TO THE MOST LEARNED

AND MOST REFINED

MR. NICOLAUS GLASER OF WALTERSHAUSEN

on the honor of the Master’s degree

[those named below] offer their congratulations.

A detailed woodcut ornament features a central winged cherub head or a grotesque mask. The central figure is framed by symmetrical, intricate scrollwork, volutes, and stylized floral or foliate motifs characteristic of late 16th-century Renaissance typography.

The Academia Julia was the University of Helmstedt, a major Protestant university in the Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, active from 1576 to 1810.

The original text uses the Roman numeral format CIƆ. IƆ XCIII to represent 1593.