Ghiberti

	"In the third picture Lorenzo represented Noah..Superior to all the rest is the scene where Noah is planting the vine and then exposes himself in his drunkenness while his son Ham mocks him. It would be impossible to improve on the representation of the sleeping Noah as he sprawls in drunken abandon, or of the respect and affection shown by the gestures of his other sons as they cover him up.." I-117 The Drunkenness of Noah
	"For the fourth scene Lorenzo chose the appearance of the three angels in the valley of Mambre, making them all alike and showing the holy old man adoring them with the most appropriate and lifelike expression in his hands and face." I-118 The story of Abraham
	"Also very effective are the figures of the servants waiting with an ass at the foot of the mountain for Abraham, who has gone to sacrifice his son." I-118 The story of Abraham (detail)
	"In this scene there are some beautifully realistic dogs as well as the figures of Jacob, Isaac and Rebecca, who in Lorenzo's sculpture evoke the same responses that their actions must have done when they were living." I-118 Jacob and Esau
	"In the sixth scene is shown the time when Jacob sends his sons to buy corn in Egypt and when, recognising them, Joseph makes them return for his father. For this detail Lorenzo, solving very considerable problems, made a round temple in perspective containing various figures carrying corn and flour as well as an incredibly large number of asses." I-118 The story of Joseph
	"We are also shown the feast prepared for Joseph's brothers, and the hiding of the gold cup in Benjamin's sack, and finding of the cup, and Joseph acknowledging and embracing his brothers." I-118 Finding the golden cup
	"In the seventh scene he featured Mount Sinai with Moses on the summit kneeling in reverence as he receives the commandments from God. Halfway up the mountain Joshua stands waiting, and at the foot the people are shown very realistically, in various poses but all terrified by the thunder, lightning, and earthquakes." I-119 Moses receiving the Ten Commandments
	"The eighth scene represents Joshua going to Jericho, crossing the Jordan, and pitching the twelve tents for the twelve tribes. More remarkable is the incident, shown in low relief, when the ark is carried in procession around the walls of Jericho which crash down to the sound of the trumpets..here the casting recedes accurately in perspective from the figures in the foreground to the mountains." I-119 The story of Joshua