recumbent attitudes. As supporters of the emblematical vault
we have at the foot of each spandril the great doctors of the Church—
St. Augustin, St. Gregory, St. Ambrose, and St. Jerome, pontifically
attired, and seated under stately niches. The whole is surrounded with
beautiful bands and frames of arabesques, and tastefully arranged
meanders. The colour of the ground varies from deep orange to delicate
green, according to the colour of the inner decorations, as is explained in
the key to the colours.
B, the section of the arched ceiling.
C, D, the arabesques under the figures of the Doctors of the Church upon gold ground.