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Letter #5773

Nicolaus COPERNICUS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Frauenburg (Frombork), 1539-01-11


Manuscript sources:
1copy in Latin, BJ, St. Dr. 311204-311, p. 205

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

Prints:
1COPERNICUS 1854 p. 592 (in extenso; Polish translation)
2Kopernikijana No. 12, p. 83 (Polish translation)
3Spicilegium No. 15, p. 202 (in extenso)
4PROWE 1884 p. 163 (in extenso)
5COPERNICUS 1920 p. 116 (Polish translation)
6DE VOCHT 1961 p. 310 (in extenso)
7SIKORSKI 1968 No. 432, p. 109-110 (Polish register)
8Kopernik na Warmii No. 463, p. 499 (Polish register)
9RC No. 406, p. 175 (English register)
10DREWNOWSKI 1978 No. 9, p. 234 (in extenso; Polish translation)
11COPERNICUS 1992 Rękopisy No. XVIII.32, p. 16 (facsimile)
12NCG 6/1 No. 126, p. 247-249 (in extenso; German translation)
13KOESTLER 2002 p. 178 (Polish translation)
14COPERNICUS 2007 p. 188-189 (in extenso)
15COPERNICUS 2007 p. 199 (Polish translation)

 

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Reverendissime in Christo pater et domine, domine clementissime.

Feci iam, quod nullo iure obmittere debui vel potui, in quo spero monitis Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae a me satis esse factum. Ceterum, quod scire ex me cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Nicolaus COPERNICUS shortly before 1539-01-11, CIDTC IDL 6833, letter lostpetitcf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Nicolaus COPERNICUS shortly before 1539-01-11, CIDTC IDL 6833, letter lost, quanto tempore vixerit felicis recordationis quondam Łukasz Watzenrode (*1447 – †1512), Doctor of canon law, uncle of Nicolaus Copernicus.; 1475 - Kulm (Pol. Chełmno) canon; 1478 - Włocławek canon; 1479 - Ermland canon; 1482 - archdeacon of Kalisz and judical vicar of Gniezno; 1485 - Gniezno canon and scholastic of Łęczyca; 1488 - coadjutor of Ermland bishop Mikołaj Tungen; 1489 - Ermland bishop (against King Kazimierz Jagiellon's will); councillor of Polish Kings Jan Olbracht, Aleksander and Sigismund I Jagiellons. (Oracki, 200-201)Lucas a WaczelrodtŁukasz Watzenrode (*1447 – †1512), Doctor of canon law, uncle of Nicolaus Copernicus.; 1475 - Kulm (Pol. Chełmno) canon; 1478 - Włocławek canon; 1479 - Ermland canon; 1482 - archdeacon of Kalisz and judical vicar of Gniezno; 1485 - Gniezno canon and scholastic of Łęczyca; 1488 - coadjutor of Ermland bishop Mikołaj Tungen; 1489 - Ermland bishop (against King Kazimierz Jagiellon's will); councillor of Polish Kings Jan Olbracht, Aleksander and Sigismund I Jagiellons. (Oracki, 200-201), Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae praedecessor, avunculus meus: vixit annos LXIIII, menses V, in episcopatu annos XXIII, obiit paenultima Martii anno Christi MDXII. In quo illa generatio finem accepit, cuius insignia in antiquis monumentis et multis operibus exstant Thorn (Toruń, Thorunium), city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river in its lower reaches, main residence of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno); one of the three Great Prussian Cities (along with Gdańsk and Elbing) which had representatives in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic LeagueToruniiThorn (Toruń, Thorunium), city in northern Poland, on the Vistula river in its lower reaches, main residence of the bishops of Kulm (Chełmno); one of the three Great Prussian Cities (along with Gdańsk and Elbing) which had representatives in the Council of Royal Prussia; a member of the Hanseatic League. Commendo iam oboedientiam meam Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae.

Eidem Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae obsequentissimus Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician and astronomer, doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland; 1497-1543 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1511-1513, 1520, 1524-1525, 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 General Administrator of the bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124)Nicolaus CopernicusNicolaus Copernicus (Mikołaj Kopernik) (*1473 – †1543), humanist, physician and astronomer, doctor of canon law; nephew of Łukasz Watzenrode, Bishop of Ermland; 1497-1543 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1511-1513, 1520, 1524-1525, 1529 Chancellor of the Ermland Chapter; 1523 General Administrator of the bishopric after the death of Fabian von Lusian (Luzjański) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 161; SBKW, p. 123-124)