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 that some one else may be more fortunate. It will be observed that the fifth bench or seat (scamnum, a word which I take to be equivalent to banchus) has two capsæ attached to it; and that the sixth seat has three.

Lastly, there is an entry which escaped my notice when I first wrote this paper, recording the arrival of twelve capsce, as though they were independent pieces of furniture.

Innermost Library, or, Bibliotheca pontificia. This Library contained 12 desks. These, from their number, must have stood east and west. There was also a spalliera, which held the Papal Registers. I have placed it in the recess on the north side of the room, which looks as though made for it.

It should be noted that there was a map of the world in the Library, for which a frame was bought in 1478 ; and a couple of globes the one celestial the other terrestrial. Covers made of sheepskin were bought for them in 1477. Globes