The Oracles of Leo the Wise

The page features a decorative red scrollwork border surrounding the two text columns and a central divider. Ornate initials are used at the start of major sections: a red decorative 'O' for the Greek text and a blue decorative 'C' for the Latin. Both columns contain prophetic verses, likely the Oracles of Leo the Wise, in an acrostic format. Captions and initials are written in red ink.

To the City.

The six-fold battle shall come even from among us.

O eleventh spoil, the leader of the people original: λερεὼν (lereon). This may be a corruption of "laon" (people) or a specific cryptic term.
A Libyan man, protector of the shield
E A pure speaker, gaping wide and great
O This man shall swallow up the great emperor:
K And many slaughters for the city of Byzantium.
A bloody stream shall run out from the blood
W So that it fills all the streets in the middle.
W How piteous, how piteous every beholder shall cry out.
K And they shall be established around the Seven-Hilled City Byzantine literature almost always uses "Seven-Hilled" (Heptalophos) to refer to Constantinople, mirroring the description of Rome..
E For the city shall suddenly go into destruction
E Unless the K original: κ̅. Likely representing a name like Konstantinos or a numerical value of 20. shall rule for a short time.
A But alas, you city that suffers terrible things,
O For one piteous, piteous light shall reach you.
H For you shall hold the reins for a long time.
S Slaughters and outpourings of blood for you,
H And the eleventh spoil shall not fail from the race.
K And you may take the first five monarchies
L Bearing licking tongues and coils willingly
D They rush upon the dragon, the Libyan-slayer,
M They tear his flesh limb from limb.
K And being incited toward civil war,
N Swords shall trouble an innumerable multitude together,
divided into seven times six thousands.
K And every one shall remain stained with blood,
A The predator, the unjust, the adulterer, the corrupter of males,
Y They shall see the final light before their eyes.

To the Naked King. The "Naked King" or "Poor King" is a messianic figure in Byzantine prophecy—an emperor who is found in poverty and obscurity and is then chosen by God to restore the empire.

E Still the scepter of the Angelic one called The Greek text here refers to the "Angelic King" mentioned in the Latin title.
G The sprouts and the branch of the first spoils
D Shall make a consumption by the sickle quickly.
O For a numbered slaughter shall occur
E Multitudes of forty-two thousand
P But all the first spoils of the Seven-Hilled City
Y Crying out each praise openly
S Shall return in haste to the royal palaces,
K And again you shall have the seals of the Seven-Hilled City.

To the City.

Hither from the East and West shall come war.

C When the eleventh, and the chief of the harvest,
V A Libyan man, with the cooperation of the shield,
T Dark, opening his mouth wide and great,
H This man absorbs the great emperor:
E And many killings for the city of Byzantium.
F For a very great flow of blood shall run out,
A So that it fills all the paths.
O O how piteously, how piteously every beholder shall cry out.
E And the places surrounding the Seven-Hilled City original: septicollis shall be shaken.
I For then the whole earth shall go into ruin
N Unless the X original: .X. Likely shorthand for Christ (Christos) or a specific numeral. shall reign for a brief time.
A But alas, miserable city enduring sufferings,
M For one piteous, piteous light shall come to you.
Q When you shall hold arms for a long time.
C For there will be deaths within you, and shedding of blood,
V When the eleventh has begun, it shall not cease,
E And the monarchy of five principalities,
L Bearing spears, and armies raising dust,
D Shall crush the dragon, who killed the Libyan,
F Cutting his flesh into pieces,
A And raging toward internal war,
I Falling upon an innumerable multitude with the sword,
A Unto thousands, six times seven numbered.
A And every fornicator, polluted with killings,
R The predator, the unjust, the adulterer, the layer with males original: masculoz̄, an abbreviation for masculorum.
V Shall see the final light before their eyes.

To the king called Angelic.

E And the scepter of the very grave Angelic one called
G The sprouts, and the branch of the first spoils
F Shall make a consumption by the sickle quickly.
O For a numbered slaughter shall occur
M Multitudes of forty-two thousand
P But all the first spoils of the Seven-Hilled City
V Crying out each praise openly
F Shall return in haste to the royal palaces,
E And rursus original: rursus (again) you shall have the seal of the Seven-Hilled City.