WITH THE HELP OF DIVINE POWER

The insignia of the LICENTIATE for receiving the degree of Master

will be conferred PUBLICLY

in the HALL OF REWARDS of the Great College,

original: "Brabevterio"; a Greek-derived term for a place where prizes or honors are awarded, often a specific hall within the university.

DAVID LIPSIUS OF ERFURT

DOCTOR of Philosophy & Medicine

duly chosen and delegated for this very purpose.

To which ceremony, everyone from every rank of person,

lovers, patrons, and followers

of Learning, Virtue, and Praise,

are dutifully and kindly invited and requested

to hear and see, with as much effort as possible,

out of the devoted and grateful

LAW OF RECIPROCITY
original: "Talionis Lege." Though literally the "Law of Retaliation" (an eye for an eye), in academic invitations of this era, it refers to the mutual obligation and social "payback" where scholars attend each other's ceremonies to maintain communal support.

These proceedings will be held under the

Rectorate of the Magnificent, Reverend, and most Renowned Gentleman, LORD MASTER LAMPERT

HECK, Canon and Preacher of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

And under the Philosophical Deanship of the Honorable and most Learned Gentleman, LORD MASTER HERMANN LIN-

DANUS, Candidate of Laws, Inspector of the Gate of Heaven and Public

Professor of Eloquence.

The "Gate of Heaven" (Porta Coeli) refers to a specific college or residential hall within the University of Erfurt.

A decorative printer’s ornament featuring scrolled leaf patterns on both sides of a central circular element containing the letter 'o'. Below the main scrollwork is a small terminal ornament shaped like an acorn or pinecone.