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Inscription

upper center in violet ink: FONTIBVS APROS, FLORIBVS AVSTRVM; center right in black ink: XVI.; animal in image numbered 1, in red ink.
Facing page: upper center in brown ink: Quanta est gula, quae sibi totos ponit Apros; middle center in black ink: Solus amor veneris, sola insatiata cupido / Sollicitat mentem stimulis, stimulus domat effera corda. / Quis nisi te dominum vitae mortisque fatetur / Magne amor, et Regum et populorum maxime princeps?; lower center in brown ink: Actus Aper, setis iram denunciat hirtis: / Et ruit oppositi nitens in vulnera ferri / Pressus, et emisso moritur su[per]viscera telo.

Provenance

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

Exhibition History

2009
Heaven on Earth: Manuscript Illuminations from the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 2009.

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