The Revelation of Jesus Christ:

A Proof by way of the

Title above the Cross of Jesus Christ,

and the three alphabets—namely Hebrew, Greek,
and Latin—as well as several
wonderful figures. In this context, "figures" refers to the intricate, symbolic diagrams Lautensack designed to illustrate the hidden workings of the divine.

In what manner the one God revealed himself in various
ways and methods, and finally, without any figure,
truly and perfectly in the person of Jesus Christ.

By the godly Paul Lautensack,
painter and organist formerly of Nuremberg. To
which, for the sake of fuller understanding, the
interpretation of Master Valentin Weigel has been
added.

Wherein is to be found how Man original: "Mensch"; here referring to the collective human soul or the microcosm. moves in one harmony original: "Thon," literally "tone" or "pitch." with God, heaven,
and earth, through the Word—which at the end
of the world became flesh—and how the
Devil's dissonance original: "dissonans"; a musical metaphor likely chosen because Lautensack was a professional organist. It suggests that evil is a disruption of the natural, divine melody of creation.
is prevented.

An ornamental woodcut divider consisting of five repeating floral or acanthus-leaf motifs arranged in a horizontal row within a decorative frame.