27-05-2018, 01:48 PM
Well, returning to the books, and setting the weird numbering apart for the time, one valuable piece of information is that Wroblicius was still alive and well in 1624, residing in his parish in Velka Bites. While Horcicky died as early as 1622. This means that Horcicky could not acquire the Wroblicius's book (or, possibly, more books) as a consequence of Wroblicius's death (like e.g. by Wroblicius's will).
So there must have been some event or occasion for Wroblicius to part with his own book during his life. Like, he could present the book to Horcicky. However, we have no indications yet that Wroblicius was ever acquainted with Horcicky. Of course, he could present the book to someone who was acquainted with Horcicky, and then the book ultimately ended with Horcicky. The problem with this is that the book, as far as I understand, is nothing outstanding in terms of content, it's quite commonplace. As I mentioned above, there is calculation of the book's age put down by Wroblicius (which might suggest estimating its value for sale), but that dates to 1604 and thus makes no input to our reasoning unless Wroblicius parted with it as early as in 1604. However, that might also indicate that Wroblicius paid close attention to the age of books. The fact that he "found" (in his own words) an old book in Velka Bites and took effort to leave a note about that in that book also speaks about his interest in books.
More information about the life of Wroblicius prior to 1622 is needed. It is of interest whether there was an interruption in between his serving in Kojetin and Velka Bites. Probably, this can be checked through the records of the respective parishes, if they are preserved still. Generally, it is of great interest to know if Wroblicius was generally known for collecting old books, and also if there was some hard time in his life when he was in position to sell or otherwise give away his books.
So there must have been some event or occasion for Wroblicius to part with his own book during his life. Like, he could present the book to Horcicky. However, we have no indications yet that Wroblicius was ever acquainted with Horcicky. Of course, he could present the book to someone who was acquainted with Horcicky, and then the book ultimately ended with Horcicky. The problem with this is that the book, as far as I understand, is nothing outstanding in terms of content, it's quite commonplace. As I mentioned above, there is calculation of the book's age put down by Wroblicius (which might suggest estimating its value for sale), but that dates to 1604 and thus makes no input to our reasoning unless Wroblicius parted with it as early as in 1604. However, that might also indicate that Wroblicius paid close attention to the age of books. The fact that he "found" (in his own words) an old book in Velka Bites and took effort to leave a note about that in that book also speaks about his interest in books.
More information about the life of Wroblicius prior to 1622 is needed. It is of interest whether there was an interruption in between his serving in Kojetin and Velka Bites. Probably, this can be checked through the records of the respective parishes, if they are preserved still. Generally, it is of great interest to know if Wroblicius was generally known for collecting old books, and also if there was some hard time in his life when he was in position to sell or otherwise give away his books.