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Letter #872

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Bona Sforza
Löbau (Lubawa), 1532-12-29


Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BNW, BOZ, 2053, TG 15, No. 1798, f. 202-203
2copy in Latin, 16th-century, BJ, 6557, f. 375v-376r
3copy in Latin, 16th-century, BK, 217, No. 468, f. 398r
4copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 49 (TN), No. 289, p. 811-812
5copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 274, No. 234, p. 474

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8247 (TK 9), f. 438

Prints:
1AT 14 No. 551, p. 841-842 (in extenso; Polish register)

 

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Serenissima Reginalis Maiestas et Domina, Domina Clementissima. Humillimam servitiorum et orationum mearum commendationem.

Scripsi his diebus Serenissimae Maiestati Vestrae cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Bona Sforza Löbau (Lubawa), 1532-12-03, CIDTC IDL 861⌊non paucacf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Bona Sforza Löbau (Lubawa), 1532-12-03, CIDTC IDL 861⌋, in quibus summopere cupio esse exauditus, neque diffido, quin aliqua ex parte votis meis Serenissima Maiestas Vestra respondebit, praesertim in condonatione contributionis et in defensione contra 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)⌊adversariumAlexander 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)⌋ Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae et meum, qui conatur me ex iure, quod per gratiam Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae habeo, ecclesiae Varmiensis, eicere, quod tamen quamdiu mihi adminiculo suo Serenissima Maiestas Vestra affuerit, futurum non est.

Repperi hic inter res meas soleas Hispanas Valencia, city in southeastern Spain, on the mouth of the Turia river⌊ValentiaeValencia, city in southeastern Spain, on the mouth of the Turia river⌋ factas, quae apte hiemi conveniunt et licet pedi Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae maiores, quam oportet, esse videntur, calori tamen melius quam aliae consuetae inservient. Has quaeso a servo suo clementer suscipiat.

Alia non restant, quam quod me gratiae Serenissimae Maiestatis Vestrae humillime commendo. Christus, Dominus noster, eandem Serenissimam Maiestatem Vestram in hoc novo anno et per quam plurimos alios sospitet quam diutissime et prosperet in omnibus.