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Inscription

upper center in black/brown ink: ponantur nomina cuique / Certa Cani, teneantq[ue] ad summum syllaba bina / Protinus ut noscat voces, et verba vocantum.; upper center in red ink: PASCE CANES QVI TE LANIANT, CATVLOSQ[UE] LVPORV[M].; center right in brown ink: XXXIV.; animals in image numbered .1., .2., and .3.; lower center in violet ink: INVITIS CANIBVS VENATIO NVLLA.
Facing page: upper center in (gold?): Sicut qui apprehendit canem auribus: sic qui / transit inpatiens et co[m]miscetur rixae alteri[us].; lower center in (gold?): Saepe Canes frustra nemorosis montibus errant: / Inq[ue] plagas nullo cervus agente cadit.

Provenance

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

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