I thought this was going to stop....
Let's see. Maybe this will help to put at least the innocent by-standers in the picture.
Most of the essentials of the role of Beckx, and the meaning of his private library had been clarified in the time frame 1998 - 2003, that is: *years* before Diane O'Donovan had even heard of the Voynich MS.
The idea that he personally owned it, or even had anything to do with this MS is a misconception.
Beckx was exclusively a priest. He was no Kircher, with an interest in books and science.
There are just stickers with his name that have been added to many manuscripts.
It was when Xavier Ceccaldi, in the old mailing list, published a letter by the Jesuit Paul Pierling, that it became completely clear what had happened, and what was precisely the meaning of the 'private library' of Beckx.
This was a ruse by the Jesuits.
I have preserved the relevant page of Xavier (dated 2003) here:
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The fact that this was nothing else than a ruse was confirmed to me personally by the staff of the historical archives of the Gregorian University in Rome (the successor of the Collegium Romanum).
Now, let us be a little bit serious.
I have researched the circumstances of Voynich's acquisition of the MS, from the time it was received by Kircher and passed through Jesuit hands, from 1998 to 2015 (17 years). The most important printed sources I used are listed at the bottom of this page:
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The text on that page is a highly condensed historical background for this part of the history of the MS.
Beside these printed sources, I have greatly benefited from archive material from several places, and from visiting libraries and talking with their staff.
*That* is how historical research is done.
The suggestion that I would have stolen this information from a 2015 blog post is a defamation, and it is preposterous.
And don't anyone tell me that this wording is not in line with forum rules.