Re: VMs: Writer's Motivation

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

Some interesting questions from Jonathan Lopez.

In their evaluation, we should not forget that
'common sense' in the current age, and in the 
15th Century are not the same thing...

> 3. if Emperor Rudolf II of Bohemia was scam[m]ed in
> buying this book what was he told it did or could do
> for him?

_If_ he bought it, which is what we know from
hearsay, I doubt he was scammed. The seller would
already have been unable to read it. Rudolf
was a person who was obsessed by mysterious and
odd artefacts, and it fits with his character that
he would buy such a book.

> 7. what in today's standards could convince you to
> buy an untranslatable book? 

I have some books that are translatable, but
which I cannot read. I (used to) collect Asterix
books in other languages. The ones in Hebrew and
Finnish will always remain unreadable to me.
If I saw a Chinese one in a shop tomorrow, I would
not hesitate to buy it.

Cheers, Rene


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