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 In Italy. 383 The flat central portion of the ceiling is divided into four large and five small compartments, the former containing representations of the Creation of the Sun and Moon, the Creation of Adam, the Fall and its immediate con- Fig 135 —The Prophet Isaiah. By Michelangelo. In the Sitting Chapel. sequences, and the Deluge; the latter, scenes from Genesis of minor importance. The triangular divisions at the springing of the vaults are occupied by grand seated figures of the prophets and sibyls who foretold the advent of Christ, of which we give a single specimen (Fig. 135). In the