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Inscription

Upper center in red ink: .3.; upper center in blue ink: Sponte mea facilis, contempto nascor In agro: / Parsq[ue] loci quo sto, publica pene Via est.; center right in (gold?): XIII.; birds in image numbered .1. and .2., in red ink; fruit on tree in image numbered .3., in red ink; lower center in violet ink: Heu mihi maturos, numq[ue] licet edere foetus: / Ante diem meae, decutiuntur opes. / .3.
Facing page: Upper center in black ink: Pascitur et dulci, facilis Gallina farina / Pascitur et tenebris:Ingeniosa gula est.; lower center in black ink: Cucurire solet Gallus : gallina gracillat: / Pupillat Pavo:trinsit hirundo vaga.

Provenance

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

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