CIDT&C Corpus of Ioannes Dantiscus' Texts & Correspondence

Letter #5680

Baltazar of Lublin to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Löbau (Lubawa), 1539-06-09

received [1539]-06-11

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 68, f. 272

Auxiliary sources:

1	register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8249 (TK 11), f. 91

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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.

Humillimam perpetuae meae fidelitatis et servitiorum commendationem.

Reverendissime in Christo <Pater> et Domine, domine clementissime.

Etsi valde timeo, ne Paternitatem Vestram Reverendissimam occupatum alioqui seriis negotiis ineptissimis litteris meis offundam, nihilominus, ne ingratus fastidiensque iudicer, nolui omittere, quin hisce meis humillima mea obsequia Paternitati Vestrae Reverendissimae offerrem, petens humillime, ut me pristina sua gratia prosequatur et benevolentia, quam ego totis viribus meis, si etiam vita profundenda esset et sanguis, mihi conservare curabo.

Nolo Paternitatem Vestram Reverendissimam cum summa, qua possum, reverentia latere generosum dominum Ludwig von Mortangen (Ludwik Mortęski) (†1539), 1512-1516 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig); 1516-1539 Castellan of Elbing (Elbląg) (SBPN 3, p. 256-257; PSB 22 Morsztyn Zbigniew - Mytkowicz, p. 9-11)⌊Ludovicum de MortangenLudwig von Mortangen (Ludwik Mortęski) (†1539), 1512-1516 Castellan of Gdańsk (Danzig); 1516-1539 Castellan of Elbing (Elbląg) (SBPN 3, p. 256-257; PSB 22 Morsztyn Zbigniew - Mytkowicz, p. 9-11)⌋ castellanum Elbingensem feria sexta proxime praeterita in Engelsburg (Pokrzywno)⌊EngelsburgEngelsburg (Pokrzywno)⌋ vitam cum morte commutasse. Hoc pro fide mea Paternitatem Vestram Reverendissimam latere nolui.

Quod reliquum est, me iterum atque iterum humillime Paternitati Vestrae Reverendissimae commendo Deumque precor, ut Paternitatem Vestram Reverendissimam quam diutissime sanam et incolumem conservet.

Datum Löbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌊LubaviaeLöbau (Lubawa, Lubavia), town in northern Poland, Kulm Land (Ziemia Chełmińska), ca. 67 km E of Graudenz (Grudziądz), the main seat of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno)⌋, 9 Iunii anno 1539.

Eiusdem Paternitatis Vestrae Reverendissimae humilis servitor Baltazar of Lublin (†after 1543-05-20), from 1535 at the latest Canon of Kulm (Chełmno); 1538 Judicial Vicar in the Kulm Chapter; Chancellor to the Bishops of Kulm, Ioannes Dantiscus and then Tiedemmann Giese (MAŃKOWSKI 1928, p. 115)⌊Baltasar a LublinBaltazar of Lublin (†after 1543-05-20), from 1535 at the latest Canon of Kulm (Chełmno); 1538 Judicial Vicar in the Kulm Chapter; Chancellor to the Bishops of Kulm, Ioannes Dantiscus and then Tiedemmann Giese (MAŃKOWSKI 1928, p. 115)⌋.