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Letter #2129

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Tiedemann GIESE
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-04-01

English register:

Dantiscus discusses the planned reply to the Duke’s [Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach’s] letter regarding the envoys to the [Royal Prussian] Diet. The opinion of the town councillors of Gdańsk (Danzig) and Elbing (Elbląg) is the same as his own. If the addressee and the [Prussian] lords do not hold a different view, he proposes that once they present him with their letter to the Duke, he will have his own messenger deliver it.

Dantiscus is outraged by reports on Alexander’s [Sculteti’s] doings. He is said to have returned to Frauenburg (Frombork) from Giese’s in a cheerful mood, dispatched mail to Rome, and also accused Dantiscus of unlawful action in writing to the [Ermland (Warmia)] Chapter. Alexander’s wife has no intention of leaving the house [belonging to the Chapter] despite the threat of excommunication (censurae).

Dantiscus cannot believe that Giese is more sympathetic towards Alexander than towards him. He reminds Giese of the benefits of having his friendship. He asks him not to break it off and to support him.

Dantiscus is doubtful whether his poem [Carmen paraeneticum ad Constantem Alliopagum] will be printed, but is sending an epigram that he added to it following Giese’s remarks.


            received 1539-04-04

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, address in secretary's hand, BCz, 245, p. 159-162
2register with excerpt in Latin, Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8243 (TK 5), a.1539, f. 14r-v

Prints:
1CEID 1/2 No. 53, p. 206-208 (in extenso; English register)

 

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BCz, 245, p. 162

Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Domino, domino 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)⌊Tidemanno Dei gratia episcopo 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)⌋, fratri et amico carissimo et honoran(do) or honoran(dissimo)⌈honoran(do)honoran(do) or honoran(dissimo)⌉

BCz, 245, p. 159

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, frater et amice carissime et honoran(de) or honoran(dissime)⌈honoran(de)honoran(de) or honoran(dissime)⌉.

Salutem et fraternam commendationem.

Post cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Tiedemann GIESE Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-03-29, CIDTC IDL 2128⌊novissimascf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Tiedemann GIESE Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-03-29, CIDTC IDL 2128⌋, quas ad Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam dedi, accepi a Gdańsk Town Council ⌊dominis GdanensibusGdańsk Town Council ⌋ et Elbing Town Council ⌊ElbingensibusElbing Town Council ⌋ cf. Gdańsk Town Council to Ioannes DANTISCUS Gdańsk (Danzig), 1539-03-19, CIDTC IDL 2118;
Elbing Town Council to Ioannes DANTISCUS Elbing (Elbląg), 1539-03-25, CIDTC IDL 2124⌊responsumcf. Gdańsk Town Council to Ioannes DANTISCUS Gdańsk (Danzig), 1539-03-19, CIDTC IDL 2118;
Elbing Town Council to Ioannes DANTISCUS Elbing (Elbląg), 1539-03-25, CIDTC IDL 2124⌋, quo ill(ustrissimo) or ill(ustri)⌈ill(ustrissimo)ill(ustrissimo) or ill(ustri)⌉ domino Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌊duciAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌋ esset ratione Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊conventusProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ et nuntiorum rescribendum. Gdańsk Town Council

Elbing Town Council ⌊QuorumGdańsk Town Council

Elbing Town Council ⌋ sententia, in qua et ego fui, mihi satisfecit, nisi Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae et aliis dominis quippiam aliud commodius videbitur. Quod si placebit ad eum modum rescribere vel quovis alio, ad quem non gravate sum accessurus, mittantur mihi litterae, quas per proprium messenger of Ioannes DANTISCUS ⌊nuntiummessenger of Ioannes DANTISCUS ⌋ dabo ad Albrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌊principemAlbrecht I von Hohenzollern-Ansbach (Albrecht von Brandenburg) (*1490 – †1568), 1511-1525 Grand Master of the Teutonic Order; from 1525 to his death Duke in Prussia as a liegeman of the Polish king; son of Friedrich V of Brandenburg der Ältere and Sophia Jagiellon (daughter of Casimir IV Jagiellon), nephew of Sigismund I, King of Poland; founder of the university in Königsberg (1544)⌋ etc.

Non possum mihi temperare, quin id, quod ad me cf. Paweł PŁOTOWSKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS Frauenburg (Frombork), 1539-03-23, postscript 1539-03-25, CIDTC IDL 2122⌊delatum estcf. Paweł PŁOTOWSKI to Ioannes DANTISCUS Frauenburg (Frombork), 1539-03-23, postscript 1539-03-25, CIDTC IDL 2122⌋ de domino Alexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)⌊AlexandroAlexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)⌋, Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae significem. Alexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)⌊QuiAlexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)⌋, fertur, magno cum gaudio nuper a Dominatione Vestra Reverendissima redisse Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌊VarmiamFrauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌋ et multa spe suam concubine of Alexander SCULTETI his housekeeper and mother of his children⌊uxoremconcubine of Alexander SCULTETI his housekeeper and mother of his children⌋, quod passim et ab illa auditur, implevisse, ad Rome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌊UrbemRome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌋que misisse, quodque concubine of Alexander SCULTETI his housekeeper and mother of his children⌊Thais famous ancient Greek courtesan in the time of Alexander the Great⌊ThaisThais famous ancient Greek courtesan in the time of Alexander the Great⌋ illaconcubine of Alexander SCULTETI his housekeeper and mother of his children⌋ satis impudenter se iactat ex aedibus non excessuram, etiam si omnes censurae proferantur. Item et supplicatio contra me data est venerabili Ermland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌊capituloErmland Chapter cathedral chapter based in Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia)⌋, in qua contra omnia divina et humana iura egi written over ...⌈... illegible⌈...... illegible⌉ egi egi written over ...⌉sse et nescio quae alia fecisse arguor. Quorsum ista tendunt, satis intelligo. Curabo, quod et illi, qui rem tractant, paulo post intelligant etc.

