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Inscription

Center right in (gold?): XXI.; birds in image numbered .1., .2., .3., and .4., in red ink; tree nut on branch numbered .5., in red ink
Facing page: Upper center in black ink: Nomen habet magni volucris tam parva gigantis: / Et nomen Prasini Porphyrionis habet.; lower center in red/violet ink: Excelsus super omnes gentes Dominus: et super / COELOS gloria eius. ps: 112. ("The Lord is high above all nations; and his glory above the heavens.” Psalms 112:4) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

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

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