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Letter #316

Ioannes DANTISCUS to Antonio Niccolo CARMIGNANO (Suavius PARTHENOPEUS)
Granada, 1526-11-11


Manuscript sources:
1office copy in Latin, in secretary's hand, BCz, 242, p. 61-64
2copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 1366, p. 14-15
3copy in Latin, 18th-century, B. Ossol., 151/II, f. 38r-v
4copy in Latin, 18th-century, BCz, 39 (TN), No. 22, p. 175-178

Auxiliary sources:
1register in Polish, 20th-century, B. PAU-PAN, 8241 (TK 3), a.1526, f. 49r-v

Prints:
1AT 8 No. 256, p. 369-370 (in extenso)

 

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BCz, 242, p. 61

Magnifice Domine tamquam frater carissime.

Salutem et felicitatem.

cf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Antonio Niccolo CARMIGNANO (Suavius PARTHENOPEUS) Granada, 1526-08-12, CIDTC IDL 299Rescripsicf. Ioannes DANTISCUS to Antonio Niccolo CARMIGNANO (Suavius PARTHENOPEUS) Granada, 1526-08-12, CIDTC IDL 299 copiose cf. Antonio Niccolo CARMIGNANO (Suavius PARTHENOPEUS) to Ioannes DANTISCUS Bari, 1526-03-12, CIDTC IDL 6560, letter lostlitteriscf. Antonio Niccolo CARMIGNANO (Suavius PARTHENOPEUS) to Ioannes DANTISCUS Bari, 1526-03-12, CIDTC IDL 6560, letter lost Dominationis Vestrae 21(!) Martii Bari, castle and city in southern Italy, capital of Duchy of BariBariiBari, castle and city in southern Italy, capital of Duchy of Bari datis, duodecima Augusti praeteriti. Ab eo tempore a Dominatione Vestra nullas accepi, unde quod illi interea rescriberem, non habui. Ad praesens tamen mihi temperare non potui, quin saltem Dominationem Vestram ad solitum scribendi officium revocarem, quo utrimque, quid in rebus nostris agatur, scire possemus.

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Scripsit mihi paulo ante Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragonreginalis maiestasBona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon ex Cracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of PolandCracoviaCracow (Kraków, Cracovia), city in southern Poland, Małopolska, on the Vistula river, from 1038 capital of the Kingdom of Poland 20 Iulii praeteriti, quod illi gratum est plurimum, casum hunc cum Antonello Monopoli (†1526), doctor; leader of the revolt in Rossano Duchy in summer 1525, imprisoned by Lodovico Alifio, died by violence in unexplained circumstances being escorted to Poland; Alifio was suspected to kill him; general auditor of the estate of Isabella d'AragonaAntonelloAntonello Monopoli (†1526), doctor; leader of the revolt in Rossano Duchy in summer 1525, imprisoned by Lodovico Alifio, died by violence in unexplained circumstances being escorted to Poland; Alifio was suspected to kill him; general auditor of the estate of Isabella d'Aragona rebus suae maiestatis nihil obfuisse. Qui etiam deinceps non poterit obesse, neque res haec tanti hic aestimatur, et forsan adversarii nostri desiderabant. Spero, quod aliquando BCz, 242, p. 62 post istos turbines, cum Π encrypted ΠΠ encrypted in aliis est satisfactum, portum attingemus. Inter alia etiam Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragonmaiestas sua reginalisBona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon mihi scribit, quod est contentissima, ut illius verbis utar, cambium me habere cum The Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles VWelzerisThe Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles V, et quod illud semper solvi ms. u(!) ii ms. u(!) tur et solvetur per Dominationem Vestram absque omni mora et difficultate, et licet prius decreverit et mihi tot litteris scr superinscribedrr superinscribedipserit, quod expensas meas ea via et ab illis mercatoribus, quos Gian Giacomo de Dugnano Ioannes Iacobus DunignanoGian Giacomo de Dugnano , mercator Venetus, suae maiestatis nomine mihi designaret, acciperem, quia tamen intentionem suam impeditam et viam hanc infectam videret, commisit mihi ut uterer officio et benevolentia dominorum The Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles VWelzerorumThe Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles V aut The Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuriesFuccarorumThe Fuggers German family of merchants and bankers that dominated European business during the 15th and 16th centuries, apud quos mihi videretur commodius, dummodo una via sim securus, quodque illis omni favore suo restituere et rependere mandabit maiestas sua, omni mora et difficultate cessante. Idque ideo in notitiam Dominationis Vestrae deduco, ut cum litterae cambii mei venerint, de mente Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragonmaiestatis reginalisBona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon eo modo sit edocta, quam etiam reor in his ad Dominationem Vestram scripsisse, quo dominis The Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles VWelzerisThe Welsers merchant and banking family from Augsburg with close ties to Emperor Charles V, qui in hoc meo servitio reginali maiestati libenter inserviunt et non gravate hoc cambium suscipiunt, solutio sine protractione et molestia rependatur et cum benevolentia persolvatur, quod sic Dominationem Vestram plane facturam confido, tum quia voluntas est maiestatis reginalis, tum etiam, quod id expensae, quas hic facere cogor, exuunt et deposcunt.

