A decorative rectangular headpiece consists of three horizontal bands of repeating woodcut ornaments, specifically stylized fleurs-de-lis and scrollwork patterns.

To the Christian /

Preface

It is indeed to be seen, generous, Christ-loving reader, from the scriptis writings of many philosophorum philosophers (though not the sycophantarum sycophants/flatterers, who mingle in for their own gain and fame), that they have sufficiently made the high secretum de lapide benedicto secret of the blessed stone known to the world, such that several hundred books exist regarding it, among which the honorable Fratres brothers of the Rose Cross also primarily belong. But they have mostly done so with such figurative