JOHN

REUCHLIN OF PFORZ-

HEIM original: "Phorcensis", DOCTOR OF LAWS original: "LL. Doc.", abbreviated from Legum Doctor.

ON THE ART

OF THE CABALA A school of Jewish mysticism. Reuchlin was the first major Christian scholar to explore these texts, hoping to find common ground between Jewish tradition and Christian theology. IN

THREE BOOKS, NOW AGAIN

ACCURATELY RE-

VISED.

From the Library of Hugo, Jurisconsult original: "Jcti.", a legal expert or judge. [Shelfmark] 12. n. f. [Jean de] Lapoussie de Mansis, entered into the catalog Jean de Lapoussie was a 17th-century French collector and Bishop of Castres. A detailed woodcut coat of arms belonging to the author. The central element is a shield containing a tall, tapered vessel or altar bound with ropes. Inscribed on this vessel are the words "ALTAR" and "OF CAPNIO" original: "ARACAP NIONIS", referring to Ara Capnionis. "Capnio" was Reuchlin's scholarly pseudonym—a Greek translation of his German name, which relates to the word for "smoke.". Above the shield sits a closed helmet in profile, decorated with a small cross. The crest atop the helmet consists of a spiked breaking wheel The symbol of Saint Catherine, the patron saint of philosophers and scholars, which contains within it a smaller wheel or circle with a cross. The entire shield and helmet are surrounded by ornate, flourishing leaf-like mantling.