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Inscription

Upper center in mauve ink: .1. / Vigilavi et factus sum sicut PASSER SOLITARIVS in tecto / psal: 101. (“I have watched, and am become as a sparrow all alone on the housetop.” Psalms 101:8) (Latin Vulgate Bible); center right in (gold?): LXIII.; birds in image numbered .1., .2., .3., .4., .5., and .6., in red ink
Facing page: upper center in black ink: .4. / Galbula decipitur, calamus, et retibus ales. / Turget adhuc viridi cum rudis uva mero.; lower center in (gold?): ECCE COELVM, et coeli coelorum; Abyssus, et / universa terra, et quae in eis sunt, in co[n]spectu / domini co[m]movebutur, montes, simul et colles, et / fondamenta terrae.Ecc[us].16. (“Behold, the heaven, and the heavens of heavens, the deep, and all the earth, and the things that are in them, shall be moved in his sight; / The mountains also and the hills, and the foundations of the earth.” Ecclesiasticus 16:18-19) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

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

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