Paraphrasis in Dionysium Areopagitam

and revelation. And after these things, Nerva reigns; and immediately he recalls all those who had been exiled, at which time holy John the Theologian also returned to Ephesus. It is necessary to know that the exile to the island among the Romans imitated a capital punishment; it is called deportatio deportation/exile. And no magistrate is able to name the island, except the Emperor alone. Thus, the holiest apostle and evangelist John the Theologian became deportatus deported/exiled, that is, exiled to an island.

A circular institutional ink stamp, likely from a library, is located in the lower right corner. It depicts a central heraldic shield or cross topped with a crown. The word "BIBLIOTECA" is legible on the left side of the circular border.