The next design is that of the Badges or Emblems of Siena, surrounded by those of her allies. In the middle is the Wolf of Siena suckling the Twins. In a circle round her are the symbols of the following cities; Florence (a Lion, the “_Marzocco_”); Lucca (a Lynx); Pisa (a Hare); Viterbo (an Unicorn); Perugia (a Stork); Rome (an Elephant bearing a Tower); Orvieto (a Goose); and Arezzo (a Horse). In the four corners of the surrounding square are, Massa (a smaller Lion); Grosseto (a Goat); Volterra (a Vulture); and Pistoia (a Dragon). (Ill. IV.) [Illustration: LOMBARDI PHOTO.] [1373. AUTHOR UNKNOWN IV. THE BADGES OF SIENA AND THE CONFEDERATE CITIES (No. 34) (The only panel in mosaic)] This, the only portion of the Pavement that is really executed in mosaic, was, as we have seen already, laid down in 1373; but we are unable to trace the author. Fragments of the original work are still existing in the Museum of the Opera; but the whole design has been replaced by a modern copy, carefully made by Sig. Maccari in 1865.[26] Beyond this is a large geometrical pattern. A wheel with twenty-four columnar spokes, in the centre of which appears the Imperial Eagle. Of this design little or nothing is known; but the author of _La Guida Artistica_ supposes it to have been of the same date as that last described (1373). It is possible that, before the days of Alberto Aringhieri, the whole of the Nave floor, except “Fortune’s Wheel,” in the first bay, may have been covered with geometrical or heraldic devices only, as can be seen at Lucca, and that all of them, except these last two, were removed to make way for other more interesting subjects. The next scene is Pinturicchio’s well-known design, called in the old documents “La Storia della Fortuna.” It might just as well though be designated as “the Reward of Virtue,” or the “Pursuit of Wisdom.” (Ill. V.) Wisdom, a sedate woman, royally robed, veiled, and crowned with a jewelled wreath, is throned upon the upper platform of a small precipitous rock in the midst of the sea. The platform is covered with growing flowers, as is also the winding path which leads to it. On Wisdom’s right hand stands Socrates, holding a book, to whom she offers a branch of palm. On her left is Crates, who is hastily emptying into the sea a basketful of rings, chains, and other jewels. To him she extends a closed volume. Over the head of Wisdom, on a tablet, appears the following inscription: HUC PROPERATE VIRI, SALEBROSUM SCANDITE MONTEM PULCHRA LABORIS ERUNT PREMIA PALMA QUIES.