CIDT&C Corpus of Ioannes Dantiscus' Texts & Correspondence

Letter #1940

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Tiedemann GIESE
Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1538-10-14, postscript 1538-10-17

English register: Through the tailor, Dantiscus is sending Giese the records [acta] as well as the cope and other items. The records are lacking the acta of the latest Marienburg (Malbork) Diet, which was in session in Dantiscus’ absence. Dantiscus asks that the acta be entered in his register.

Acceding to Giese’s recommendation, he has decided to grant the Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) canonry not to his chaplain but to the parish priest of Dietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd) [Simon Hecht], whom he is summoning.

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Latin, autograph, BCz, 245, p. 83-86

Prints:

1	CEID 1/2 No. 28, p. 134-135 (in extenso; English register)

Text & apparatus & commentary Plain text Text & commentary Text & apparatus

BCz, 245, p. 85

Reverendissimo in Christo Patri et Domino, domino Tiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim)⌊TidemannoTiedemann Giese (Tidemannus Gisius) (*1480 – †1550), in 1519 ennobled by King Sigismund I; 1504-1538 Canon of Ermland (Warmia); 1516-1527, 1533-1537 Judicial Vicar and Vicar General of Ermland; 1523-1538 Custos of Ermland; 1537-1549 Bishop of Kulm (Chełmno); 1549-1550 Bishop of Ermland (BORAWSKA 1984, passim)⌋ Dei gratia episcopo Culmensi, fratri et amico carissimo et honoran(do) or honoran(dissimo)⌈honoran(do)honoran(do) or honoran(dissimo)⌉

BCz, 245, p. 83

Reverendissime in Christo Pater, amice et frater carissime ac honoran(de) or honoran(dissime)⌈honoran(de)honoran(de) or honoran(dissime)⌉.

Salutem et sinceri amoris commendationem.

Reddet Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae Ioannes, tailor ⌊sartorIoannes, tailor ⌋ acta,[1] sed in quibus non sunt illa, quae novissime in Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊conventuProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ Marienburgensi me absente successerunt. Quae, rogo, libro meo inscribi iubeat. Reddet etiam pluviale et alia. Quae boni consulat diuque felicissime valeat et me diligat.

Ex Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌊HeilsbergHeilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński, Heilsberga), town in Ermland (Warmia), the main seat of the bishops of Ermland⌋, XIIII Octobris MDXXXVIII.

Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae deditissimus 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⌊IoannesIoannes 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⌋ episcopus Varmiensis scripsit

Postscript:

BCz, 245, p. 84

Novissime Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae scripsi canonicatum Gutstatensem me Chaplain to Ioannes DANTISCUS ⌊sacellanoChaplain to Ioannes DANTISCUS ⌋ meo contulisse. Interim vero edoctus sum, quod eiusmodi collationem suspendissem usque ad maturiorem deliberationem. Iussi itaque, ut Chaplain to Ioannes DANTISCUS ⌊sacellanusChaplain to Ioannes DANTISCUS ⌋ meus, qui proxime inservire mihi coepit, substinentiam habeat, quousque se iterum offerat occasio. Libenter igitur gratificabor Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae, ut Simon Hecht because of illness, he did not take the canonry of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) designated for him by Dantiscus in 1538, cf. Tiedemann Giese to Ioannes Dantiscus, Löbau (Lubawa), 1539-01-30 (CIDTC IDL 2065); parish priest in Dietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd); from 1547 Vicar of Ermland (Warmia) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 112)⌊parrochusSimon Hecht because of illness, he did not take the canonry of Guttstadt (Dobre Miasto) designated for him by Dantiscus in 1538, cf. Tiedemann Giese to Ioannes Dantiscus, Löbau (Lubawa), 1539-01-30 (CIDTC IDL 2065); parish priest in Dietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd); from 1547 Vicar of Ermland (Warmia) (KOPICZKO 2, p. 112)⌋ ex Dietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd), village SE of Allenstein (Olsztyn), roughly halfway between Löbau (Lubawa) and Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński)⌊DittrichwaltDietrichswalde (Gietrzwałd), village SE of Allenstein (Olsztyn), roughly halfway between Löbau (Lubawa) and Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński)⌋ in collegium meum transferatur. Qui cum ad me venerit, ad commendationem Dominationis Vestrae Reverendissimae non gravate eum superinscribed⌈eumeum superinscribed⌉ instituam, placere enim et gratum facere Dominationi Vestrae Reverendissimae cupio in omnibus.

