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Inscription

Upper center in red/violet ink: NEQVE FABAS, NEQVE ALLIVM.; center right in (gold?): XXXXIII; birds in image numbered .1., .2., .3., .4., and .5., in red ink; lower center in red/violet ink: AEGYPTIIS; lower center in (gold?): Porrum et c[a]epe nefas violare, ac frangere morsu: / O sanctas gentes, quibus haec nascsuntur In hortis / Numina.
Facing page: Upper center in black ink: Cum sit avus comiunx, et sint tibi mortua membra / Nil aliud bulbis, quam satur esse potes.; lower center in black ink: Fila tarentini graviter redolentia porri / Edisti quoties, oscula clausa dato.

Provenance

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

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