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upper center in red ink: CESTREVS IEIVNAT.; fish in image numbered .1., .2., .3., .4., .5., 6., .7., .8., .9., .10., .11., .12., and .13. in red ink; center right in (gold?): XXI.
Facing page: upper center in blue ink: :10 : 11: / Hic Mugil cauda pendentem enerberat escam, / Excussamque legit.; lower center in black ink: AQVA profunda verba ex ore viri: Et torrens / redundans fons sapientiae. pro: 18. (“Words from the mouth of a man are as deep water: and the fountain of wisdom as an overflowing stream.” Proverbs 18:4) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

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

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