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Fish in image numbered .1., .2., .3., .4., and .5. in red ink; center right in (gold?): XXIX.
Facing page: upper center in red/violet ink: Revertetur et miserebitur nostri, depone iniquitates / nostras, et proiiciet in profundum MARIS omnia / peccata nostra. Mich.7. (“He will turn again, and have mercy on us; he will put away our iniquities; and he will cast all our sins into the bottom of the sea.” Micah 7:19) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in blue/black ink: Altitudinem Coeli, et latitudinem terrae et / Profundum Abyssi, quis dimensus est? Ecc[us] .1. (“Who has measured the height of heaven, and the breadth of the earth, and the depth of the abyss?” Ecclesiasticus 1:2) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

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

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