⚠The page exhibits significant foxing (age spots) and ink bleed-through from the reverse side, which partially obscures some characters, particularly in the Greek text.

MICHAEL MAIER

anagrammatized as:

I AM A SUN OF JOY.

NOT FODDER IN SPRING,

I am the SUN, a great JOY to mortals original: "HELIOS" and "CHARMA." These are the components of the anagram of Michael Maier’s name in Greek.
and the light of life.
Let there be no FODDER IN SPRING original: "ERI CHILOS." Chilos refers to animal fodder or green grass; Maier is contrasting the eternal light of the sun with the fleeting, common growth of springtime grass. for cattle and mortals alike.
And you, Maier, through your learning, shall be a sun,
Giving joy to the noble and sustenance to articulate men. original: "meropessi," a Homeric term for "speech-dividing" or articulate-speaking human beings.

Another by the same author.

MICHAEL MAIER,

DO NOT LET ME BE LUKEWARM.

DO NOT LET ME BE LUKEWARM; a Christian must be fervent, original: "CHLIAROS" (lukewarm) and "zesos" (boiling or fervent). This is a reference to the spiritual state of one's soul.
Not cold, nor lukewarm in his heart.
From his very mouth, Jesus, the son of God,
Wishes to vomit out all the lukewarm. Revelation 3. Referring to Revelation 3:16: "So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth."

The same in Latin.

I do not sit lukewarm:
I do not sit lukewarm; to be fervent is the mark of the worshippers of Christ, original: "Christicolarum."
Not to be cold in their souls, nor to be lukewarm.
The venerable Offspring of the co-eternal Parent, twice-born, A theological reference to Christ, considered "twice-born" through his eternal generation by God the Father and his physical birth by the Virgin Mary.
Is about to vomit the lukewarm from his mouth.

M. M. B. G. T. P.

These initials likely stand for Maier's titles or a personal Latin motto, possibly "Michael Maierus Braunsuigensis Germani, Theologiae, Philosophiae..." though the exact sequence is abbreviated.

ON THE EMBLEM

Of the Magnificent and Illustrious Gentleman, Michael Maier:

The grace of a beautiful form is something of the body,

To be able to teach of an ancient lineage is something.

Wisdom gained by wakeful labor is something,

Wealth, which the great world holds, is something:

If, however, we look at how much the Author excels these things,

They are nothing, or even less than nothing, if that were possible.

Christian Reinhart, Doctor of Both Laws

Doctor of "Both Laws" (Juris Utriusque Doctor) refers to a degree in both Civil and Canon law.

Counselor of the Imperial Majesty's Order

and Imperial Poet Laureate.

MICHAEL MAIER, DOCTOR, COUNT

PALATINE. Maier was a "Comes Palatinus" or Count Palatine, a title of nobility often granted to high-ranking scholars or officials in the Holy Roman Empire.

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