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Inscription

Upper center in red ink: Vultur Iumento, et canibus, crucibusq[ue] relicto / Ad f[a]etus properat, partemque cadaveris affert.; upper center in black ink: SI VVLTVR ES CADAVER EXPECTA.; center right in (gold?): VIII.; birds in image numbered .1., .2. and .3., in red ink; lower center in (gold?): NON RETE ACCIPITRI TENDITVR NEQVE MILVIO.
Facing page: Upper center in black ink: Vinit edax Vultur:ducitq[ue] [supra] aera giros / Milvius:et plumae, gracculus autor aquae; lower center in black ink: Odimus Accipitrem, quia vinit semper In armis: / Et paiudum solitos In p[a]ecus ire lupos.

Provenance

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

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