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Inscription

Center right in (gold?): .V.; birds in image numbered .1., in red ink.
Facing page: Upper center in red ink: Quis ante dedit mihi, ut reddam ei? O[m/n]ia quae / sub Coelo sunt, mea sunt. Job 41 (“Who has given me before that I should repay him? All things that are under heaven are mine.” Job 41:2) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in black ink: Laudate dominum bestiae, et universa pecora, / serpentes, et volucres pennatae. ps.148. (“Praise the Lord, beasts and all cattle, serpents and feathered fowls.” Psalms 148:7 & 10) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

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

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