CIDT&C Corpus of Ioannes Dantiscus' Texts & Correspondence

Letter #3018

Martinus KYSZEWETER & Observants convent in Löbau to Ioannes DANTISCUS
Löbau (Lubawa), 1546-12-01

English register: Martinus Kyszeweter and the Observants from Löbau extend thanks for the letter and generous alms. They promise to repay the kindness by celebrating, in accordance with Dantiscus’ wishes, a thirty-day service for the dead. Afterwards as well, they will always remember him in their prayers. Stephanus Tobie, the writer of the letter, sends Dantiscus special greetings.

received Heilsberg (Lidzbark Warmiński), 1546-12-04

Manuscript sources:

1	fair copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, BCz, 1599, p. 757-758

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

BCz, 1599, p. 758

Reverendissimo in Christo Patri, 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 VarmiensiIoannes 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⌋, patri nostro gratioso atque faventissimo omni, qua decet, observatione

In manum

BCz, 1599, p. 757

Post imprecationem longaevae salutis humillimam subiectionem.

Reverendissime in Christo Pater.

Redditae sunt nobis et gratiosissimae, et gratissimae cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Martinus KYSZEWETER & Observants convent in Löbau shortly before 1546-12-01, CIDTC IDL 7089, letter lost⌊litteraecf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Martinus KYSZEWETER & Observants convent in Löbau shortly before 1546-12-01, CIDTC IDL 7089, letter lost⌋ Dominationis Vestrae, quibus sane cognovimus Paternitatis Vestrae erga nos propensam et integram esse benevolentiam spemque futuram, maxime in elemosina nobis largiter missa, non minus necessaria nobis, quam accepta. Agimus itaque pro tanto in nos pusillos Dominationis Vestrae amore quam maximas, ut quimus, gratias. Quas referre ex amussim haud possumus, satisfacturi tamen Paternitatis Vestrae Reverendissimae votis per tritetisimam(!) instead of tricesimum⌈tritetisimam(!)tritetisimam(!) instead of tricesimum⌉ pro animabus defunctis, ut exoptatis atque peti{c}tis.

Nec persuasum sit Ampliss(imae) D(ominationi) V(estrae) umquam nos pervasisse dubitationem nonnullam de vobis, cum beneficia Paternitatis Vestrae in nos ubertim collata nullo umquam aevo sint intermoritura. Neque pro hisce solum ele{e}mosina in praesentia destinatis, verum perpe{c}tuo Dominationis Vestrae apud Deum in orationibus nostris (si quae sint) memores futuri.

His Reverendissimam Paternitatem Vestram corpore et spiritu salvum et incolumem in Christo imprecamur et peroptamus.

Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌈Dat(ae)Dat(ae) or Dat(um)⌉ ex conventu nostro Lubaviensi, prima Decembris anno Dominicae Incarnationis MDXLVI.

Eiusdem Reverendissimae Paternitatis Vestrae sacellanus humillimus, frater Martinus Kyszeweter ⌊Martinus KyszeweterMartinus Kyszeweter ⌋ guardianus indignus una cum toto Observants convent in Löbau ⌊conventuObservants convent in Löbau ⌋

Postscript:

Frater Stephanus Tobie Guardian of the Observants monastery in Löbau⌊Stephanus TobiaeStephanus Tobie Guardian of the Observants monastery in Löbau⌋, huius schedae scriptor, Reverendissimae Paternitati Vestrae salutem impertit plurimam.