04-02-2021, 11:32 AM
Many thanks to Mark for finding this.
I agree that this is a fine introduction. Nice also to see and hear Claire Bowern, whom I did not yet have opportunity to meet (even virtually).
Only just a few details:
- that the manuscripts were sold by the Jesuits because the Villa Mondragone needed funds for restoration works, is a myth, and I admit that I also believed this in the past, but there is no basis for it.
- Anne Nill DID have heirs and they were not happy when the MS was donated to Yale
- The Marci letter shown is not THE Marci letter
The third bullet is all the more surprising because the "real" Marci letter is owned by Yale and easily filmed. The letter shown must have been from a digital image. Access to the original is not possible.
I agree that this is a fine introduction. Nice also to see and hear Claire Bowern, whom I did not yet have opportunity to meet (even virtually).
Only just a few details:
- that the manuscripts were sold by the Jesuits because the Villa Mondragone needed funds for restoration works, is a myth, and I admit that I also believed this in the past, but there is no basis for it.
- Anne Nill DID have heirs and they were not happy when the MS was donated to Yale
- The Marci letter shown is not THE Marci letter
The third bullet is all the more surprising because the "real" Marci letter is owned by Yale and easily filmed. The letter shown must have been from a digital image. Access to the original is not possible.