Painter, sculptor and architect of Florence, 1475 - 1564

	"Michelangelo's genius soared even higher and achieved even more in the five sybils and seven prophets that are painted on the ceiling...Jeremiah can be seen with his legs crossed, holding one hand to his beard and resting an elbow on his knee; the manner in which he inclines his head clearly expresses the bitterness forced on him by his people." I-357 Jeremiah
	"In the first sybil, Michelangelo was anxious to express the spirit of old age itself; she is enveloped in draperies, to suggest that her blood had frozen with the passing of time. And since her sight has failed, Michelangelo has depicted her holding the book she reads very close to her eyes." I-357 Persian sybil
	"Beyond this figure follows the prophet Ezekiel, an old man full of movement and grace, and holding in one hand a roll of prophecies while he raises the other and, as he turns his head, prepares to utter words of lofty significance." I-357 Ezekiel
	"Next to him there follows a sybil who is holding a book at some distance and is about to turn one of the pages, sitting deep in contemplation with one leg over the other while she ponders what she must write; and then a little boy behind her blows on a burning brand to light her lamp." I-357 Erythraean sybil
	"Beyond her Michelangelo painted the prophet Joel who, sunk within himself, has taken a scroll which he is reading with great attention and emotion." I-358 Joel
	"Over the door to the chapel Michelangelo placed the aged Zechariah who holds a book in which he is seeking something that he cannot find, crouching with one leg raised back and the other lower down, oblivious to the discomfort of this posture because of the intensity of his search." I-358 Zechariah
	"Then there is the Delphic sybil, next towards the altar on the other side, who is displaying certain writings and who, with her litle boys in attendance, is no less admirable than the others." Delphic sybil
	"Beyond her we see the prophet Isaiah. He is lost in thought, and with his legs crossed he keeps one hand inside the pages of his book, to mark his place, while he rests the other elbow by the book and presses that hand to his cheek; he is called by one of the putti behind him, but stays motionless, turning only his head." I-358 Isaiah
	"Beyond him is the elderly Cumaean sybil, a seated figure of great beauty, in an attitude of extraordinary grace as she studies the pages of a book, with two beautiful putti at her side." I-358 Cumaean sybil
	"Then comes the figure of a young man representing Daniel, who is shown writing in a great book, copying things from certain other writings with eager intensity." I-358 Daniel
	"The lovely figure of the Libyan sybil, having written a great volume drawn from many books, is about to rise to her feet in an attitude of womanly grace.." I-358 Libyan sybil