MtoK22FEB1642 Theodorus Moretus 22 FEB 1642 Letter to Athanasius Kircher: Transcriptions, Translations, Transliterations. INDEX to ITEMS: [1] Complete (Lines 0: to 34:) Version-1 Transcript of 22 FEB 1642 letter of Theodorus Moretus to Athanasius Kircher (ref. J.VS communication #124), from online image APUG 567 055r, last accessed 11 DEC 2007 at url: http://archimede.imss.fi.it/kircher/567/large/055r.jpg [2] Version-2 Transcript of 22 FEB 1642 letter of Theodorus Moretus to Athanasius Kircher, APUG 567 055r. Changes from Version-1 in lines 8, 12, and 23, are per suggestion of Jan Hurych and seconded by Greg Stachowski (off-J DEC 2007). [3] Version-3 Transcript of 22 FEB 1642 letter of Theodorus Moretus to Athanasius Kircher, APUG 567 055r. Changes from Version-2 in lines 6, 17, 18, 20, 34, , are per suggestion of Greg Stachowski (off-J 14 DEC 2007). [4] Jan Hurych's TransLATION-Version-1 of Moretus's 22 FEB 1642 letter to Kircher from Jan's off-J email: Re: off-J: Last Call for Version-1 transcript for 22FEB1642, Sent Date 12-11-2007 9:45:28 AM ITEMS: [1] Complete (Lines 0: to 34:) Version-1 Transcript of 22 FEB 1642 letter of Theodorus Moretus to Athanasius Kircher (ref. J.VS communication #124), from online image APUG 567 055r, last accessed 11 DEC 2007 at url: http://archimede.imss.fi.it/kircher/567/large/055r.jpg 0: [(sine?) ...spot... ] 1: R.de in Chro Pater 2: pax eiusdem. 3: Accepi R.V. litteras Conye gratissimas, libertissime ys legi 4: qua de Sollicitudine circa Apollonium annotabat. Scio tamen Roma 5: fuisse integrum Apollonium lingua Arabica aut Persica in Bibli- 6: otheca non Vaticata, sed Florentina . et istud mihi peculi- 7: are narratum fuisse memini, Bibliothecarium illius 8: thesauri promisisse aliquando cui dam Patri (notro ?) Romano 9: illius libri (?)sum sed[...spot...]idem ille Pater nescio quem ma- 10: nuScriptum libellum [...spot...(at ?)]eadem Bibliotheca acceptum 11:(eu alias/ilias set or: eu ili asset ?), Bibliothecarium indignatum recusasse (pounigere ?) 12: id quid promiSerat[...spot...]antum memini, Professor maior 13: in Mathematicis P. [...spot...]rius a J. Vincentio, quem 14: hodie Super eadem re censulam per litteras. 15: De Bettinio magni facio indicium R.V.a sed nondum licuit 16: nec ipso nec R.V.a opero fuci. Si R.V.a Secundad impressione 17: curat sui magnetis, qua so etiam currs Secundus addat et auctarium. 18: Molestus pa' ne mi tui (est ?) Supremus regni Burgravius [VL ?] inter 19: duos magnetes ferrum [mediun ?] Suspendam sine filo detinente. 20: Ego Vero illud indinifibile VL a me attingatur desperare 21: me palam dixi, (putiremys ?) citius quadraturam circuli me attingere 22: (posse ?), quam aut illud in eodem (madi'o ?), aut motum perpetuum. 23: Salutem pro opportunitate P. Guilielmo du (CoRoy ?) . Resulutat 24: D. Doctor Marcus. Praga 22. Febr. 1642. 25: R.V. Servus in (X ?) 26: Theodorus Moretus. 27: P. Santinus peramanter Salutat R.V.a 28: sed irate tamen, (VL aiti ?) eo quid R.V. nimis 29: obscure (explicaetit ?) Elixir ex Then[(a ?) ...spot... (S ?)]cribit enim 30: quid de (dualus ?) illis aquis faviend[(um ?) ...spot...]iaca extractisi 31: deinde quod (tacent ?) modum Argen[(t ?) ...spot...]lluin (conficitudi ?) (opc ?) Mercuryj 32: Sum qud (colct ?) modum (extra ?) hindi [...spot...]tras ex qualitet re. 33: (Derciyis optarae ?) iam nunc (vivere ?) pro [...spot...](eruyli ?) n mia. (hbrw ?) enim R.V. ipse (persuluit ?) ^ D. Marco (?)