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Chapter 53, at page 464.
Composition of figures with one another, chapter 54, at page 449.
Composition of colors, and the customs of peoples and countries of the world, chapter 55, at page 452.
Composition of cloths and folds, chapter 56, at page 454.
Compositions of animals, chapter 57, at page 457.
Composition of colors, chapter 58, at page 463.
Composition of the colors of precious stones, chapter 59, at page 466.
Compositions of various instruments Likely referring to musical or scientific instruments often included in still lifes or allegories., chapter 60, at page 469.
Compositions for painting and making diverse landscapes The original term paesi refers to landscape paintings or settings., chapter 61, at page 473.
Composition of the purity and sincerity of children, chapter 62, at page 475.
Composition of garlands, trees, herbs, fruits, flowers, and metals, chapter 63, at page 477.
Composition of forms within the idea A reference to the Neo-Platonic concept of the "Idea" or the mental spark/concept of a work of art before it is executed., chapter 64, at page 481.
On various human affects Affetti refers to the outward expression of internal emotions or passions., chapter 65, at page 486.

TABLE OF THE SEVENTH BOOK.

Of the virtue and necessity of History The term Historia (or Istoria) refers to narrative painting—the depiction of a specific scene or event—which was considered the highest genre of art., or the form, so to speak, of painting, chapter 1, at page 527.
Of the form of God the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, chapter 2, at page 528.
Of the form of the Hierarchies and the nine Choirs of Angels according to their Offices, chapter 3, at page 532.
Of the form of the heavenly host, chapter 4, at page 538.
Of the form of blessed souls, chapter 5, at page 540.
Of the form of Saturn, the first planet according to the ancients, chapter 6, at page 544.
Of the form of Jupiter, chapter 7, at page 546.
Of the form of Mars, chapter 8, at page 551.
Of the form of the Sun, chapter 9, at page 555.
Of the form of Venus, chapter 10, at page 563.
Of the form of Mercury, chapter 11, at page 570.
Of the form of the Moon, chapter 12, at page 573.
Of the form of Vulcan, God of fire, chapter 13, at page 578.
Of the form of Juno, Goddess of the air, and of her Nymphs, chapter 14, at page 579.
Of the form of the Ocean, of Neptune, of the Nymphs, and Sea monsters, chapter 15, at page 586.
Of the form of Rivers, and of their Naiad Nymphs, chapter 16, at page 591.
Of the form of the Muses, chapter 17, at page 596.