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Upper center in (gold?): In SOLE posuit Tabernaculum suum. ps:58. (“He has set his tabernacle in the sun.” Psalms 18:6) (Latin Vulgate Bible); center right in (gold?): XVI.; birds in image numbered .1. and .2., in red ink; vegetation in image numbered .3., .4. and .5., in red ink; lower center in brown ink: Fecit Lunam In tempora SOL cognovit occasum suum. ps: 103. (“The Lord has prepared his throne in the heavens; and his kingdom rules over all.” Psalms 103:19) (Latin Vulgate Bible)
Facing page: Upper center in red ink: Quantum distat ORTVS ab OCCIDENTE, longe / fecit a nobis Inmiquitates nostras.ps: 102. (“As far as the east is from the west, so far has he removed our transgressions from us.” Psalms 102:12) (Latin Vulgate Bible); center in black ink: Respicit vt solem planta haec vaga semper, et affert / Florem Phaebeis persimilem radys. / Sic tu Iustitiae solem meditare frequenter, / Huius vt exemplar corde, opera, ore feras.; lower center in black ink: Terra saluti feras Herbas, eademq[ue], nocentes / Nutrit: et verticae, proxima s[a]epe rosa est.

Provenance

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

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