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The inscription is a Latin elegaic couplet:

sum novus ut pura puer ortus virgine Christus. Sic tibi sit foelix hic novus annus. homo.

I am as new as Christ child born of a virgin pure,

Mortal, may your new year be just as happy and sure.
Date 16th century woodcut, Original in Prague, Adalbert Ritter von Lanna Collection
Source self-made scan from Paul Heitz Neujahrswunsche des XV. Jahrhunderts (Strassburg 1900), #18.
Author Kenmayer

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