The series begins at the east end of the room, over the door.
I. Procession of Sixtus to his coronation.
Hic tria Sixte tuo capiti diademata dantur
Sed quantum in cœlis te diadema manet.
Electio Sacra. Manifestatio.
On the left of this, over the First Nicene Council, is
II. Coronation of Sixtus, with façade 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 Italiæ prædone redemit
Sed totam Sixtus: dic mihi major uter.
Justitia. Castigatio.
IV. The obelisk in front of old S. Peter's. The dome rising behind.