[Inside front cover]
BERNARD
[probably Tuesday, February 22]
: Thursday is set up. [//] Your Majesty. //
[No entries for Wednesday, February 23.]
[Blatt 1r]
PETERS
[presumably at the
Rother Igel
; after visiting Blochlinger's Institute on Thursday, February 24]
: Karl has made great progress in Greek. [//] The whole Institute was active; I found the greatest orderliness and quiet. [//] Karl's teacher in Latin and Greek appears to be very accomplished. [//] He [Karl] is studying Greek diligently and might be able to read Homer in 3 months. [//] In Mathematics they have 3 classes per week; they are now on equations. [//] I am thoroughly satisfied with the Institute. // It is an endorsement for the Institute that Karl is learning far more than is required in the school. // He must also take public examinations in Salzburg. [//] [Blatt 1v] He is learning far more at the Institute than in the school. [//]
Assuming that public instruction in Salzburg is excellent, it could probably be recommended; but that cannot be concealed. [//]
I was at the
Kameel
.[//]
You are leaving? [//] The worst time is past. [//]
Is he [Stieler] far along with your portrait? //
Prince Joseph Schwarzenberg still has to speak with the Emperor first. // If we don't leave in a week, we will miss Holy Week in Rome and the
Miserere
. [//] 8 months [on the road]. [//] [Blatt 2r] Upper [Northern] Italy, Florence, Rome, Naples, Sicily, Genoa, Turin, Switzerland. // If His Majesty says that he would prefer him [young Prince Ferdinand Lobkowitz] to go to the estates in Bohemia, then the good times are over; in order thoroughly to learn the [family's] business affairs. [//] He will reach his majority in a year. [//]
BEETHOVEN
[noting prices]
:
At the
Rother Igel
[Red Hedgehog], Tuchlauben 598:
Erlauer 2 fl. 24 [kr.]
Nesmuller 1 fl. 30
Schomlauer 1 12
Wazersdorfer 48
[Blatt 2v]
PETERS
[continuing, presumably at the
Rother Igel
]
: At Seelig's [
Zur Stadt Triest
] one costs 30 kr., here [it is] 15 kr.
Karl pleased me extraordinarily today [Thursday, February 24]; a truly superb nature. // You must have struggled to make things beneficial for Karl; such love must be explained to him; that must bind him to you forever.