Re: VMs: Fw: VM Bulletin

[Jim Gillogly <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Rafal T. Prinke wrote:
> I absolutely agree with Jan that Sinapius requires much
> more attention and research than he has received so far.
> So the recent findings and comments by Manfred are most
> welcome additions to our understanding of the earliest
> possible known owner of the VMS (I do not consider Rudolf II
> to be a proven owner - the whole episode about 600 ducats
> sounds to much like "marketing slogan" in Marci's letter 
> - and Jan rightly asks why would Marci part with it for free?).

I'm also very pleased to be learning new things about the early
possible owners -- thank you!

The last question ("why would Marci part with it for free?")
is understandable in the context of Marci's death a year or
two after he sent the VMs to Kircher.  I have a 1602 edition
of Porta.  If I had notice to quit, I would give it away to a
good home or even pay to get it to a good home, rather than
take a few thousand gold ducats from a Microsoft VP so that
his four-year-old son could pull off the discs and color the
illustrations.

Perhaps Marci had an interest in the advancement of knowledge.
--
	Jim Gillogly

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