Re: Voynich MS not(?) in Rudolf's Kunstkammer inventory...

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

Rene Zandbergen wrote:

This is extremely important for establishing whether Rudolf II
indeed owned VMS at any time or not.

> I did not find any entry in the long list that is a clear description
> of the VMs (compared with the clear description in the Baresch
> letter), but at least one of them is tantalizing. In (17th C) German:
> 
>  2585.  In folio.  Ein _philosophisch_ alt geschriben buch mit
>         figurn und ein copey uff pergamen geschriben vom Mathes
>         Do"rrer, ungebunden, welchs nit gantz beysamen und herr
>         Haiden auB bevelch I. Mt: etliche bletter davon genommen.

The fact that this item is "In folio" makes it rather unlikely
that it is VMS. The latter is 225 x 160 mm which can hardly
be classified as "folio". It would be "octavo" (typically 18-25 cm
high).

> There are other very brief entries among the 250 which could
> potentially mean the VMs, but, like I said, I will write about
> this at more length a bit later. The book descriptions are
> 10 pages, typewritten, so I'll see if they can be reasonably
> scanned.

That would be very useful and interesting. 

Best regards,

Rafal