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Letter #3887

Ioannes [DANTISCUS] to Christoph HEYLL
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1539-08-31

English register:

Dantiscus gratefully acknowledges [the addressee’s declaration that he will dedicate to him the translation of] the works of Galenus.




Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 7, f. 90r

Prints:
1CEID 1/2 No. 98, p. 313-314 (in extenso; English register)

 

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AAWO, AB, D. 7, f. 90r

Eximio Viro, domino Christoph Heyll (Heyle, Soter) (*1499 – †1585), German physician; studied in Leipzig, Montpellier, Paris and Orange, where in 1530 was promoted to doctor of medicine; 1531-1536 town physician in Kolberg, Słupsk and Königsberg; 1537-1547 lectured Greek and medicine at the Gymnasium of Elbing; after being released, worked both as a physician and teacher in Gdańsk, Koszalin, Stargard. Author of medical works, translator of Galen and Lucian of Samosata into Latin; he was friends with Paul Speratus and other humanists (SBPN 2, p. 202; PSB 9, 502-503; SCHWARZ 1939, p. 29)Christofero Hele HeyloChristoph Heyll (Heyle, Soter) (*1499 – †1585), German physician; studied in Leipzig, Montpellier, Paris and Orange, where in 1530 was promoted to doctor of medicine; 1531-1536 town physician in Kolberg, Słupsk and Königsberg; 1537-1547 lectured Greek and medicine at the Gymnasium of Elbing; after being released, worked both as a physician and teacher in Gdańsk, Koszalin, Stargard. Author of medical works, translator of Galen and Lucian of Samosata into Latin; he was friends with Paul Speratus and other humanists (SBPN 2, p. 202; PSB 9, 502-503; SCHWARZ 1939, p. 29), medicinae doctori et phisico Elbingensi in Christo nobis dilecto[1]

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Bene vale.

Ioannes etc.

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[2] Cf. cf. Christoph HEYLL to Ioannes DANTISCUS Elbing (Elbląg), [1539]-08-26, CIDTC IDL 6235IDL 6235cf. Christoph HEYLL to Ioannes DANTISCUS Elbing (Elbląg), [1539]-08-26, CIDTC IDL 6235: Tuam igitur, princeps, illustrem eandemque reverendissimam gratiam tum doctrina et rerum usu eximiam quamquam innumera summorum in Christiana republica heroum, papae, imperatoris regumque monumenta tuo merito parta non mediocriter exornant, propria tamen, reverendissime praesul, virtus tua humanitasque, id est, litterarum in te amplitudo (quantum illum tibi splendorem accersivit) summopere videtur commendare. Quae me, Praesul Illustrissime, res movet, ut gratiae tuae, nisi recuset, duos cupiam Aelius Galenus (Claudius Galenus, Galen of Pergamon) (*129 – †217), Greek physician and philosopherGaleniAelius Galenus (Claudius Galenus, Galen of Pergamon) (*129 – †217), Greek physician and philosopher principis medici libellos, Latinitate utcumque donatos, dedicare, rogoque hanc ob rem [clemen]tia tua me ea de re certiorem reddat ac sibi persu[a]deat nihil mihi esse gratius, quam tanto princip[i] tantisque, ut praedicatur, dotibus ornato placere. None of Heyll’s translations of Aelius Galenus (Claudius Galenus, Galen of Pergamon) (*129 – †217), Greek physician and philosopherGalenAelius Galenus (Claudius Galenus, Galen of Pergamon) (*129 – †217), Greek physician and philosopher’s works that are known to us was dedicated to Dantiscus. It can be assumed that the translation mentioned was not published at that time. Probably Heyll, writing about two of Aelius Galenus (Claudius Galenus, Galen of Pergamon) (*129 – †217), Greek physician and philosopherGalenAelius Galenus (Claudius Galenus, Galen of Pergamon) (*129 – †217), Greek physician and philosopher’s books (duos [...] Galeni principis medici libellos), had meant Duo libri, unus de plenitudine, alter de curativa sanguinis missione, ad custodiam sanitatis utilissimi, published in 1558 in Gdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic LeagueGdańskGdańsk (Danzig, Dantiscum), city in northern Poland, on the Bay of Gdańsk at the mouth of the Vistula, on the Baltic, the biggest and wealthiest of the three Great Prussian Cities (Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (Elbląg)) with representation in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League.