Induci non possum, ut credam plus Alexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)⌊AlexandrumAlexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)⌋ quam me apud Dominationem Vestram Reverendissimam habere favoris, cui utique, ut existimo, maioris ac commodioris usui quam ille esse possum. Proinde plurimum oro, ne coeptum inter nos sincerum amorem ob unius Alexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)⌊lenonisAlexander Sculteti (Scholtcze) (*ca. 1485 – †1570), doctor of canon law, cartographer, historian and friend of Copernicus; accused by Dantiscus and Stanisław Hozjusz (Hosius) of Sacramentarian heresy, in 1540 banished by King Sigismund I Jagiellon; in 1541 imprisoned by the Inquisition in Rome; after release from prison in 1544 he stayed in Rome for the rest of his life; 1509-1516 notary at the Roman Curia; 1519-1541 Canon of Ermland (Warmia), 1530-1539 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1536-1538 administrator of the komornictwo of Mehlsack (Melzak, today Pieniężno) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 299; SBKW, p. 219-220)⌋, qui in Rome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌊UrbeRome (Roma), city in central Italy, on the Tiber river, seat of the Holy See⌋ diu et hucusque apud communem ecclesiam nostram fuit, intermittat mihique contra illum pro Dei et ecclesiae iustitia, tuitione, consilio et adminiculo sit, ut impostor et atheos iste ad resipiscentiam et in ordinem redigi possit. Animae illius rem apprime necessariam et mihi plurimum gratam factura etc.

Quamvis cf. Carmen paraeneticum ad Constantem Alliopagum before 1539-08-13, CIDTC IDP 54⌊versiculoscf. Carmen paraeneticum ad Constantem Alliopagum before 1539-08-13, CIDTC IDP 54⌋ meos vix umquam sim editurus, inductus tamen amicissima Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae censura,[1] hoc illis in scheda adscribi epigramma[2] iussi etc.

Quod reliquum est, coepto inter nos fraterno amori me commendo Dominationemque Vestram Reverendissimam diutissime feliciter valere cupio ex animo.

[1] Cf. cf. Tiedemann GIESE to Ioannes DANTISCUS Löbau (Lubawa), 1539-03-27, CIDTC IDL 2125⌊IDL 2125cf. Tiedemann GIESE to Ioannes DANTISCUS Löbau (Lubawa), 1539-03-27, CIDTC IDL 2125⌋: Legi non sine voluptate Paraenesim ad me missam, cuius citius encomiastes fiam quam Aristarchus, si non paene desuevissem a numeris ac illorum cogerer vitare commercia plus aequo me abripientium, quoties incidit vel lectio sola. Ne tamen prorsus non paream Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae, inveni quod reprehendam, nempe deprecationem illam primo statim ingressu procletici vice positam, quam res ipsa convincit otiosam esse magis quam necessariam aut veram. Libellum remitto, quem an edi velit Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra, nescio. Id si fiet, auguror non defuturos, qui in hunc vicissim acuant stylum.

[2] epigramma – in his cf. Tiedemann GIESE to Ioannes DANTISCUS Kulmsee (Chełmża), 1539-04-04, CIDTC IDL 2130⌊replycf. Tiedemann GIESE to Ioannes DANTISCUS Kulmsee (Chełmża), 1539-04-04, CIDTC IDL 2130⌋ Giese considered this epigram to be a suitable coronis of the cf. Carmen paraeneticum ad Constantem Alliopagum Pio lectori before 1539-08-13, CIDTC IDP 53;
Carmen paraeneticum ad Constantem Alliopagum before 1539-08-13, CIDTC IDP 54⌊Carmen Paraeneticumcf. Carmen paraeneticum ad Constantem Alliopagum Pio lectori before 1539-08-13, CIDTC IDP 53;
Carmen paraeneticum ad Constantem Alliopagum before 1539-08-13, CIDTC IDP 54⌋, what may suggest the epigram being placed at the end of the poem: Placent versiculi, quos Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra mittit, habituri coronidis non ineptum locum. However, at the end of its printed version, is an cf. Hieronymus VIETOR, <i>epigram to the Youth</i>, CIDTC IDT 693⌊epigramcf. Hieronymus VIETOR, <i>epigram to the Youth</i>, CIDTC IDT 693⌋ by Hieronymus Vietor (Hieronymus Büttner) (*1480 – †1546/1547), from 1518 owner of one of the largest modern printing houses in Cracow, previously head of a printing house in Vienna; bachelor of Arts at Cracow University (1499); typographer of the royal chancellery of Sigismund I Jagiellon (SZWEJKOWSKA, p. 80-82; KAWECKA-GRYCZOWA, MAŃKOWSKA, p. 325-357)⌊Hieronymus VietorHieronymus Vietor (Hieronymus Büttner) (*1480 – †1546/1547), from 1518 owner of one of the largest modern printing houses in Cracow, previously head of a printing house in Vienna; bachelor of Arts at Cracow University (1499); typographer of the royal chancellery of Sigismund I Jagiellon (SZWEJKOWSKA, p. 80-82; KAWECKA-GRYCZOWA, MAŃKOWSKA, p. 325-357)⌋, and not by Dantiscus.