Plate 50: A Crocodile, a Hippopotomus, a Land Crocodile or Tegu Lizard(?), and a Crocodile or Spiny-Tailed Lizard with a Papyrus Plant, c. 1575/1580

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series Title

Vol.II, Animalia Qvadrvpedia et Reptilia (Terra)

Medium

watercolor and gouache, with oval border in gold, on vellum

Dimensions

page size (approximate): 14.3 x 18.4 cm (5 5/8 x 7 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Lessing J. Rosenwald

Accession Number

1987.20.6.51

Artists / Makers

Joris Hoefnagel (artist) Flemish, 1542 - 1600

Image Use

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Inscription

upper center in red ink: FLVMINIS IMPETVS LAETIFICAT CIVITATEM DEI.ps.45. (“The stream of the river makes the city of God joyful.” Psalms 45:5) (Latin Vulgate Bible); right center in (gold?): L.; animals in image numbered .1., 2., .3.,.4., and .5.; lower center in black/brown ink: QVOD MIHI DEEST TIBI OBEST.
Facing page: upper center in brown ink: Cantate et psallite Deo: Narrate / omnia mirabilia eius ps.104. (“Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk of all his wondrous works.” Psalms 104:2) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in blue/black ink: Iustus ut PALMA florebit: sicut cedrus libani / Multiplicabitur ps: 91 (“The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.” Psalms 91:13) (Latin Vulgate Bible)