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Fol. 18v, Part II: In Praise of Penitence opens with a scene of the author and five debaters, similar to the four other parts of the book (see fols. 3v, 41v, 52, 68).  An author (המחבר) dressed in a long garment is seated in a high-backed chair reading a book placed on a lectern. He is debating with five men standing in front of him, all dressed in long garments, three holding open books. This scene does not follow the caption and text exacly, since it represents more than one interlocutor.The caption above reads: “Image of the interlocutor and author, speaking to each other” (צורת המקשה והמחבר, זה את זה ידבר; Loewe 2004, I:155).