The following printed text is the ink that has soaked through from the other side of the paper. Although it appears backwards on the original, it is translated here as if it were front-facing for clarity.

HISTORY

FROM THE DOGMATIC PANOPLY

The Panoplia Dogmatica (meaning "Dogmatic Armor") was a famous 12th-century theological encyclopedia written by the monk Euthymios Zigabenos to defend Orthodox Christianity against various "heresies."

AND THEIR DOCTRINES AND CUSTOMS

A large, elaborate calligraphic monogram or printer's device centered on the page. It features intricate, interlaced cursive flourishes forming an oval shape with a central decorative element. In the context of the Jesuit provenance below, this likely represents the "IHS" monogram—the first three letters of the name of Jesus in Greek—which was the symbol of the Jesuit order.

Handwritten provenance Provenance: the record of ownership of a historical object. note at the bottom left, likely written by a librarian.

The gift of the Reverend Father Jean de la Cour
of the Society of Jesus. original: "Soc: Jesu." This refers to the Jesuits.
1658.
Inscribed in the Catalogue of the Jesuit College of Antwerp.