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Inscription

upper center in red ink: HIC NIGER EST, HVNC TV ROMANE CAVETO.; center right in black ink: XXII.; animals in image numbered .1. and .3., in red ink; cactus in image numbered .2., in red ink
Facing page: upper center in (gold?): Cuncta suo Domino depromunt munera laudum / seu semper sileant, sive sonare queant.; lower center in blue ink: MONTES commovebuntur, et COLLES contremiscent: / misericordia autem mea non recedet a te. Isaias.54. (“For the mountains shall be moved and the hills shall tremble; but my mercy shall not depart from you.” Isaiah 54:10) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

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

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