MOST SERENE

PRINCE,

MOST POWERFUL

ELECTOR,

LORD, LORD

MOST CLEMENT!

A large ornamental woodcut initial letter 'N' featuring architectural scrolls, floral motifs, and a central pedestal-like structure.Nine years have now passed since, by the authority of the academic Fathers the senior faculty or governing council of the University of Ingolstadt, I applied my mind and hand to the task of continuing and publishing the Rotmarian Annals original: "Annales Rotmariani"; the official history of the University of Ingolstadt, begun by Valentin Rotmar and later continued by Johann Engerd. Indeed, within two years I had brought this labor to such a point that I was ready to release the first volume to the public; however, through the schemes of certain ill-wishers, I was first removed from my academic chair original: "cathedra"; the official seat or professorship held by a scholar. Subsequently, I was so constantly hindered in the publication of these very Annals by new maneuvers that these obstacles were only removed after YOUR assumption of the government of Bavaria original: "Bauariæ"; Charles Theodore became Elector of Bavaria in 1777, uniting it with his other territories; how-