An ornate horizontal woodcut headpiece featuring a central stylized mask or face flanked by several reclining human figures, scrolls, and floral motifs.

TO THE ETERNAL, INVI-

SIBLE, ONLY WISE,

THE BEST OF ALL, INFI-

NITE AND OMNIPOTENT

original: "יהוה אלהים צבאות" YAHWEH GOD OF HOSTS,

GOD OF GODS,

OF ALL BEINGS,

THE TRIUNE ONE,

HOLY, HOLY, HOLY,

To the FATHER, and to the SON, incarnated in the fullness of time,

JESUS The original text uses "JHSVH," the Pentagrammaton. This was a common Christian Cabalistic practice of inserting the Hebrew letter 'Shin' (S) into the four-letter name of God (YHWH) to signify the name of Jesus. CHRIST, and also

To the HOLY SPIRIT;

To the AUTHOR, PRESERVER, and GOVERNOR

of all created and established things existing

throughout the entire UNIVERSE;

perpetually;

To his Universal original: "Catholico." In this context, Khunrath is likely using the word in its original Greek sense of "universal" or "all-encompassing," rather than referring strictly to the Roman Catholic Church. and most kind LORD and PATRON,

to be feared as a son fears a father, to be uniquely loved, and most humbly

adored, and for all eternity,

with due devotion, deservedly

praised: