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Letter #615

Ioannes CAMPENSIS (Jan van CAMPEN) to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Leuven (Lovanium), 1531-04-16
            received Ghent (Gandavum), [1531]-04-18

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, AAWO, AB, D. 6, f. 142
2register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 31, No. 386

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

Prints:
1HIPLER 1891 No. 4, p. 479-480 (in extenso; German register)
2DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 117, p. 71-72 (English register; excerpt)

 

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AAWO, AB, D. 6, f. 142v

Viro modis omnibus clarissimo, 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 ErmlandIoanni 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 Ghent (Gent, Gand, Gandavum), city in the Low Countries, the County of Flanders, today in BelgiumGandaviGhent (Gent, Gand, Gandavum), city in the Low Countries, the County of Flanders, today in Belgium, domino suo 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 Austriaserenissimi Poloniae regisSigismund 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 oratori

AAWO, AB, D. 6, f. 142r

Salutem, Domine mi, plus milies.

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Postscript:

Non te offendant quaeso in hac epistula liturae frequentes; scribam brevi prolixius. Gaudeo Gemma Frisius (Jemme Reinerszoon) (*1508 – †1555), Netherlandish leading theoretical mathematician and practicing physician in Louvain, scholar, and tutor of Gerardus Mercator, studied medicine, mathematics and astronomy at the University in Louvain (1526), where he became a professor of medicine and mathematics, he applied his mathematical expertise to geography, astronomy and map making (HALLYN; VAN ORTROY)StratagemaGemma Frisius (Jemme Reinerszoon) (*1508 – †1555), Netherlandish leading theoretical mathematician and practicing physician in Louvain, scholar, and tutor of Gerardus Mercator, studied medicine, mathematics and astronomy at the University in Louvain (1526), where he became a professor of medicine and mathematics, he applied his mathematical expertise to geography, astronomy and map making (HALLYN; VAN ORTROY) tam tibi esse carum, ut eadem carta cum eo uti non dedigneris; amo adulescentem ob integritatem et ingenuas artes, quas sic sectatur, ut ad eas mihi natus esse videatur. Iterum vale, pater mi.