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upper in center in violet ink: TAVRVM TOLLET, QVI VITVLVM SVSTVLERIT.; center right in black ink: VII.; cartouche at center right in image in (gold?): Lignum tortu[m] / haud /
unq[uem] rectum.; animals in image numbered .1. and .2., in red ink; lower center in red ink: FOENVM HABET IN CORNV.
Facing page: upper center in brown ink: Lux est Taurus arat: Nox est requiescit arator: / Liberat emerito, fervida colla bovi.; lower center in (gold?): Non facile est Taurum, visa retinere iuvenca: / Fortis equus visae semper adhinnit equae.

Provenance

Emperor Rudolph of Austria; Lessing J. Rosenwald, Alverthorpe, PA; gift to NGA, 1987.

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