- 34: tum. s pero mi tue dei nDc Christi ei as[...spot... (cd ?)]am (4tct ?) jnon. adeo ani de omnibus (Xriker ?). [2] Version-2 Transcript of 22 FEB 1642 letter of Theodorus Moretus to Athanasius Kircher, APUG 567 055r. Changes from Version-1 in lines 8, 12, and 23, are per suggestion of Jan Hurych and seconded by Greg Stachowski (off-J DEC 2007). 0: [(sine?) ...spot... ] 1: R.de in Chro Pater 2: pax eiusdem. 3: Accepi R.V. litteras Conye gratissimas, libertissime ys legi 4: qua de Sollicitudine circa Apollonium annotabat. Scio tamen Roma 5: fuisse integrum Apollonium lingua Arabica aut Persica in Bibli- 6: otheca non Vaticata, sed Florentina . et istud mihi peculi- 7: are narratum fuisse memini, Bibliothecarium illius 8: thesauri promisisse aliquando cui dam Patri (nostro ?) Romano 9: illius libri (?)sum sed[...spot...]idem ille Pater nescio quem ma- 10: nuScriptum libellum [...spot...(at ?)]eadem Bibliotheca acceptum 11:(eu alias/ilias set or: eu ili asset ?), Bibliothecarium indignatum recusasse (pounigere ?) 12: id quid promiSerat[...spot...]antum memini, Professor meus 13: in Mathematicis P. [...spot...]rius a J. Vincentio, quem 14: hodie Super eadem re censulam per litteras. 15: De Bettinio magni facio indicium R.V.a sed nondum licuit 16: nec ipso nec R.V.a opero fuci. Si R.V.a Secundad impressione 17: curat sui magnetis, qua so etiam currs Secundus addat et auctarium. 18: Molestus pa' ne mi tui (est ?) Supremus regni Burgravius [VL ?] inter 19: duos magnetes ferrum [mediun ?] Suspendam sine filo detinente. 20: Ego Vero illud indinifibile VL a me attingatur desperare 21: me palam dixi, (putiremys ?) citius quadraturam circuli me attingere 22: (posse ?), quam aut illud in eodem (madi'o ?), aut motum perpetuum. 23: Salutem pro opportunitate P. Guilielmo du (LeRoy ?) . Resulutat 24: D. Doctor Marcus. Praga 22. Febr. 1642. 25: R.V. Servus in (X ?) 26: Theodorus Moretus. 27: P. Santinus peramanter Salutat R.V.a 28: sed irate tamen, (VL aiti ?) eo quid R.V. nimis 29: obscure (explicaetit ?) Elixir ex Then[(a ?) ...spot... (S ?)]cribit enim 30: quid de (dualus ?) illis aquis faviend[(um ?) ...spot...]iaca extractisi 31: deinde quod (tacent ?) modum Argen[(t ?) ...spot...]lluin (conficitudi ?) (opc ?) Mercuryj 32: Sum qud (colct ?) modum (extra ?) hindi [...spot...]tras ex qualitet re. 33: (Derciyis optarae ?) iam nunc (vivere ?) pro [...spot...](eruyli ?) n mia. (hbrw ?) enim R.V. ipse (persuluit ?) ^ D. Marco (?)- 34: tum. s pero mi tue dei nDc Christi ei as[...spot... (cd ?)]am (4tct ?) jnon. adeo ani de omnibus (Xriker ?). [3] Version-3 Transcript of 22 FEB 1642 letter of Theodorus Moretus to Athanasius Kircher, APUG 567 055r. Changes from Version-2 in lines 6, 17, 18, 20, 34, , are per suggestion of Greg Stachowski (off-J 14 DEC 2007). 0: [(sine?) ...spot... ] 1: R.de in Chro Pater 2: pax eiusdem. 3: Accepi R.V. litteras Conye gratissimas, libertissime ys legi 4: qua de Sollicitudine circa Apollonium annotabat. Scio tamen Roma 5: fuisse integrum Apollonium lingua Arabica aut Persica in Bibli- 6: otheca non Vaticana, sed Florentina . et istud mihi peculi- 7: are narratum fuisse memini, Bibliothecarium illius 8: thesauri promisisse aliquando cui dam Patri (nostro ?) Romano 9: illius libri (?)sum sed[...spot...]idem ille Pater nescio quem ma- 10: nuScriptum libellum [...spot...