Plate 46: Bats, Quail, and Oystercatcher(?) by the Water, c. 1575/1580

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series Title

Animalia Volatilia et Amphibia (Aier)

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

1987.20.8.47

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

Upper center in white ink: NEQVE IN MVRIBVS PLANE NEQ[VE] IN VOLVCRIBVS (VOLATILIBVS) SVM; center right in (gold?): XXXXVI.; birds in image numbered .1., .3., and .4., in red ink; bats in image numbered .2., in red ink; tree in image numbered 5, in red ink; lower center in red/violet ink: Petierunt, et venit COTVRNIX, et pane Coeli / Saturavit eos. ps:104. (“They asked, and the quail came: and he filled them with the bread of heaven.” Psalms 104:40) (Latin Vulgate Bible)
Facing page: Upper center: Ecce Coturnices inter sua praelia Viriunt. / Forsitan et fiunt inde frequenter anus.; lower center in black ink: Haec caret insidys hominum, quia mitis hinundo est / Quasq[ue] colat turres Chaonis ales habet.