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This page contains a woodcut illustration of the "Arbor Scientiae" (Tree of Science) by Ramon Llull, with mirrored text bleeding through from the reverse side of the page.
[Mirrored text from the reverse page, likely the title page:]
THE TREE OF SCIENCE
OF THE VENERABLE AND CELESTIAL
Illuminated Doctor Raymond Llull
of Majorca
WITH PRIVILEGE
For ten years
[Woodcut illustration of a large tree with figures and labels:]
[Labels next to the figures at the base of the tree:]
Left figure: Raymond
Right figure: Averroes
[Labels in circles along the left side:]
Goodness
Magnitude
Duration
Power
Wisdom
[Labels in circles along the right side:]
Will
Virtue
Truth
Glory
[unclear]
[Labels in circles at the roots of the tree, from left to right:]
Goodness
Magnitude
Duration
Power
Wisdom
Will
Virtue
Truth
Glory
[Labels on the branches and fruits of the tree, from left to right:]
Elemental
Vegetative
Sensual
Imaginative
Human
Moral
Imperial
Royal
Angelic
Divine
Christian
[Several other labels on the upper branches are present but too faint to read clearly.]
[Mirrored text at the bottom, from the reverse page:]
In the Year of the Lord 1515
[Circular library stamp at the bottom right, mirrored:]
ROYAL LIBRARY OF MUNICH