Marci's letters to Kircher, revisited

[Helmut Winkler]

Well, it seems to be a pretty good idea to have a look at the originals of the 17th. c. letters, something I have never done, being not really  interested in the life of the ms. after 1450.

I must say I read Sili with abbr. stroke myself, which should be simili, especially as simili modo is a very common phrase and there really seems to be a blot. And I think schedula is correct, the strange epsilon-looking letter is an e with a cedille, common at the time for ae. The second last letter is  l, Marci in his t‘s always makes a connection from the middle of the letter to the next letter. And I think the quae is a quo and the et an ex.