Re: VMs: Fw: VM Bulletin

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

Hi Jim,

> 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.

That's indeed true. Moreover, Marci does not really say
the book was worth 600 ducats but only that Rudolf "presented"
the sum to the "bearer" (again, staying on the safe side).

It may be surmised from this that the VMS did not have
Rudolf's coat-of-arms or monogram at that time, as otherwise
Raphael Mnisovski's testimony would not be needed.

Best regards,

Rafal
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