Weiler implies in his intro that the VMS was bound in limp vellum at the time Rudolph II purchased it.
Rene, is this correct? Isn't there some evidence that several books were rebound by the Jesuits (ca. Kircher's time) because the original wood bindings were riddled with worms? In other words, after it left Prague?
Rene, is this correct? Isn't there some evidence that several books were rebound by the Jesuits (ca. Kircher's time) because the original wood bindings were riddled with worms? In other words, after it left Prague?