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upper center in red-violet ink: aperti sunt thesauri et evolaverunt / Nebulae sicut aves Ecc.us 43. ("Through this the treasures are opened, and clouds fly forth like birds." Ecclesiastes 43:14) (Latin Vulgate Bible); center right in (gold?): LXIV.; birds in image numbered .1., .2., .3., .4., .5., and .6., in red ink
Facing page: upper center in black ink: :1.2: / Ponitur Ausonys, avis haec rarissima mensis: / Hanc in lautorum, mandere s[a]epe soles.; lower center in black ink: Cacabat hinc Perdix: hinc gratitat Improbus Anser: / Et castus Turtur, atq[ue] columba gemunt.

Provenance

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

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