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Inscription

Upper center in red/violet ink: Accipitrem metuens pennis trepidantibus ALES: / Audet In humanos, fessa Venire sinus.; center right in (gold?): XXXI.; birds in image numbered .1., .2., and .3., in red ink
Facing page: Upper center in black ink: Confitebuntur Caeli mirabilia tua Domine: / Quomiam quis In nubibus [a]equabitur do[m]i[n]o. ps. 88. (“The heavens shall confess your wonders, O Lord; for who in the clouds can be compared to the Lord?” Psalms 88:6 and 7) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center: Vere calente novos, componit Acredula cantus, / Matutinali tempore tunc mitilans.

Provenance

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

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