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.
Usto su suvremeni povjesničari pratili put rukopisa preko Rima i Praga unatrag sve do 1612., kada je možda prešao iz ruku cara Svetog Rimskog Carstva Rudolfa II. u ruke njegova liječnika Jacobusa Sinapiusa.