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Inscription

Fish in image numbered .1., .2, .3., .4., .5, .6, .7., .8., and .9. in red ink; center right in brown ink: XIX.
Facing page: upper center in blue ink: Princeps niliacis raperis Coracine macellis: / Pellea prior est gloria nulla gulae.; lower center in red/violet ink: Necdum erant Abyssi, et ego Sapientia iam concepta eram / Necdum fontes aquarum eruperant.pro 8. (“The depths were not as yet, and I Wisdom was already conceived; neither had the fountains of water as yet sprung out.” Proverbs 8:24) (Latin Vulgate Bible)

Provenance

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

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