13-07-2017, 12:43 AM
(This post was last modified: 13-07-2017, 01:11 AM by Anton.
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Well, I can imagine one more or less plausible case.
Suppose you are fond of books, or otherwise in need of those, you collect them and employ a numbering system. At the same time, there is a place where valuable books are to be found, but it is somehow far away, or you just are a busy man. So you hire some other guy and direct him to that place to purchase the books for you. Upon purchasing a book, he inscribes an exlibris in your name (to mark your property) but, naturally, in his own handwriting. Additionally, he numbers the book for the purpose of accounting. Since he is not aware of your numbering sequence, he employs another one.
A variation of this use case would be, of course, Hořčický sending somebody to inspect someone's book collection with the purpose of acquiring most valuable (in the monetary sense or otherwise) stuff. For example, Rudolph's book collection, since Rudolph was his debtor. Walking further down the alley of speculation, we can assume that if the VMS is number 19 (and not 79), which is more or less close to number 4, then the book number 4 and the VMS might have descended from the same previous owner - either Rudolph or the enigmatic "Wroblicionis" (or what's his name). However, the book number 4 (Boethius) is a printed book of mid-16th century and does not manifest itself as very rare or valuable.
Anyway, what looks certain to me is that the VMS could not have been acquired by Hořčický prior to 1604.
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Ah, it's "Wroblicius" - mentioned on Rene's page, missed that somehow. This Albert Wroblicius (if him that is) is You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. to have been a priest in Kojetin, which also looks like de Tepenecz's Moravian roundabouts.
By the way, as a passing thought, I wonder whether books from Rudolph's collection typically featured his own exlibris. And if not, then why?
Suppose you are fond of books, or otherwise in need of those, you collect them and employ a numbering system. At the same time, there is a place where valuable books are to be found, but it is somehow far away, or you just are a busy man. So you hire some other guy and direct him to that place to purchase the books for you. Upon purchasing a book, he inscribes an exlibris in your name (to mark your property) but, naturally, in his own handwriting. Additionally, he numbers the book for the purpose of accounting. Since he is not aware of your numbering sequence, he employs another one.
A variation of this use case would be, of course, Hořčický sending somebody to inspect someone's book collection with the purpose of acquiring most valuable (in the monetary sense or otherwise) stuff. For example, Rudolph's book collection, since Rudolph was his debtor. Walking further down the alley of speculation, we can assume that if the VMS is number 19 (and not 79), which is more or less close to number 4, then the book number 4 and the VMS might have descended from the same previous owner - either Rudolph or the enigmatic "Wroblicionis" (or what's his name). However, the book number 4 (Boethius) is a printed book of mid-16th century and does not manifest itself as very rare or valuable.
Anyway, what looks certain to me is that the VMS could not have been acquired by Hořčický prior to 1604.
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Ah, it's "Wroblicius" - mentioned on Rene's page, missed that somehow. This Albert Wroblicius (if him that is) is You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. to have been a priest in Kojetin, which also looks like de Tepenecz's Moravian roundabouts.
By the way, as a passing thought, I wonder whether books from Rudolph's collection typically featured his own exlibris. And if not, then why?