Re: Why not Dee?

["Rafal T. Prinke" <rafalp@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Karl Kluge wrote:

> > It does include it: "630 Ducatos illi exhibuimus coram Deo".
> 
> This *may* be what Brumbaugh was refering to, but it seems odd that he or his
> source would confuse what is normally called Dee's "diary" with the _True
> and Faithful Relation_, would spell "ducats" as "doucats" in translating
> the phrase from Latin to English, and would put a translated phrase in
> quotation marks without so indicating, making it appear to be a direct quote.

As Clay has already explained, Casaubon is often referred to as 
"spiritual diaries" while the notes in the Ephemerides - as
"private diary". So if Brumbaugh just says "diary" it is not
precise (I have not seen his book). The only other place might
be the other private diary first edited by Bailey.

> My impression is that Dee was constantly in financial difficulty (probably to
> an extent because of his book collecting) -- if you look at Dee's diary for
> 1585, you'll see that the Queen had to send him money so he could serve a
> proper dinner to the visiting Lasky.

That's right - but that was rather typical for intellectuals not
attached to a university or court. Why should he pay for the dinner
if he knew the Queen would? I would rather say he was never 
financially independent - but also never fell into poverty.
For instance, he donated a number of his books to universities
on the Continent (rather than selling them).

> Given the persistent Jesuit links of the apparent owners, it seems likely that
> the transfer of ownership from Jacob Tepenece (d. 1622) to Baresch (writes PUG
> 557, f353 in 1639) through any intermediate owner(s) was relatively orderly
> and unaffected by the political chaos in Bohemia at the time. We can at least
> hope to fill the gap. Are there any surviving collections of papers or
> correspondence by Tepenece? Do we know who he left his books and mss. to?

His main heir was the Clementinum college - so I suspect his library
would have gone there, too - if it survived his expulsion. 

Best regards,

Rafal