The Lausiac History and the Religious History (1555) - Page 28

⚠The page exhibits heavy show-through from the verso page (containing an Errata list), which appears mirrored in the center. The original recto text is extremely faint and mostly illegible, except for a motto at the bottom.

The physical page is heavily affected by "show-through," where the ink from a list of corrections (errata) printed on the reverse side is visible through the paper, appearing as mirrored text. Consequently, the original text on the front of this page is extremely faint and largely unreadable.

Faint lines of text at the top and middle of the page are illegible due to fading and show-through.?

Under the protection of Christ, who

cherishes and rules.

original: "Auspice Christo qui fovet & regit." This is a common devotional motto of the era, placed here to invoke divine favor upon the reader and the work.

Under Christ's guidance, Melanchthon Likely a reference to the humanist reformer Philip Melanchthon, or perhaps a name found in the obscured errata list., Errors thus to be corrected original: "Errata sic corrigenda"; this indicates that the reverse of this page contains a list of printing mistakes to be noted by the reader.