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Inscription

Upper center in brown ink: Omnibus est ulciscendi sua damna Cupido. / Sed nimium faciles, et credula turba volucres.; center right in (gold?): XXV.; some of the birds in image numbered 1 through 4, in black ink
Facing page: Upper center in black ink: Secundum altitudinem COELI a terra Corroberavit / misericordiam suam super timentes se ps: 102. (“For according to the height of the heaven above the earth, he has strengthened his mercy towards them that fear him.” Psalms 102:11) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in red/violet ink: NUBES et ventus, et Pluviae non Sequentes, Vir / gloriosus et promissa non Complens: pro 25. (“As clouds and wind, when no rain follows, so is the man that boasts and does not fulfill his promises.” Proverbs 25:14) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

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

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