(at ?)]eadem Bibliotheca acceptum 11:(eu alias/ilias set or: eu ili asset ?), Bibliothecarium indignatum recusasse (pounigere ?) 12: id quid promiSerat[...spot...]antum memini, Professor meus 13: in Mathematicis P. [...spot...]rius a J. Vincentio, quem 14: hodie Super eadem re censulam per litteras. 15: De Bettinio magni facio indicium R.V.a sed nondum licuit 16: nec ipso nec R.V.a opero fuci. Si R.V.a Secundad impressione 17: curat sui magnetis, qua so etiam cum Secundus addat et auctarium. 18: Molestus pa' ne mihi (est ?) Supremus regni Burgravius [VL ?] inter 19: duos magnetes ferrum [mediun ?] Suspendam sine filo detinente. 20: Ego Vero illud indivisibile VL a me attingatur desperare 21: me palam dixi, (putiremys ?) citius quadraturam circuli me attingere 22: (posse ?), quam aut illud in eodem (madi'o ?), aut motum perpetuum. 23: Salutem pro opportunitate P. Guilielmo du (LeRoy ?) . Resulutat 24: D. Doctor Marcus. Praga 22. Febr. 1642. 25: R.V. Servus in (X ?) 26: Theodorus Moretus. 27: P. Santinus peramanter Salutat R.V.a 28: sed irate tamen, (VL aiti ?) eo quid R.V. nimis 29: obscure (explicaetit ?) Elixir ex Then[(a ?) ...spot... (S ?)]cribit enim 30: quid de (dualus ?) illis aquis faviend[(um ?) ...spot...]iaca extractisi 31: deinde quod (tacent ?) modum Argen[(t ?) ...spot...]lluin (conficitudi ?) (opc ?) Mercuryj 32: Sum qud (colct ?) modum (extra ?) hindi [...spot...]tras ex qualitet re. 33: (Derciyis optarae ?) iam nunc (vivere ?) pro [...spot...](eruyli ?) n mia. (hbrw ?) enim R.V. ipse (persuluit ?) ^ D. Marco (?)- 34: tum. s pero mihi dei nDc Christi ei as[...spot... (cd ?)]am (4tct ?) jnon. adeo ani de omnibus (Xriker ?). [4] Jan Hurych's TransLATION-Version-1 of Moretus's 22 FEB 1642 letter to Kircher from Jan's off-J email: Re: off-J: Last Call for Version-1 transcript for 22FEB1642, Sent Date 12-11-2007 9:45:28 AM Transcript-lines preceded by "#" indicate a deviation, however slight, from the same transcript-line in the TransCRIPT-Version-1 posted in J.VS comm. #124. 0: [(sine?) ...spot... ] [0] [(sine?) ...spot... ] 1: R.de in Chro Pater [1] Reverend in Christo pater - Respected in Ch. Father 2: pax eiusdem. [2] peace as well i.e. the peace (with you) 3: Accepi R.V. litteras Conye gratissimas, libertissime ys legi [3] Accepted R.V. letters Conye (?) most thankfully and chearfully (gs?) read 4: qua de Sollicitudine circa Apollonium annotabat. Scio tamen Roma [4] where from anxiety around Apollonium was aware. I know ... (in?) Rome 5: fuisse integrum Apollonium lingua Arabica aut Persica in Bibli- [5] exists whole Appolonium language Arabic and Persian in library 6: otheca non Vaticata, sed Florentina . et istud mihi peculi- [6] that not in Vatican but in Florenze and that you referred to me peculi- 7: are narratum fuisse memini, Bibliothecarium illius [7] ar story was remembered, the well known librarian #8: thesauri promisisse aliquando cui dam Patri nostro Romano [8] treasure (vault?) promised in another time our Roman Father #9: illius libri desum sed[...spot...]idem ille Pater nescio quem ma- [9] that those books are missing but [spot] all the same I do not know who (whose?) #10: nuScriptum libellum [...spot...]eadem Bibliotheca acceptum [10] manuscript small book [ got?] library receipt #11: