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center right in red ink: NON MISSVRA CVTE[M] NISI PLENA CRVORIS HIRVDO.; creatures in image numbered .1. and .3., in red ink; creature in image number .2., in black ink; center right in brown ink: LVI.
Facing page: upper center in blue ink: Sanguisugae du[a]e sunt filiae, dicentes: / Affer, Affer. proverb.30. (“The horseleech has two daughters that say: Bring, bring.” Proverbs 30:15) (Latin Vulgate Bible); lower center in black ink: Innitium vitae hominis AQVA, et panis, et vestimentu[m], / Et domus protegens turpitudinem Ecc[us].29. (“The chief thing for man’s life is water and bread, and clothing, and a house to cover shame.” Ecclesiasticus 29:27) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

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

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