Re: VMs: Evidence review

["Philip Neal" <philipneal_vms@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> > One argument against the story: according to all
> > specialists, the VMS
> > author is not Bacon. So if Raphael was right, Rudolf
> > had been deceived.
> > Could that happen when he had so many knowledgeable
> > people at his court?
>
> This is indeed one of the really mysterious parts
> of the Marci letter. Why would they think it was
> Bacon's? Was Bacon's reputation a left-over of the
> presence of Kelly?

It has been pointed out before that you can read the Marci letter to mean 
that Raphael, not Rudolf, thought that the author was Bacon. I tend to think 
this is the more natural way of taking the Latin: translating it into direct 
speech, Raphael said to Marci "I know that that manuscript was owned by 
Emperor Rudolf and he paid a fortune for it. I think it is probably by Roger 
Bacon". The other way is just possible.

Philip Neal

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