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Inscription

Upper center in violet ink: Heu mundus totus quaedam est natina tyrannis, / Debilibus robusta nocent, et grandia parnis. / Apes fulminiger timidos Infestat olores: / ACCIPITER Laniat turdos, mollesq[ue] columbas.; center right in (gold?): .VI.; birds in image numbered .1., .2., .3. and .4., in red ink.
Facing page: Upper center in black ink: :3:4: / Praedo fuit Volucrum, famulus nunc aucupis: Idem / Decipit, et captus non sibi meret avis.; lower center in black ink: Nam mora dat Vires : teneras mora supracoquit unas: / Et validas segetes, quae fuit herba facit.

Provenance

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

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