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upper center in red ink: NV[M/N]QVAM EFFICIES, VT RECTE INGREDIANTVR CANCRI.; creatures in image numbered .1., 2., 3., .5., and 6, in red ink; shells and mollusks numbered 4, .7., .8., 9, .10., .11., .12., and 13, in red ink; center right in brown ink: XXXXIV.
Facing page: upper center in black ink: Qui posui arenam Terminum mari; Praeceptum / sempiternum quod non preteribit .Jerem.5. (“I have set the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting ordinance, which it shall not pass over.” Jeremiah 5:22) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

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

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