I understand what you mean, if the manuscript was so important to him then he was unlikely to mess up his memory about it.
On the other hand, for reasons we discussed before, I think we should be less certain about the emperor's owning the MS than we are now. The evidence relies purely on one witness. If someone says that this witness 'Dominus Marcus has lost his memory of nearly everything but still remembers you' then that is something to take into consideration.
The problem I'm having with this is that for example the wiki states that the emperor owned the MS with certainty. It is in the interest of the investigation that we know that it's more like a fifty percent chance and that other avenues remain wide open. That's all.
On the other hand, for reasons we discussed before, I think we should be less certain about the emperor's owning the MS than we are now. The evidence relies purely on one witness. If someone says that this witness 'Dominus Marcus has lost his memory of nearly everything but still remembers you' then that is something to take into consideration.
The problem I'm having with this is that for example the wiki states that the emperor owned the MS with certainty. It is in the interest of the investigation that we know that it's more like a fifty percent chance and that other avenues remain wide open. That's all.