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Inscription

Center right in (gold?): XXXXV.; birds in image numbered .1., .2., .3., .4., .5., and .6., in red ink; lower center in (gold?): Claudite Iam RIVOS pueri, sat prata biberunt.
Facing page: Upper center in black ink: Inter sapores fertur alitum primus / Ionicarum gustus Altagenarum; lower center in red/violet ink: Mittens lapidem in volatilia, deiicit illa: sic qui / Convitiatur amico dissolvit amicitia[m] Ecc: 22. (“Whoever casts a stone at the birds shall drive them away; so he that upbraids his friend breaks the friendship.” Ecclesiasticus 22:25) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

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

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