Horčický's books

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One curious detail: the "à" in #4 seems to be in darker ink than the rest of Jacobus's ex-libris.  

As if it was left out at first, then someone felt it necessary to add it.

Could this mean something?

All the best, --Stolfi

It seems but maybe the author of the ex-libris simply pressed a bit harder with his pen. If you look at the J of Jacobi, it seems a little bit darker too.

We can imagine that the author wanted to emphasize this nobility more strongly with this “à,” and therefore pressed a bit harder.
It is therefore possible that this was Jacob writing in his best scholarly Latin calligraphy. But for this point we need a document writen by himself where we could find the same writing.

Here my today thinking :  It is possible that Sinapius, after receiving his nobility, purchased a collection of books from the Jesuits. One of the Jesuits, in his finest handwriting, may have noted the recipient of the book by adding a beautiful ex-libris. Alternatively, Jacobus Sinapius himself may have recorded his new name in a neat, scholarly manner, in Latin letters, as if he were “reborn.” Since Wroblicius left in November 1607 for other pursuits (studies in Graz), he may have left his book with the Jesuits. They could then have offered this volume (item #4) along with others to Jacobus, including (item #19) ca. November 1608 as a gift. Indeed why could Jacobus be interested in a book from first cycle of Studies (Artistote) as he's expert in alchemy and so on... ?