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Letter #618

Conradus GOCLENIUS (WACKERS) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Leuven (Lovanium), 1531-04-27
            received Ghent (Gandavum), 1531-04-29

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 3, f. 47
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 46 (TN), No. 106, p. 445-446
3copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 284, No. 54, p. 168
4copy in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8242 (TK 4), a.1531, f. 26 (b.p.)
5register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 238
6register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 32, No. 558

Auxiliary sources:
1register in German, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8246 (TK 8), f. 320

Prints:
1HIPLER 1891 No. 6, p. 481-482 (in extenso; German register)
2AT 13 No. 119, p. 115-116 (in extenso)
3DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 121, p. 77 (English register; excerpt)
4Españoles part II, No. 55, p. 224-225 (Spanish translation)

 

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Reverendissimo 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 DantiscoIoannes 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⌋, episcopo Culmensi, 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⌋ apud 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⌊caesaremCharles 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, domino suo observandissimo

Salutem plurimam.

Equidem inter praecipuos felicitatis calculos illud mihi numerandum duco, quod ita sors tulerit, ut licuerit propius intueri ac cognoscere illum uno omnium ore decantatum Dantiscum. In qua re plane evenit, ut mihi quoque dicendum existimem: O fama ingens ingentior actis. Id cum ceteris in rebus disciplinis ac virtutibus praeclare animadverti tum praecipue in comitate civilis vitae, qua, cum tanto intervallo reliquos caesareae aulae proceres, sive quis dignitatem sive ingenium sive eruditionem spectet, antecellas, ita tamen ad humiliorum fortunam accommodas, ut illos potius erigere ad ampliora quam te deicere infra tantam dignitatem videaris, ut in nullo umquam magis verum esse deprehenderim, omnia viros bonos decere. Ceterum cum me quoque non dedignatus sis amplissimo honore tuorum clientum, tanta praeterea in me usus sis humanitate, ut a nullo veteri amico maior possit exspectari, admodum cupio dari occasionem, qua possim tibi fidem facere, hunc animum totum nihil perinde desiderare, quam tibi aliquod suae gratitudinis argumentum ostendere. In praesentia in eius rei symbolum mitto tibi dono effigiem domini Erasmus of Rotterdam (Gerrit Gerritszoon, Geert Geerts, Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus) (*1466/1469 – †1536), Dutch humanist and theologian, distinguished philologist, the most famous and influential humanist of the Northern Renaissance; his works had a profound impact upon Christian theology during the first half of the sixteenth century⌊Erasmi RoterodamiErasmus of Rotterdam (Gerrit Gerritszoon, Geert Geerts, Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus) (*1466/1469 – †1536), Dutch humanist and theologian, distinguished philologist, the most famous and influential humanist of the Northern Renaissance; his works had a profound impact upon Christian theology during the first half of the sixteenth century⌋ ab Hans Holbein the Younger (*ca. 1497 – †1543), German painter⌊Ioanne HoelpeynoHans Holbein the Younger (*ca. 1497 – †1543), German painter⌋, artificum in eo genere, ut periti censent, praestantissimo, graphice et ad vivum expressam. Hoc enim malui quam pictori Mechliniensi committere, partim ne deessem qualicumque occasiunculae declarandi animi in te mei, partim quod vererer ne ab ipso pictore effingeretur in peius, quemadmodum fere evenit, quoties ex imagine imago fingitur. Nam cum nulla imago absolute ad archetypum respondeat, necesse est semper longius aberrare imaginis imaginem. Addidi gypseam 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⌊imperatorisCharles 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⌋ ει̉κόνα, quae si videbitur satis expressa, dabimus operam, ut e solidiore materia ad te veniat. Cuperem sane melioribus officiis referre gratiam et, si detur opportunitas, comperies non deesse voluntatem. Interea te obsecro, ut quem ultro in gregem tuorum accivisti, etiam perpetuo favore prosequaris. Bene vale, praesul Reverendissime.