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Letter #1849

Nicolaus COPERNICUS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Frauenburg (Frombork), 1538-04-25

received [1538]-04-26

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Latin, autograph, UUB, H. 154, f. 163
2	register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 30, No. 104

Prints:

1	PROWE 1853 p. 10, picture II (in extenso; facsimile)
2	COPERNICUS 1854 p. 634 (in extenso; Polish translation)
3	Kopernikijana No. 10, p. 81-82 (Polish translation)
4	Spicilegium No. 13, p. 200-201 (in extenso)
5	Autografi Tav. V (bottom of page) (facsimile)
6	PROWE 1884 p. 161 (in extenso)
7	DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 382, p. 306 (in extenso)
8	SIKORSKI 1968 No. 416, p. 104
9	Kopernik na Warmii No. 444, p. 495 (Polish register)
10	RC No. 393, p. 170 (English register)
11	CZARTORYSKI No. Phot. 1, p. 386 (facsimile)
12	DREWNOWSKI 1978 No. 7, p. 232-233 (in extenso; Polish translation)
13	COPERNICUS 1992 Rękopisy No. IX.15-16, p. 15 (facsimile)
14	NCG 6/1 No. 117, p. 230-231 (in extenso; German translation)
15	COPERNICUS 2007 p. 187-188 (in extenso)
16	COPERNICUS 2007 p. 198 (Polish translation)

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UUB, H. 154, f. 163v

Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Domino, domino Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌊Ioanni Dei gratia episcopo VarmiensiIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Johannes Flachsbinder) (*1485 – †1548), eminent diplomat and humanist in the service of the Jagiellons, neo-Latin poet; 1530-1537 Bishop of Kulm; 1537-1548 Bishop of Ermland⌋, domino meo clementissimo ac plurimum observando.

UUB, H. 154, f. 163r

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine clementissime.

In negotio illo canonicatuum, quod mihi commisit Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra, accepto et communicato consilio cum Tiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim)⌊reverendissimo domino CulmensiTiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim)⌋ visum est non satis maturum esse, ut ad Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊capitulumErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋ referatur, nisi prius causa cantoris, quae supervenit, decidatur. Quo facto ad illam proponendam dabitur melior occasio, nisi interim aliud deliberaverit Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra, cui servitia mea cupio esse commendata.

Ex Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌊FrueburgoFrauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌋, quinta Paschae 1538.

E(idem) Reverendissimae D(ominationi) Vestrae devotissimus Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician and astronomer, doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland; 1497-1543 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1511-1513, 1520, 1524-1525, 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 General Administrator of the bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124)⌊Nicolaus CopernicusNicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician and astronomer, doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland; 1497-1543 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1511-1513, 1520, 1524-1525, 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 General Administrator of the bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124)⌋