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Letter #2004

Nicolaus COPERNICUS to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Frauenburg (Frombork), 1538-12-02
            received [1538]-12-04

Manuscript sources:
1fair copy in Latin, autograph, BCz, 1596, p. 519-520
2excerpt in Latin, 20th-century, CBKUL, R.III, 32, No. 536

Prints:
1COPERNICUS 1854 p. 586 (in extenso; Polish translation)
2Kopernikijana No. 11, p. 82 (Polish translation)
3Spicilegium No. 14, p. 201-202 (in extenso)
4Autografi Tav. VI (facsimile)
5PROWE 1884 p. 161-162 (in extenso)
6DE VOCHT 1961 No. DE, 392, p. 309 (in extenso)
7SIKORSKI 1968 No. 428, p. 108-109 (Polish register)
8HERMANOWSKI p. 160-161 (facsimile)
9Kopernik na Warmii No. 459, p. 498 (Polish register)
10RC No. 404, p. 174 (English register)
11RC plate No. 7, p. 266 (facsimile)
12DREWNOWSKI 1978 No. 8, p. 233-234 + plate after p. 266 (in extenso; Polish translation; facsimile)
13COPERNICUS 1992 Rękopisy No. X.17-18, p. 15 (facsimile)
14Españoles part II, No. 83, p. 261-262 (Spanish translation)
15NCG 6/1 No. 123, p. 241-242 (in extenso; German translation)
16KOESTLER 2002 p. 178 (Polish translation)
17COPERNICUS 2007 p. 188 (in extenso)
18COPERNICUS 2007 p. 198 (Polish translation)
19WASIUTYŃSKI 2007 p. 389 (Polish translation)

 

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BCz, 1596, p. 519

Reverendissime in Christo Pater et Domine, domine clementissime mihique in omnibus observande.

cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Nicolaus COPERNICUS before 1538-12-02, most probably end of November, CIDTC IDL 6832, letter lost⌊Adhortationemcf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Nicolaus COPERNICUS before 1538-12-02, most probably end of November, CIDTC IDL 6832, letter lost⌋ Reverendissimae Dominationis Vestrae paternam satis et plus quam paternam agnosco, quam etiam intimo corde suscepi. Et quamvis prioris illius, quam Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra praesens et in genere habuit, minime oblitus facere volebam, quod monebat, quia tamen non erat facile familiam necessariam ac probam protinus invenire, propositum erat nihilominus citra superinscribed in place of crossed-out ultra⌈ultra citra citra superinscribed in place of crossed-out ultra⌉ festa Pascae illi rei finem dare. Iam vero, ne Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra opinetur me perendinationis affectare praetextus, restrinxi terminum ad unum mensem, hoc est usque ad Festa Natalia, neque enim brevior esse potuit, ut Reverendissima Dominatio Vestra perpendere potest. Cupio enim pro posse cavere, ne sim offendiculo bonis omnibus, quanto minus Reverendissimae Dominationi Vestrae, quae meruit, ut a me revere<a>tur, honoretur et plurimum ametur.

Cui me cum omnibus facultatibus meis devoveo.

E(idem) or E(iusdem)⌈E(idem)E(idem) or E(iusdem)⌉ Reverendissimae D(ominationi) or D(ominationis)⌈D(ominationi)D(ominationi) or D(ominationis)⌉ Vestrae oboedientissimus 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)⌋