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Letter #1783

Ioannes [DANTISCUS] to [Kaspar HANNAU]
Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-11-16

English register: Dantiscus thanks Hannow for his extensive congratulatory letter written with great erudition. He noticed that the letter’s style was not original, but he thinks it right that a learner should borrow from others what he lacks himself. He praises Hannow’s studies of Greek and dialectics and encourages him to study hard. He has asked Georg Hegel to supply him with money to pay his teachers. Dantiscus’ brother Bernard will inform Hannow about other matters that need dealing with.


Manuscript sources:
1rough draft in Latin, autograph, BCz, 244, p. 303 (c.p.)

Prints:
1CEID 1/1 No. 75, p. 330-331 (in extenso; English register)

 

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BCz, 244, p. 303

Ioannes, Dei gratia.

Salutem. Carissime Nepos.

cf. Kaspar HANNAU to Ioannes DANTISCUS Cracow, 153[7]-10-14, CIDTC IDL 1020⌊Litterascf. Kaspar HANNAU to Ioannes DANTISCUS Cracow, 153[7]-10-14, CIDTC IDL 1020⌋ tuas congratulatorias easque copiosas et eruditionem spirantes libenter legimus, licet alicubi cf. Aesop 103 (Hausrath) ⌊alienis on the margin⌈alienisalienis on the margin⌉ essent plumiscf. Aesop 103 (Hausrath) ⌋[1] conspicuae, quod tamen non improbamus, oportet enim superinscribed⌈enimenim superinscribed⌉ addiscentem, ubi aliquando in suo deficit, in mutuum accipere ab iis, qui abundant. Quod Graecis litteris et dialecticae das operam, gratum nobis est – merces iis, qui tibi praelegunt, non deerit, utque illam tibi Georg Hegel (†1547), the Thurzons' and later the Fuggers' factor in Cracow (worked for the Fuggers at least from 1521); supplier to the royal court in Cracow (PSB 9, p. 336)⌊G written over D⌈DGG written over D⌉eorgius HegelGeorg Hegel (†1547), the Thurzons' and later the Fuggers' factor in Cracow (worked for the Fuggers at least from 1521); supplier to the royal court in Cracow (PSB 9, p. 336)⌋ suppeditet, curavimus[2]. Tu strenue incumbe, quo written over ut⌈utquoquo written over ut⌉ in dies doctior evadas. [R]eliqua, quae per [te] fieri volumus, [a] fratre nostro Bernardo accipies on the margin⌈ R hidden by binding⌈[R]R hidden by binding⌉eliqua, quae per te hidden by binding⌈[te]te hidden by binding⌉ fieri volumus, a hidden by binding⌈[a]a hidden by binding⌉ Bernhard von Höfen (Bernhard Flachsbinder) (†after 1548), Ioannes Dantiscus' brother, stayed with Dantiscus in Spain, as a member of his mission's retinue, and was used as a trusted courier to Poland at least from 1526; after 1530 Starost of Löbau⌊fratre nostro BernardoBernhard von Höfen (Bernhard Flachsbinder) (†after 1548), Ioannes Dantiscus' brother, stayed with Dantiscus in Spain, as a member of his mission's retinue, and was used as a trusted courier to Poland at least from 1526; after 1530 Starost of Löbau⌋ accipies [R]eliqua, quae per [te] fieri volumus, [a] fratre nostro Bernardo accipies on the margin⌉. Vale.

[1] Cf. also Erasmus Roterodamus, 1979, p.72-74, l.41-42: cum corniculam alienis convestit plumis

[3] See cf. [Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Tomasz SOBOCKI Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-11-16, CIDTC IDL 1777⌊CEID 1.1, No. 74cf. [Ioannes DANTISCUS] to Tomasz SOBOCKI Löbau (Lubawa), 1537-11-16, CIDTC IDL 1777⌋

[2] In cf. Kaspar HANNAU to Ioannes DANTISCUS Cracow, 1537-10-23, CIDTC IDL 1750⌊his letter from Cracow of October 23, 1537 (orig. AAWO, D.6, f.24, print Beitrage, No. 45cf. Kaspar HANNAU to Ioannes DANTISCUS Cracow, 1537-10-23, CIDTC IDL 1750⌋) Hannow asks Dantiscus to help him pay for an additional, private course in dialectics and rhetoric with Valerianus Pernusius, a man fluent in Latin, Greek and Hebrew.