Re: VMs: herbals

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Gordon Rugg <g.rugg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On the recently re-shown BBC documentary about the
> VMS, someone mentioned more or
> less in passing that Rudolph II was particularly
> interested in herbals. Is this
> generally agreed to be correct?,

I'm not so sure that he was. He was definitely
interested in 'strange' or 'freak' things from
nature. He was also particularly interested in
mandrakes.

In any case, this affects exclusively the 'hoax 
aimed at Rudolf' case, and is highly speculative
in either direction.

Cheers, Rene


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