enalgasset, Bibliothecarium indignatum recusasse punigere [11] ...., the unworthy librariuan got punishment to carry #12: id quid promiSerat[...spot...]antum memini, Professor meus [12] that which promised antum=rows (more likely quantum= quantity) (I?) remember, my professor #13: in Mathematicis P. [...spot...]sius a J. Vincentio, quem [13] of mathematics pater Jxxsius (but his techer was p. Georgius, j.h.) and J. Vincetius, #14: hodie Super eadem re consiliuum par litteras. [14] today they think the same about above, as adviced in same letters. #15: De Bettinio magni facio indicium R.V.a sed rendivus licuit [15] From Bettinio (author?) great work of information R.V. before however ... liquid (or fetch?) 16: nec ipso nec R.V.a opero fuci. Si R.V.a Secundad impressione [16] neither himself nor R.V. from manufacture sham. If R.V. of second impression #17: cural sui magnetis, qua so elians currs Secundus addat et anetarium. [17] ... his magnets where ... ... ... second of addition and (place where dcuks or dill is?) #18: Molentibus pane mihi est Supremus regni Burgranius [VI ?] inter [18] Grinded my bread is and the supreme rule of Burgranius in #19: duos magnetes ferrum [medium ?] Suspendam sine filo delinente. [19] two magnets of iron media suspended without glued (or attached to?) thread 20: Ego Vero illud indinifibile VL a me attingatur desperare [20] I truly mock ... VL by me the achieved despair #21: me palain dixi, putaremys citius quadraturam circuli me attingere [21] myself openly telling, ... quickly to reach the quadrature of the circle #22: pusse, quam aut illud in eodam [madio ?], aut motum perpetuum. [22] being able, or how rather ridicule in old ... or perpetual motion #23: Salutem pro opportunitate P. Gulielmo du leRoy ? . Resulutat [23] I am using this opportunity to greet P. Gulielmo (family name or position - in French: "of the king"). 24: D. Doctor Marcus. Praga 22. Febr. 1642. [24] Dr. Marcus sends his greetings in return. Prague, 22. Febr. 1642. 25: R.V. Servus in (X ?) [25] The servant of your Reverence (in Christ) 26: Theodorus Moretus. [26] Theodorus Moretus. 27: P. Santinus peramanter Salutat R.V.a [27] Pater Santinus ... greets R.V. (a stands for abbreviation of accusative in declination, i.e. Vostra, Yours) #28: sed irate tamen, VL aiti es quod R.V. nimis [28] But he is still angry, ... ... is with respect to R.V. very much #29: obscure [explicuetit ?] Elixir ex Thena[...spot...]?Scribit enim [29] The obscure (explico means explain) elixir from Thena to write namely 30: quid de (dualus ?) illis aquis faviend[(um ?) ...spot...]iaca extractisi [30]what from ... that water (looks) ... extracted #31: deinde quod vacent modum Argent9?[...spot...]ellumlluin conficiendi que Mercuryj [31] Then because of idel mode, silver ... (vellum, bellum?) confuced (with?) Mercury #32: Sum qued colci modum [enclius ?] Hindi [...spot...]tsis ex qualitas re. [32] I am ... ... manner .... Hindu ... ... out of quality thinking #33: [Derciyis optarit ?] iam nunc [vivere ?] pro [...spot...]eruyli? n mia. [libro ?] enim R.V. ipre penuliut ^ D. Marco?- [33] ... ... already now living ... ... my book indeed R.V. himself to (Dr. Marcus?) #34: tum. spero mi tue dei nDc Christi ei as[...spot...]am [4itch ?] jnon. a deu amida de omnibus Christus. [34] Then I hope the Christ you ... ... ... to God of all, Christ