22-10-2016, 10:46 AM
Please also note that there are two columns of 'a, b, c' on f1r. While the right-hand one is even more difficult to see, I would venture the guess that they are not in the same hand.
The ink of one of the 'a's on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. was tested by McCrone and found to be iron gall ink.
The a, b, c in the cosmological pages have always been described as 'pencil'.
The Jesuits in Rome made many pencil annotations on Kircher's correspondence, so my first tendency is to suspect that they may have been responsible for this too.
This is of course speculative.
The ink of one of the 'a's on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. was tested by McCrone and found to be iron gall ink.
The a, b, c in the cosmological pages have always been described as 'pencil'.
The Jesuits in Rome made many pencil annotations on Kircher's correspondence, so my first tendency is to suspect that they may have been responsible for this too.
This is of course speculative.