Noah sends out the dove and receives it again; the waters subside; he builds his altar, and the animals released from the ark gambol on the slopes of Ararat.

The third series of events in the life of Noah I leave to the visitor to decipher.

One of the incidents so captured the Venetian imagination that it is repeated at the eastern corner of the Ducal Palace lagoon facade.
The second dome tells the history of Abraham, and then three domes are given to the best story in the world, the story of Joseph.

The first dome treats of his dream, showing him asleep and busy with it, and the result, the pit being a cylinder projecting some feet from the ground.
Jacob's grief on seeing the coat of many colours is very dramatic.

In the next we find Potiphar's wife, Joseph's downfall, and the two dreaming officials.