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Upper center in (gold?): Qui observat ventum, non seminat: Et qui considerat / nubes, numquam metet: Ecc [es] 11. (“He that observes the wind shall not sow; and he that regards the clouds shall not reap.” Ecclesiastes 11:4) (Latin Vulgate Bible); center right in (gold?): L.; birds in image numbered .1., .2., and .3., in red ink; lower center in violet ink: Fertilis assiduo si non renonetur aratro / Nil, nisi cum spinis gramen habebit ager.
Facing page: Upper center in black ink: Coelum Coeli Domino: Terram autem / dedit filiis Hominum. ps: 113. (“The heaven of heavens is the Lord’s: but the earth he has given to the children of men.” Psalms 113:24) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in red/violet ink: Omnia tempus habent, et suis spaciis sub / COELO transeunt universa. Ecc .3. (“All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven.” Ecclesiastes 3:1) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

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

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