30-03-2020, 07:33 PM
Well, I didn't say that I definitely wanted to address this. I said that I might.
I am sorry to point out that none of the above points tell me that the letter would be a fake. It simply does not follow from any of them.
I might just lift out one example:
So, how is "difficult Latin" evidence that the letter is a fake??? And who are these "many who are proficient in Latin?
Marci is a rather famous historical figure. His life, deeds and works have been the subject of numerous studies. Let me quote from:
Garber, M.: Optics and alchemy in the philosophical writings of Marcus Marci in post-Rudolphine Prague 1612-1670, dissertation submitted for the degree Doctor of Philosophy, San Diego, 2002.
p.33:
"Marci did not write in the most efficient of manners".
His Latin was cumbersome.
That the Marci letter is genuine follows from the facts that a letter exists that was written one month later, and it was written by the same scribe (not Marci himself) and signed by Marci in the same manner, while it was impossible for anyone except a very small circle of Jesuits to access this letter.
It was preserved, just like the Barschius letter and the two Kinner letters, all very important evidence for the history of the MS, in the Kircher carteggio, which was hidden and safeguarded by the Jesuits.
That was not in Villa Mondragone.
I am sorry to point out that none of the above points tell me that the letter would be a fake. It simply does not follow from any of them.
I might just lift out one example:
Quote:4: That Latin:
"Many who are proficient in Latin have had difficulty with various aspects of the Latin phrasing and/or grammar in the letter.", etc.
So, how is "difficult Latin" evidence that the letter is a fake??? And who are these "many who are proficient in Latin?
Marci is a rather famous historical figure. His life, deeds and works have been the subject of numerous studies. Let me quote from:
Garber, M.: Optics and alchemy in the philosophical writings of Marcus Marci in post-Rudolphine Prague 1612-1670, dissertation submitted for the degree Doctor of Philosophy, San Diego, 2002.
p.33:
"Marci did not write in the most efficient of manners".
His Latin was cumbersome.
That the Marci letter is genuine follows from the facts that a letter exists that was written one month later, and it was written by the same scribe (not Marci himself) and signed by Marci in the same manner, while it was impossible for anyone except a very small circle of Jesuits to access this letter.
It was preserved, just like the Barschius letter and the two Kinner letters, all very important evidence for the history of the MS, in the Kircher carteggio, which was hidden and safeguarded by the Jesuits.
That was not in Villa Mondragone.