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Eleanor Herman<br />

<strong>the</strong> procession all <strong>the</strong> way to <strong>the</strong> church but was, alas, unable to enter<br />

and report on testicle feeling or lack <strong>the</strong>re<strong>of</strong>. “What <strong>the</strong>y did at St. John<br />

di Laterano I could not see by reason <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> prodigious crowd,” he wrote<br />

in his diary, “so I spent most <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> day in viewing <strong>the</strong> two triumphal<br />

arches which had been purposely erected a few days before.” 15<br />

That evening all <strong>of</strong> Rome was illuminated by colored lanterns,<br />

torches, white wax candles, and fireworks. The magnificent dome <strong>of</strong><br />

Saint Peter’s was once more glowing with a thousand torches. But <strong>the</strong><br />

most impressive display was in <strong>the</strong> Piazza Navona, and we can assume<br />

that Olimpia had returned home from her chilly banquet in <strong>the</strong> Campidoglio<br />

to watch <strong>the</strong> festivities from her drawing room window. A huge<br />

Noah’s ark had been built on top <strong>of</strong> an artificial mountain. Noah and<br />

his family were portrayed on deck in plaster <strong>of</strong> Paris, as elegantly<br />

sculpted elephants and giraffes poked <strong>the</strong>ir heads out <strong>of</strong> windows.<br />

In <strong>the</strong> book <strong>of</strong> Genesis, God sent a white dove with an olive sprig in<br />

its beak to <strong>the</strong> ark as a sign that dry land was close at hand. And now, a<br />

large papier-mâché dove with a burning torch in its mouth was sent<br />

careening down a wire from <strong>the</strong> ro<strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> Olimpia’s palace. When <strong>the</strong><br />

dove reached <strong>the</strong> ark, it lit <strong>of</strong>f a barrage <strong>of</strong> fireworks and firecrackers.<br />

Animals went flying out <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ark in a streak <strong>of</strong> sparks, and comets<br />

blasted from <strong>the</strong> hull into <strong>the</strong> night sky. The ark and its inhabitants<br />

sizzled and crackled and finally went up in a thunderous explosion <strong>of</strong><br />

red smoke and orange flames. By <strong>the</strong> time <strong>the</strong> smoke had cleared, only<br />

<strong>the</strong> dove, still hanging by <strong>the</strong> wire, remained unsca<strong>the</strong>d. Everything<br />

else was ashes. This was seen as an extremely good omen for <strong>the</strong> success<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> new pope.<br />

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