VMs: Moretus

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

I have just found this interesting piece concerning 
the person who carried the first (lost) Baresch's letter
to Kircher:

Theodore Moretus (1602 ? 1667), an importatnt mathematician 
from Belgium. The latter is the author of the first mathematical 
dissertationes defended in Prague. His arrival in Prague meant 
a radical increase of the level of mathematical studies in 
the Clementinum. Moretus´scientific diaries containing technical 
notes and drafts as well as his correspondence with pre-eminent 
European scholars of that time (e.g. Kircher, Conrad, Riccioli etc.) 
are reckoned among the rare documents preserved in the National 
Library of the Czech Republic.

http://www.nkp.cz/PublicRel/Vystavy/utilitas/e_utilitas.htm

These diaries and correspondence may certainly contain some
clues on Baresch or even the VMS!

Best regards,

Rafal
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