Orontius Finaeus of the

DAUPHINÉ, ROYAL INTERPRETER OF

A large ornamental woodcut initial 'I' features floral and vine motifs on a hatched background.

A small book by Brother Claudius Cælestinus once fell into our hands, most humane and learned Prelate, whose title was "On those things which more often occur in the World, and are judged as miracles by men, and on the influences of the heavens." Shortly thereafter, we acquired another booklet, inscribed "On the wonderful power of art and nature," by the author Brother Roger Bacon, the Franciscan, which is quite consistent with the former book. For Cælestinus himself, regarding those things which are said to be done by the nature of things themselves and the powers of the soul, and which seem to transcend the senses and frequently deceive them...