01-10-2026, 08:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 01-10-2026, 08:27 PM by RadioFM.
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IMHO I don't think it's Marci's hand, assuming the 12 Sept 1640 letter is his handwriting (correct me if I'm wrong)
The letter has more of a slant. The h doesn't twirl down, but stops at the line level. The f's and b's are noticebly more arced/curved and swish-y in Marci's hand. Marci has an overall preference for curved u, not so angled v, even in initials like uegetabilis
I don't have access to other JMM's letters, so I wouldn't know whether he himself penned the 1640 letter or someone else did, if he wrote more "elegantly" in this letter for the occasion, if he changed his handwriting over time (many people, including me, do).
If you ask me, I think they jumped the gun a bit. The VMS had many owners over centuries and we only know a handful of them. It could be Marci's just as it could be anyone else. Maybe the zinc response in the multispectral imaging is indeed strong evidence for Marci, but I don't know. To my eyes, the handwriting is different.
It doesn't look like the "mallier aller", "den mus m(d)el", "poxleber" or "valsch vbren" handwriting either for that matter. Nor the months, quires, folio numbering or color annotations.
The letter has more of a slant. The h doesn't twirl down, but stops at the line level. The f's and b's are noticebly more arced/curved and swish-y in Marci's hand. Marci has an overall preference for curved u, not so angled v, even in initials like uegetabilis
I don't have access to other JMM's letters, so I wouldn't know whether he himself penned the 1640 letter or someone else did, if he wrote more "elegantly" in this letter for the occasion, if he changed his handwriting over time (many people, including me, do).
If you ask me, I think they jumped the gun a bit. The VMS had many owners over centuries and we only know a handful of them. It could be Marci's just as it could be anyone else. Maybe the zinc response in the multispectral imaging is indeed strong evidence for Marci, but I don't know. To my eyes, the handwriting is different.
It doesn't look like the "mallier aller", "den mus m(d)el", "poxleber" or "valsch vbren" handwriting either for that matter. Nor the months, quires, folio numbering or color annotations.
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