from the Carmen Paschale by the 5th century Christian poet Coelius Sedulius (Book 1, line 357): "Iura sacerdotii Lucas tenet ore iuvenci" - "Luke holds the laws of priesthood in the mouth of the young bull" (iuvencus meaning also "young man"). More unusually, twelve small scenes drawn from Luke, mostly of the Works of Christ (who can be identified as the only figure with a halo), are set between columns in the architectural frame to the portrait. This particular arrangement is unique in surviving early evangelist portraits, though similar strips of scenes are found in ivory book-covers from the same period. The scenes themselves probably drew from a now-destroyed fresco cycle of the Life of Christ in Santa Maria Antiqua in Rome. The scenes, many of which were rarely depicted in art from later medieval periods, include: The Annunciation to Zechariah (left, top, Luke 1, 8–20), as he officiates at the Temple Christ among the Doctors (left, 2nd down, Luke 2, 43–50) which omits Saint Joseph, probably from lack of space; Mary enters to the left. Christ preaching from the boat (left, 3rd down, Luke 5, 3) The Calling of Peter (left, 4th down, Luke 5, 8) The Miracle of the son of the widow of Naim, (left, 5th down, Luke 7, 12–16) at the "gate of the city". The Calling of Matthew, a very rare scene (left bottom, Luke 5, 27–32). "...And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him and saying, Master, what must I do to possess eternal life?" (right, top: Luke 10, 25) "...a certain woman from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him..." (right 2nd down, Luke 11, 27–28): "extollens vocem quaedam mulier de turba". The Miracle of the Bent Woman (right 3rd down, Luke 13, 10–17), though labelled with text from Luke 9, 58: "Foxes have holes" (see below). The one leper out of the ten (?), Luke 17, 12–19 The Healing of the Man with Dropsy (Luke 14, 2–5) The Calling of Zacchaeus (right, bottom), who had climbed a tree to see Christ better (Luke 19, 1–10). The captions in the margins, added later, probably in the 8th century from the handwriting, name the scenes or are quotations or near-quotations from the Vulgate text of Luke identifying them. For example, the top right caption reads: "legis peritus surrexit temptans illum" or "[a] lawyer stood up, tempting him", from Luke 10, 25.