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Letter #595

Jean CARONDELET to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Brussels, 1532-02-21


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, author's signature, BCz, 243, p. 161-162
2register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 32, No. 567

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 292

Prints:
1DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 197, p. 131-132 (English register)

 

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BCz 243, p. 162

Reverendissimo in Christo Patri, domino Ioannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans 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 DantiscoIoannes Dantiscus (Johannes von Höfen, Ioannes de Curiis, Jan Dantyszek, Hans 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⌋, serenissimi Sigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌊regis PoloniaeSigismund I Jagiellon (Zygmunt I) (*1467 – †1548), King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania (1506-1548); Duke of Głogów (Glogau) (1499-1506), Duke of Opava (1501-1506), Governor of Silesia (1504-1506); son of King Kazimierz IV Jagiellon and Elisabeth of Austria⌋ ad Charles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌊caesaream maiestatem Charles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile⌋oratori

BCz 243, p. 161

Reverendissime in Christo Pater.

Anteaquam novissime Mechelen (Malines, Mechlinia), city in the Low Countries, 23 km S of Antwerp, today in Belgium⌊MechliniaMechelen (Malines, Mechlinia), city in the Low Countries, 23 km S of Antwerp, today in Belgium⌋ huc redierem, egi in negotio illius mulieris Polonae, non secus quam in re propria egissem, quemadmodum Dominationi Tuae indicavi litteris, quas scriptas et per servitorem tuum superinscribed⌈per servitorem tuumper servitorem tuum superinscribed⌉ ad te deferendas in aedibus meis reliqui. Adeoque rem amicis meis commendavi discedens, ut iam controversiam omnem amice composuerint sopita inter partes lite, quae non sine ingenti molestia ac dispendio terminari potuisset. Quod ut Dominationi Tuae Reverendissimae pergratum futurum arbitror, ita me continere non potui, quin idipsum eidem significarem hoc meo testimonio adiciens unum: si mea opera tibi usui esse poterit deinceps idque moneas, non deero officio meo erga Dominationem Tuam.

Cui me devotissime commendo.

Eidem Dominationi Tuae Reverendissimae deditissimus uti frater, Jean Carondelet (*1469 – †1545), statesman, lawyer, close friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam; 1497 Master of Request to Archduke Philip the Handsome; from 1515 member of the council of Charles of Habsburg; from 1518 Chancellor of Castile; from 1519 chief councillor of Duchess Margaret of Austria; 1519-1544 Archbishop of Palermo; 1531-1540 President of the Privy Council of the Netherlands (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 121-122; CE, vol. 1, p. 272-273)⌊Ioannes archiepiscopus PanormitanusJean Carondelet (*1469 – †1545), statesman, lawyer, close friend of Erasmus of Rotterdam; 1497 Master of Request to Archduke Philip the Handsome; from 1515 member of the council of Charles of Habsburg; from 1518 Chancellor of Castile; from 1519 chief councillor of Duchess Margaret of Austria; 1519-1544 Archbishop of Palermo; 1531-1540 President of the Privy Council of the Netherlands (DE VOCHT 1961, p. 121-122; CE, vol. 1, p. 272-273)⌋

[1] Nostrate calculo can be understood as more Gallico i.e. gallican or Easter style.