Horčický's books

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So... if the above all refer to the same person, and Albertus Wroblicius was the owner of the book with the name and initials A W, then perhaps it was one of his university textbooks. He would have been in his late teens or early to mid-20s in 1604.


Also, assuming all the above reports on Albertus Wroblicius and his possible relations are reasonably accurate and if they all refer to the same person, I think there's a strong probability that the common ground between Wroblicius and Jacobi á Tepenecz is the Society of Jesus (Jesuits).

Jacobi was educated by Jesuits, and tended the Jesuit botanical garden before becoming Rudolph II's herbalist and physician.

The known VMS provenance leading to Kircher is also strongly tied to the Jesuits and the Wroblicius family had a long line of Jesuit clerics. Possibly more than one book owned by Wroblicius may have come into Jacobi's hands. The Jesuits in that era were very keen on books, science, and learning—a characteristic that sometimes put them at odds with more traditional members of the Catholic church.