a) Joseph in the well (Genesis 37:18-24)

Circumscription: Hunc intrare lacum feritas faet (facit) emula fratrum
"The brothers' savage rivalry pushed him into the pit"

b) Christ's in the tomb (Matthew 27:59-60; Mark 15:42-47; Luke 23:52-55; John 19:38-42)

Circumscription: Terre vita datur cui terra polus famulatur
"The soil receives the Life that rules heaven and earth"

c) Jonah in the whale (Jonah 1:15-17)

Circumscription: Quem capit unda freti concludunt viscera ceti
"Seized by the waves he winds up in the belly of the whale"