(a) The education of Daniel in Babylon.
Daniel et socii linguam scientiamque Chaldæorum ediscunt.
Daniel and other young men are writing and reading at a table on the right of the picture. A group of elderly men in front of them to the left. Behind these is a lofty chair and desk, beneath which is a table at which a group of boys are reading and writing. In the background a set of book-shelves with a desk, quite modern in style.
(b) The search for the decree of Cyrus.
Cyri decretum de templi restauratione Darii iussu perquiritur.
Darius, crowned, his back half turned to the spectator, is giving orders to several young men, who are taking books out of an armarium—evidently copied from one of the Vatican book-cupboards.
V. BIBLIOTHECA ATHENIENSIS.
(Two pictures.)
(a) Pisistratus arranges a library at Athens.
Pisistratus primus apud Græcos publicam bibliothecam instituit.