Annals of the University of Ingolstadt

...his own untimely death, Engerd Johann Engerd (d. 1587), a professor at Ingolstadt who completed and published Valentin Rotmar’s unfinished work included separately in Volume I of the Nourishing Academy of Ingolstadt original: "Almæ Ingolftadienfis Academiæ". I have inserted these into the Annals themselves in their proper places, as I believed this would be for the greater convenience of the readers. 2.) The errors of Rotmar, of which I encountered not a few, I have noted and corrected. 3.) Matters omitted by him—which were indeed many and significant—I have diligently supplemented, provided I judged that they might shed some light either on the history of the academy or on the general republic of letters. Specifically, I have woven together a complete catalog of the Illustrious and Noble men who, year by year, have graced this University with their presence from its very beginning. I have also studiously recorded the "literary offspring" original: "partus literarios"; a common early modern metaphor for published books and scholarly works which I was able to find published by any of our members. 4.) The Annals of Rotmar themselves, which end with the year 1579, I have continued up to the year 1772, the third centenary original: "tertium fecularem"; marking the 300th anniversary of the university's founding in 1472 of this Academy. 5.) Finally, I have added a Diplomatic Code Codex diplomaticus: a collection of primary source documents, such as charters, decrees, and official correspondence, used as historical evidence, or a volume of Foundation letters and public monuments pertaining to our University. This particular work is uniquely owed to our University's Archivist, Joseph Prucker, Doctor of Laws and Professor, my most honored colleague; he arranged for it to be transcribed from the academic archives by Ignatius Dominic Schmid, of blessed memory original: "b. m." for "beatae memoriae", and most kindly shared it with me.

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