...may hold these works commended to himself. Given at Ingolstadt on the Calends of January January 1st, in the year 1580 original: "CIƆ. IƆ. XXC."; this is an old style of Roman numerals representing 1000 (CIƆ), 500 (IƆ), and 80 (XXC)..

VALENTIN ROTMAR’S

PREFACE TO THE READER.

The first thing I must advise you, Honest Reader, is that certain errors of memory have crept in, and some have also been admitted through the negligence of the printers original: "operarum incuria"; literally "the carelessness of the workers.", which I have seen to be noted at the end of the book. Next, many men were passed over by me because I was not notified in time, such as the Reverend Abbot of St. Peter's at Salzburg; Bernhard Schwartz, Dean of Passau, who once taught the Institutes of LawThe foundational textbooks of Roman law used in university curricula. among us; Melchior Klefel, Provost of Vienna, who, since he recently obtained the titles of both Master and LicentiateAn academic degree between a Master and a Doctor, granting the "license" to teach. in Sacred Theology among us, began at once from that time to serve well the Church of God and the Catholic Religion; Peter Steuart of Liège, Licentiate of Sacred Theology and Professor at Eichstätt; Heinrich Dominatius of Piznitz, Licentiate of Sacred Theology and Canon of Prague; Cyriacus Rutland, Doctor of Laws and Councilor at Mergentheim; Wenceslaus Petrsick, Doctor of Laws and Councilor to the Archbishop of Prague; Jacob Rasperger, Doctor of Laws and Councilor to the Archbishop of Salzburg; and many others who have come forth from our Academy The University of Ingolstadt.. Thirdly, since whether by the injury of time, or the negligence of the architects and managers of the churches—I know not whether to say through ignorance or finally through greed—many things...