Plate 14: A "Sea Ape," Two Scorpion Fish, and Two Other Fish, c. 1575/1580

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series Title

Animalia Aqvatilia et Cochiliata (Aqva)

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

1987.20.7.15

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in black ink: PRO PERCA SCORPIVM; creatures in image numbered .1., .2, .3., .4., and .5. in red ink: center right in brown ink: XIV.; lower center in (gold?): Increpuit MARE RVBRVM et exiccatum est et deduxit / eos in abyssis sicut in deserto .ps:105. (“He rebuked the Red Sea, and it was dried up; and he led them through the depths, as in a wilderness.” Psalms 105:9) (Latin Vulgate Bible)
Facing page: upper center in violet (green?) ink: Terribilis Dominus, et magnus vehementer / et mirabilis potentia eius .Ecc:43. (“The Lord is terrible, and exceeding great, and his power is admirable.” Ecclesiasticus 43:31) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in red (green?) ink: Transivimus per ignem et AQVAM et / Eduxit nos in refrigerium ps.54. (“We have passed through fire and water, and you have brought us out into a refreshment.” Psalms 65:12) (Latin Vulgate Bible)