Re: VMs: French Review -- 1912

[ajb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

>>On Saturday 14 Jun 2003 3:29 pm, DANA SCOTT wrote:
>> A reprint of "The Cipher Of Roger Bacon" by William Romaine Newbold, edited
>> by Roland Grubb Kent (University of Pennsylvania Press, 1928) is available,
>> for those who may be interested, through the Sacred Science Library
> >(www.sacredscience.com).

and Gabriel added

>And the following nonsense is said about the vms in the book info:

>"Purchased Some Time Ago By Bill Gates For Around $70,000, No Doubt To Feed 
>The Imagination Of His Cryptography Team."

>Oh dear...


Oh dear indeed. I contacted the dealer last November

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"For your information: you may wish to correct an error in the notes and
description you provide for this book. The Voynich Ms has never been
owned by Bill Gates. It was donated to the Beinecke Rare Book and
Manuscript Library at Yale University in 1969 by H P Kraus, and is still
there, catalogue number MS-408."

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(Hope I got this right!)

And I received the following reply

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"From: <institute@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ajb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: RE: abebooks.co.uk Book Inquiry: THE CIPHER OF ROGER BACON.
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 13:28:11 -0800
Organization: Sacred Science Institute

Dear AJB,

Thank you for correcting our error on this point.  I can't remember
where I heard about Bill Gates owning this, but I did hear something of
the like somewhere, and thought it interesting.  I wonder if there was
something else similar that he purchased.  Anyway, I will correct our
listings to reflect your clarification.

Best regards,
Brad Stewart

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Oh well, I did try......

Regards

Anthony

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