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Upper center in red/violet ink: Sapientia ex ore Altissimi prodyt primogenita ante omnem / Creaturam, fecit In COELIS ut oriretur lumen Indeficie[n]s / Et sicut nebula texit omnem terra[m] Ecc[us] 24. (“Wisdom came forth from the mouth of the most high, the firstborn before all creatures. And caused an unfailing light to rise in the heavens and cover all the land like a mist.” Ecclesiasticus 24:5-6) (Latin Vulgate Bible); center right in (gold?): XXXIV.; birds in image numbered .1., .2., and .3., in red ink
Facing page: Upper center in black ink: Nam prius incipient turres vitare columbae, / Aiitra f[a]er[a]e, pecudes gramina, Mergus aquas. / Quam male Sepr[a]estet Veteri grecinus amico.; Lower center in black ink: Aequor amat, nomenq[ue] manet, quia mergitur illi.

Provenance

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

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