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upper center in red ink: DELPHINV[M/N] SYLVIS APPINGIS, FLVCTIBVS APROS.; creatures in image numbered ..1., .2., .3., and .9. in red ink; shells in image numbered .4., .5., .6., .7., and .8.; center right in brown ink: VIII.
Facing page: upper center in black ink: Quis ignorat, quod o[m/n]ia h[a]ec manus / Domini fecerit? Job.12. (“Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord has made all these things?” Job 12:9) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in brown ink: Pisce super curvo Vectus cantabat Arion.

Provenance

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

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