Pro domino doctore Sigismundus de Russis (Sigismundus de Rossi, Sigismundus Barensis), lawyer from Bari, doctor of both canon and civil laws; in 1531 he applied for the position of auditor in Calabria or Bari and Otranto district; in 1537 in Naples (POCIECHA 4, p. 232, 252)Sigismundo de RussisSigismundus de Russis (Sigismundus de Rossi, Sigismundus Barensis), lawyer from Bari, doctor of both canon and civil laws; in 1531 he applied for the position of auditor in Calabria or Bari and Otranto district; in 1537 in Naples (POCIECHA 4, p. 232, 252), fratre ms. fratri(!) fratrefratre ms. fratri(!) meo singularissimo, impendi, quam potui, operam, sed hucusque nihil fieri potuit certi, sunt enim mille hic, qui officia ambiunt. Iniunxit etiam mihi Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragonreginalis maiestasBona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon hanc pro eo per speciales hidden by binding[s]s hidden by binding litteras provinciam ms. proximiam(!) provinciamprovinciam ms. proximiam(!) , quapropter et ex written over est(?)est(?) ex ex written over est(?) mandato, ac pro meo in illum amore elaboravi, quoad eius fieri potuit, sed adhuc frustra. Habeo tamen ad tempus exitus mei, quando revocatus fuero, spem, quod in absolutione mea apud Charles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of CastilecaesaremCharles V of Habsburg (*1500 – †1558), ruler of the Burgundian territories (1506-1555), King of Spain as Charles I (1516-1556), King of Naples and Sicily, King of the Romans (1519-1530), Holy Roman Emperor of the German Nation (elected 1519, crowned 1530, abdicated 1556); son of Philip I the Handsome and Joanna the Mad of Castile aliquid impetrabo, nam in huiusmodi ultimis expeditionibus solet oratoribus gratia amplior, quo contenti abeant, concedi. Per me nihil stabit, quod in rem illis profuturum cognovero hidden by binding[o]o hidden by binding.

BCz, 242, p. 63

Quod reliquum est, me Dominationi Vestrae unice commendo, et rogo cum poterit, poterit enim semper si voluerit, de omnibus ad me perscribat, praesertim si quid ex partibus nostris novi habuerit. Hic nihil aliud habemus, quam quae ex Italy (Italia)ItaliaItaly (Italia) ad nos perferuntur. De The Hungarians HungarisThe Hungarians , The Ottoman Turks (Turcae) TurcisThe Ottoman Turks (Turcae) , et The Tatars TartarisThe Tatars plena hic sunt timoris omnia. In his si quid certi acceperit, rogo, quamprimum mihi impartiat. Pendeo animi totus, et istarum rerum sciendi desiderio aestuo.

Dominationis 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 ErmlandIoannes DantiscusIoannes 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 etc. serenissimae 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

Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon
regiae et reginalis 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

Bona Sforza (*1494 – †1557), Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania (1518-1557); the second wife of Sigismund I Jagiellon; Duchess of Bari and Rossano; daughter of Gian Galeazzo Sforza of Milan and Isabella of Aragon
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