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Letter #4827

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Ermland (Warmia) Chapter
Braunsberg (Braniewo), 1541-06-08

English register:

Dantiscus sends the chapter copies of the letter to the duke [Albrecht von Hohenzollern] and his reply to it. In light of this exchange, he sees the need to revise the previously prepared draft of a joint letter from himself and the chapter to the duke. He recommends that the provost [Paweł Płotowski] and Doctor Nicolaus [Copernicus] should come to him the following day in order to discuss these revisions.




Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, GStA PK, XX. HA Hist. StA Königsberg, HBA, C 1a, K. 497

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8249 (TK 11), f. 339

Prints:
1Spicilegium p. 288-289 (in extenso)
2SIKORSKI 1968 No. 481, p. 125 (Polish register)
3Kopernik na Warmii No. 517, p. 509 (Polish register)
4RC No. 460, p. 195 (English register)
5NCG 6/1 No. 163, p. 308-309 (in extenso; German translation)

 

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Venerabilibus Dominis praelatis, canonicis et capitulo ecclesiae nostrae Varmiensis, fratribus sincere nobis dilectis

Ioannes Dei gratia episcopus Varmiensis

Venerabiles Domini, fratres sincere dilecti.

Ea, quae nobis illustrissimus dominus dux vicinus noster ad novissimas nostras responderit et quae hodie rescripsimus, ex adiunctis intelligent. Erit itaque scriptio nostra ad illum concepta quibusdam in locis mutanda, quod quomodo fieri debeat, mutua inter nos opus est consultatione. Proinde, ut cras venerabiles fratres nostri dominus praepositus cum domino doctore Nicolao nobiscum hic ante prandii tempus conveniant, operae pretium esse putamus, communiter de iis, quae tum nostras, tum res Fraternitatum Vestrarum attingunt, consulturi.

Quas feliciter valere optamus.

Ex Braunsperg, VIII Iunii MDXLI.