Horčický's books

[dvoileGenealogie]

Jacobus seems not to have been married, but some relatives have been identified, in Moravia, further suggesting that he was not from Cesky Krumlov but from Moravia.



I am curious how confident you (@dvoileGenealogie) are that the Ex Libris on No4 and No19 are not in Jacobus' hand.

Either way, there is no doubt that he owned these books at some point in time.

When comparing the handwriting of ex-libris No. 4 and No. 19 with that of ex-libris No. 40 (whose script perfectly matches his manupropria), it becomes clear that they are not the same. It matches with no writing of Jacobus. We are certain that he owned book No. 4 because of the ex-libris, but I would be less certain that Jacob himself wrote it. This raises the question: who wrote it for him? A friend who managed his collection? The person who gifted him the book?

This suggests that there may be some hope of identifying the scribe. Do we know the emperor’s handwriting? Or that of his friends?

Further, I notice Wroblicius himself, as poor student, wrote down his ex-libris on No.4, we can be sure of it, because when we look at the original scans of book No.4, as mentionned by Anton, we can see at the begining of the book a calculating : 1604-1553 = 51. The writing of the 1 and the 4 are identical with the 1 and 4 of the ex-libris ("1604"). Also, the ex-libris "Jacobj à Tepenec" was not writen by Wroblicius.

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