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100 inscribed the epitaphnota which was written by Jacopo Sannazzaro himself, the tablet is supported by two little boys. On each of the two pedestals, moreover, is a Statue of marble, four braccia high; these figures are seated, and represent, the one Minerva, the other Apollo.nota Between these figures, and in the midst of two consols, which stand at the sides, is a basso-rilievo two braccia and a half in the square; and here are sculptured Fawns, Satyrs, Nymphs, and other figures singing, and sounding various instruments, after the manner described in Sannazzaro’s very learned Poem of the “Arcadia,” and in the pastoral verses of that most eminent man.

Above this rilievo is an Urn, of a round form and very beautiful character, being richly adorned moreover, nay covered, so to speak, with sculptures; in this Urn are the remains of the Poet; and over it, placed on a pedestal in the centre, is the bust of Sannazzaro, a portrait from the life, with these words beneath it, actius sinceris; the portrait is accompanied by two boys, bearing wings in the manner of Loves; and having books around them. In two niches, which are beside the Tomb and in the walls of the Chapel, are two figures in marble, standing on pedestals, and representing, the one St. James the Apostle, the other San Nazzaro.nota The Frate having erected this