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.

此外，当代历史学家已经将手稿的来源追溯到罗马和布拉格，最早可追溯到 1612 年，当时它可能由神圣罗马帝国皇帝鲁道夫二世传给了他的医生雅各布斯·西纳皮乌斯 (Jacobus Sinapius)。