VMs: Moretus

["mmand" <mmand@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,

Here is a piece of Baresch's letter to Kircher, from 1639:

"On the occasion of the departure for Italy, yes even for
Rome, of a certain religious person, I obtained from that
person that he carry this letter with you, with which I
would like to remind you of some writing that I had sent
from Prague with the aid of the Rev. fr. Moretus, priest of
the Society of Jesus.
(...)
Having thus transcribed (taking pain to imitate the writing)
a certain part of this old book, which the carrier of this
letter has seen with his own eyes and about which he can
inform you, I sent this writing to Your Reverence a year and
a half ago
(...)
Therefore I decided to repeat this - the above-mentioned
Father Moretus told me that he arrived safely in Rome (...)"

So Baresch sent some transcriptions of the VMS to Kircher
via Moretus around 1637. I understand that when Baresch says
"the carrier of this letter has seen with his own eyes", he
is referring to Moretus seeing the transcriptions of 1637.

Anyway, on the new 'Kircher correspondence project' site
there is a document 'Correspondence and Manuscripts of
Athanasius Kircher not included in APUG 555-568' which lists
three letters from Kircher to Moretus:

1.Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Moretus, Theodorus, 12
March 1634, Prague, National Library at the Clementinum.
2.Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Moretus, Theodorus, 1
February 1642, Prague, National Library at the Clementinum.
3.Kircher, Athanasius. Letter to Moretus, Theodorus, 19
February 1642, Prague, National Library at the Clementinum.

If he is the same Moretus it may be worth checking the
letters, given the timeline. Also, those who have access to
the letters in APUG 555-568 know of any reply from Moretus
to Kircher ?

Regards,
Marcio.
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