Image #1
Mēnse Iānuāriō │ Annō [ablative]
1654
In the month of January │ in the
year 1654
Or: Mēnse Iānuāriō │ Annī [genitive]
1654
In the month of January │ of the
year 1654
Image #2
Concerning the observations of a comet at Ingolstadt:
MĒNSE DECEMBRĪ │ ANNĪ M.DC.LXIV
In the month of December │ of the
year 1664
IANVARIŌ ITEM AC FEBRVĀRIŌ │ ANNĪ
M.DC.LXV
Likewise in January and (in)
February │ of the year 1665
Image #3: from the same work as #2 above
MĒNSE APRĪLĪ │ DIĒ XXIX
In the month of April │ on the
29th day [XX 20 + IX 9]
And, in very small print at the bottom:
ANNŌ M.DC.LXV
In the year 1665
M: 1000
D: 500
C: 100
L: 50
V: 5
M 1000 │ + D 500 + C 100 │ + │ L 50 + X 10 │ + │ V 5 = 1665
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