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Fish in image numbered .1., .2., .3., .4., .5., .6., .7., .8., .9., .10., .11., and .12. in red ink; center right in (gold?): XXIV.
Facing page: upper center in red/violet ink: Ego sum dominus Deus tuus, qui conturbo mare, et / Intumescunt fluctus ei[us] Dominus exercituum / nomen meum .Isa 51. (“But I am the Lord thy God, who trouble the sea, and the waves thereof swell; the Lord of hosts is my name.” Isaiah 51:15) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in blue/black ink: Hoc mare magnum, et spaciosum, illic reptilia / quorum non est numerus: animalia pusilla / cum magnis, illic naves pertransibunt: ps:103. (“So is this great sea, which stretches wide its arms: there are creeping things without number: Creatures little and great. There the ships shall go.” Psalms 103:25 and 26) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

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

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