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In Italy. 393 by order of Justinian from the writings of Roman jurists) ; and three allegorical figures of Prudence, Fortitude and Temperance. This chamber was completed in 1511. In the next, the Stanza dell' Eliodoro, the frescoes are more strictly historic. We see the Expulsion of Helio- dorus from the Temple (1512), in which Pope Julius II. is introduced as a spectator; the Miracle of Bolsena (1512), representing the Mass at which the miracle of the bleeding of the Host is said to have taken place ; the Discomfiture of the hordes of Attila (1513), and the Deliverance of 8. Peter (1514) — in all of which the power of the Papacy is directly or indirectly shadowed forth. In the third chamber, the Stanza dell' Incendio, we have the Fire in the Borgo Vecchio — a marvellous work, full of the highest dramatic power, in which Raphael dis- played consummate knowledge of anatomy in the groups of terrified naked figures ; the Coronation of Charlemagne, the Oath of Leo III., and the Victory over the Saracens in the time of Leo IV. The frescoes in a fourth room, known as the Sala di Costantino, are from designs by Raphael, executed after his death by his pupils. In the cupolas of the loggie there are no less than fifty-two subjects, which are called " Raphael's Bible," remarkable alike for dramatic interest, beauty of design, and majesty of execution. Viewed as the production of a single mind, they stand alone as a proof of Raphael's unrivalled versatility and creative genius. The decorative paintings and ornamental plaster-work in which these pictures are framed remain unequalled of their kind. Other famous works of the Roman period of the great master's life are the Cartoons (seven still exist of an