<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><i>HoC anno</i> <b><u>IVbILeMVs</u></b> <i>Deo pro LVthero</i>.</span><div><br></div><div>My rusty Latin reads it as something like “In this year let us rejoice to God for Luther.”</div><div>And the chronogram appears to add up to MDCLLVVVII, or 1717.</div><div>Which would confirm Laurie’s theory, since that would be the bicentennial of the year Luther nailed the 95 theses to the Wittenberg church doors in 1517.</div><div><br></div><div>Matt<br><br><div id="AppleMailSignature" dir="ltr">Matthew<span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"> C. Haugen</span><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:13pt">Rare Book Cataloger</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:13pt">102 Butler Library</span></div><div><font style="font-size:13pt"><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Columbia University </span></font><span style="font-size:13pt;background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Libraries</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:13pt">E-mail: <a href="mailto:matthew.haugen@columbia.edu">matthew.haugen@columbia.edu</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0);font-size:13pt">Phone: </span><a href="tel:212-851-2451" style="font-size:13pt">212-851-2451</a><div dir="ltr"><font><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></font></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br>On Sep 19, 2019, at 6:17 PM, Karen Nelson <<a href="mailto:karenjnelson@uvic.ca">karenjnelson@uvic.ca</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><i>HoC anno</i> <b><u>IVbILeMVs</u></b> <i>Deo pro LVthero</i>.</div></blockquote></div></body></html>