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Letter #1479

Nicolaus COPERNICUS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Frauenburg (Frombork), 1536-06-08

received [1536]-06-09

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Latin, autograph, BCz, 2713, p. 1-2
2	copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 54 (TN), No. 93, p. 311
3	copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 284, No. 56, p. 170
4	register with excerpt in Latin, English, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 32, No. 599

Auxiliary sources:

1	register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8248 (TK 10), f. 238

Prints:

1	NIEMCEWICZ 4 p. 64-65 (Polish translation)
2	COPERNICUS 1854 p. 584 (in extenso; Polish translation)
3	HIPLER 1857 p. 297 (in extenso)
4	Kopernikijana No. 7, p. 79 (Polish translation)
5	Spicilegium No. 10, p. 198-199 (in extenso)
6	PROWE 1884 p. 158-159 (in extenso)
7	DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 329, p. 270 (in extenso)
8	SIKORSKI 1968 No. 375, p. 96 (Polish register)
9	Kopernik na Warmii No. 395, p. 489 (Polish register)
10	RC No. 355, p. 159 (English register)
11	DREWNOWSKI 1978 No. 5, p. 230-231 (in extenso; Polish translation)
12	COPERNICUS 1992 Rękopisy No. VII.11-12, p. 15 (facsimile)
13	Españoles part II, No. 82, p. 261 (Spanish translation)
14	NCG 6/1 No. 100, p. 194-196 (in extenso; German translation)
15	AT 18 No. 206, p. 236-237 (Polish register)
16	KOESTLER 2002 p. 175-176 (excerpt in Polish translation)
17	COPERNICUS 2007 p. 186 (in extenso)
18	COPERNICUS 2007 p. 197 (Polish translation)
19	WASIUTYŃSKI 2007 p. 380 (Polish translation)

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BCz, 2713, p. 1

Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Domino, 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 Ermland⌊Ioanni episcopo CulmensiIoannes 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⌋, domino suo clementissimo

BCz, 2713, p. 2

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine clementissime.

Accepi litteras Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae humanitatis plenas et gratiae. Quibus me admonet illius familiaritatis et gratiae, quam adhuc in iuventute cum Reverendissima Dominatione Vestra contraxi, quam adhuc tamquam florentem apud se durare intelligo. Sicque me inter suos familiares connumerando invitare dignata est ad nuptias cognatae suae. Equidem, reverendissime domine, obtemperare debebam Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae et aliquando me praesentare tanto meo domino et patrono. Nunc vero in negotio occupatus, quod mihi Mauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌊reverendissimus dominus VarmiensisMauritius Ferber (*1471 – †1537), doctor of both canon and civil law; from 1507 Canon of Ermland (Warmia) and Lübeck; from 1514 Canon of Trier; 1512-1515 parish priest of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Gdańsk (Danzig); from 1516 Custos of Ermland and parish priest of the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Gdańsk; from 1519 Canon of Dorpat; from 1523 Canon of Revel; 1523-1537 Bishop of Ermland (KOPICZKO 2, p. 71-72; SBKW, p. 59-60)⌋ iniunxit, abesse nequeo. Quapropter boni consulere dignetur ipsam absentiam meam et servare antiquam illam de me opinionem quamvis absentis, cum plus esse consuevit animorum coniunctio, quam etiam corporum. Reverendissimam Dominationem Vestram in omni felicitate, cui servitia mea commendo, perpetuo valero cupio.

Ex Frauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌊FrauemburgFrauenburg (Frombork, Varmia, Warmia), town in Ermland, on the Vistula Lagoon, Ermland bishopric see⌋, VIII Iunii MDXXXVI.

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)⌋