S. Peter is standing before an altar on which are books and a cross. In front doctors are writing at a low table.
[A small picture between window and west wall.]
XI. BIBLIOTHECA PONTIFICUM.
The successors of S. Peter carry on the library-tradition.
Romani pontifices apostolicam bibliothecam magno studio amplificant atque illustrant.
A pope, his left hand resting on a book, is earnestly conversing with a cardinal, whose back is half turned to the spectator. Another pope, with three aged men, in background.
[A small picture on west wall.]
We will now return to the east end of the room, and take the representations of Councils, painted on the east and north walls, in chronological order.
I. II. CONCILIUM NICAENUM I.
(On east wall.)