An ecclesiastical coat of arms features a clerical hat with six tassels on each side, which indicates the rank of a Bishop. The shield is divided into four sections containing various heraldic symbols including a seated figure, a standing figure with a staff, and geometric patterns. A processional cross stands behind the shield.

IGNATIUS

BY DIVINE MERCY AND THE GRACE OF THE APOSTOLIC SEE

BISHOP OF REGENSBURG

ROMAN PATRICIAN

DOMESTIC PRELATE OF OUR HOLIEST LORD POPE LEO XIII AND ASSISTANT TO THE PONTIFICAL THRONE etc. etc.

Since it was decreed by the Roman Pontiff Urban VIII that the Roman Breviary The official book containing the hymns, psalms, and prayers for the daily services of the Catholic Church. must not be printed or published by printers without written permission obtained from the local Ordinary The resident bishop or authority of a specific diocese.: We have granted permission to our beloved son Friedrich Pustet, Printer and Bookseller to the Holy Apostolic See and the Sacred Congregation of Rites in Regensburg, to print it. We have also appointed the Reverend Father Georg Schober of the Redemptorists Original: C. Ss. R., the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer., our Censor, to conduct a diligent examination. He was to verify the integrity and complete agreement of this new edition of the Breviary, produced in quarto format and divided into four parts, beautifully decorated by Friedrich Pustet, with the edition declared as the typical edition The official master version used as the standard for all subsequent printings. by the decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites on September 12, 1885.

Now that we have been informed by the testimony of that Censor that this first part, which is called the Winter Part The section of the Breviary containing prayers for the Advent and Christmas seasons., agrees exactly with the winter part of the typical edition, we very gladly approve its printing and grant permission for its publication.

In witness of which we have ordered these our letters, signed by our hand and secured with our larger seal, to be issued.

Regensburg, the 10th day of December 1887.

(Place of the Seal)