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Center right in (gold?): XXII.; pelicans in image both numbered .1., in red ink; sycamore fig in image numbered .2., in red ink
Facing page: Upper center in red/violet ink: Confitemini do[m]i[n]o COELI, Confitemini domino dominorum: / quoniam in seculum misericordia eius. ps.135. (“Give glory to the God of Heaven, give glory to the Lord of Lords, for his mercy endures forever.” Psalms 135:26 and 27) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in blue/black ink: Possidebunt terram Impiomni ONOCROTALVS et Ericius, et Ibis habitabunt In ea. Isa.34. (“The bittern and ericius shall possess it; and the ibis shall dwell in it.” Isaiah 34:11) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

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

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