sword in one hand, which signifies the punishment of the wicked in the Judgment, and a laurel branch in the other hand, as a symbol of the reward and victory of the good.

NINTH SIBYL

SIBILLA AGRIPINA OR EGYPCIA

This Sibyl was a native of Egypt, and some called her Egypcia, others Agrippa, others again Sanbera. We have this prophecy of

hers :

"Invisibile verbum palpabitur, germinabit radix, sic habetur ut solium, non apparebit venustas eius, circumdabit eum alvus maternas, et florebit Deus lætitia sempiterna, et ab hominibus conculcabitur, et nascetur ex matre ut Deus, et conversabitur ut peccator."

She is depicted dressed in rose-coloured robes, one hand placed on her bosom, as though in admiration of the things which were revealed to her, and in the other hand she holds a sceptre, signifying by this, that Christ, of whom she spoke, was to be King and Lord.