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Center right in (gold?): XXXVIII; birds in image numbered .1., .2., and .3., in red ink
Facing page: Upper center in red/violet ink: Qui nititur mendaciis, hic pascit ventos: Idem / autem ipse sequitur aves volantes pro:10. (“He that trusts to lies feeds the winds; and the same runs after birds that fly away.” Proverbs 10:4) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in black/blue ink: Quando praeparabat Coelos ego sapientia aderam: / Quando certa lege et gyro vallabat Abyssos: qua[n]do / Aethera firmabat sursum et librabat fontes aquarum / pro:8: (“When he prepared the heavens I was present, when with a certain law and compass he enclosed the depths; when he established the sky above, and poised the fountains of waters.” Proverbs 8:27-28) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

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

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