Ioannes, tailor ⌊SartoremIoannes, tailor ⌋ ob quasdam operas hucusque hic retinui.

[1] Fulfilling the request of Giese, Dantiscus lends him his own register of acta of the Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊Royal Prussian DietProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋, cf. the cf. Tiedemann GIESE to Ioannes DANTISCUS Löbau (Lubawa), 1538-10-07, CIDTC IDL 1936⌊lettercf. Tiedemann GIESE to Ioannes DANTISCUS Löbau (Lubawa), 1538-10-07, CIDTC IDL 1936⌋ from Tiedemann Giese to Dantiscus: Rogo, Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra non gravetur communicare mihi acta Provincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌊conventusProvincial Diet of Royal Prussia ⌋ proximi Thorunensis, quae a me non habentur, videlicet legationem domini Jan Dziaduski (*1496 – †1559)⌊DziaduskiJan Dziaduski (*1496 – †1559)⌋ archidiaconi Wladislaviensis ac illi datum responsum. Item responsum 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 Austria⌊regiae maiestatisSigismund 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⌋ ad litteras Council of Royal Prussia the most important local authority in Royal Prussia. It consisted of two bishops (of Ermland (Warmia), who served as the Council’s president, and of Kulm (Chełmno)), three voivodes (of Kulm, Marienburg (Malbork), and Pomerania), three castellans (of Kulm, Elbing (Elbląg), and Gdańsk (Danzig)), three chamberlains (of Kulm, Marienburg, and Pomerania), and representatives of the three Great Prussian Cities – Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (ACHREMCZYK 2016, p. 17-18)⌊dominorum consiliariorumCouncil of Royal Prussia the most important local authority in Royal Prussia. It consisted of two bishops (of Ermland (Warmia), who served as the Council’s president, and of Kulm (Chełmno)), three voivodes (of Kulm, Marienburg (Malbork), and Pomerania), three castellans (of Kulm, Elbing (Elbląg), and Gdańsk (Danzig)), three chamberlains (of Kulm, Marienburg, and Pomerania), and representatives of the three Great Prussian Cities – Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (ACHREMCZYK 2016, p. 17-18)⌋ ex ipso conventu. Item litteras dominorum palatinorum et ceterorum nuntiorum sive commissariorum regiorum datas Council of Royal Prussia the most important local authority in Royal Prussia. It consisted of two bishops (of Ermland (Warmia), who served as the Council’s president, and of Kulm (Chełmno)), three voivodes (of Kulm, Marienburg (Malbork), and Pomerania), three castellans (of Kulm, Elbing (Elbląg), and Gdańsk (Danzig)), three chamberlains (of Kulm, Marienburg, and Pomerania), and representatives of the three Great Prussian Cities – Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (ACHREMCZYK 2016, p. 17-18)⌊dominis consiliariisCouncil of Royal Prussia the most important local authority in Royal Prussia. It consisted of two bishops (of Ermland (Warmia), who served as the Council’s president, and of Kulm (Chełmno)), three voivodes (of Kulm, Marienburg (Malbork), and Pomerania), three castellans (of Kulm, Elbing (Elbląg), and Gdańsk (Danzig)), three chamberlains (of Kulm, Marienburg, and Pomerania), and representatives of the three Great Prussian Cities – Gdańsk, Thorn (Toruń), and Elbing (ACHREMCZYK 2016, p. 17-18)⌋.