Figure descriptions
A dark-skinned man, identified as a slave in the poem text, sits on a stool and plays
a lyre on Saturnalia day. The man is
nude, except for a cloth draped around the lower half of his body. He wears large
hoop earrings. A monkey holding a fan of peacock
feathers peeks out from behind the man’s legs. There is an oval mirror at the center
of the fan. An overturned drinking horn lies
next to the man’s stool. There are four women the background. They are mostly obstructed
from view, and they appear to sway or
dance. The women are surrounded by wisps of clouds. 3/4-page illustration contained
within a single-ruled border; the top corners of
the border are curved.
