Plate 49: Marmot, Hamsters, Rat, Field Mouse, Shrew, and a Coatimundi, c. 1575/1580

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series Title

Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra)

Medium

watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum

Dimensions

page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald

Accession Number

1987.20.6.50

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in light blue/black ink: VIRVM IMPROBVM VEL MVRES MORDEANT.; right center in brown ink: XXXXIX.; animals in image numbered .1., .2., .3., .5., .6., .7., and .9., in red ink; lower center in red ink: SVO IPSVS INDITIO PERIT SOREX.
Facing page: upper center in brown ink: Tota mihi dormitur hyems: et pinguior illo / Tempore sum, quo me nil nisi summus alit.; middle center in black ink: Glires hyberno tempore somnus / semper habet: capiunt longam [super/supra] me[m]bra quietem, / Et quantum dapibus pinguescunt caetera lautis / Hyberno tantum pinguescunt tempore glires. / Ingenii tantum tribuit natura, parentes / Annosos ut alant moti pietate vicissim.; lower center in brown ink: Mus avidus mintrat: velox mustelaq[ue] dintrit: / Et grillus grillat: desticat inde sorex.