Also, contemporary historians have traced the provenance of the manuscript back through Rome and Prague to as early as 1612, when it was perhaps passed from Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II to his physician, Jacobus Sinapius.
De asemenea, istoricii au urmărit provenienţa manuscrisului prin Roma şi Praga începând cu anul 1612, când împăratul Imperiului Roman Rudolf al II-lea l-a dat probabil medicului său, Jacobus Sinapius.